Z.M. v Kaufman (2026 NY Slip Op 00713)
Z.M. v Kaufman
2026 NY Slip Op 00713 [246 AD3d 1440]
February 11, 2026
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 8, 2026


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 Z.M., an Infant, by Deborah M., Individually and as His Mother and Natural Guardian, Respondent,
v
Leah Kaufman, M.D., et al., Defendants, and Crouse Hospital et al., Appellants.

Gale Gale & Hunt, LLC, Fayetteville (Kevin T. Hunt of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Merson Law, PLLC, New York City (Emily C. Vaught of counsel), Hasapidis Law Offices, South Salem (Annette G. Hasapidis of counsel), for plaintiff-respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Danielle M. Fogel, J.), entered July 22, 2024. The order, among other things, denied in part that part of a motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint against defendants Crouse Hospital, Aiwa Ono, M.D., Khanh-Hein Tran, M.D. and Xue Chi, M.D.

Now, upon reading and filing the stipulation of discontinuance signed by the attorneys for the parties on January 30 and February 2, 2026,

It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs upon stipulation. Present—Whalen, P.J., Curran, Montour, Smith and DelConte, JJ.