| Venkataraman v Ortman-Nabi |
| 2011 NY Slip Op 02220 [82 AD3d 1647] |
| March 25, 2011 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Srinivasan Venkataraman, Individually and as Administrator of the
Estate of Maya Rose Venkataraman, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v Judith Ortman-Nabi, M.D., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant. |
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Connors & Vilardo, LLP, Buffalo (Jennifer R. Scharf of counsel), for defendants-respondents
Judith Ortman-Nabi, M.D., Allcare for Women OB/GYN, LLP, Cecilia Stearns, C.N.M. and
Jennifer (Lamm) Field, C.N.M.
Damon Morey LLP, Buffalo (Christina G. Holdsworth of counsel), for
defendants-respondents Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo, Catholic Health System, Inc.,
Doing Business as Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo and Katherine Stutzman, R.N.
Roach, Brown, McCarthy & Gruber, P.C., Buffalo (Elizabeth G. Adymy of counsel), for
defendant-respondent Sarbjit Singh Vilkhu, M.D.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Joseph D. Mintz, J.), entered December 28, 2009 in a medical malpractice action. The order granted the motions of defendants Judith Ortman-Nabi, M.D., Allcare for Women OB/GYN, LLP, Cecilia Stearns, C.N.M., Jennifer (Lamm) Field, C.N.M., Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo, Catholic Health System, Inc., doing business as Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo, Sarbjit Singh Vilkhu, M.D., and Katherine Stutzman, R.N. to preclude plaintiffs from presenting proof or evidence that Suzanne Venkataraman suffered emotional distress or emotional damages as a result of the death of Maya Rose Venkataraman. [*2]
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court. Present—Scudder, P.J., Centra, Carni, Sconiers and Green, JJ.