SWEENEY v. PRESBYTERIAN/COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN M. C.

No. 89 Civ. 0734 (WK).

763 F.Supp. 50 (1991)

Adrienne J. SWEENEY, as Executrix of the Estate of James Joseph Sweeney, on behalf of and for the benefit of the heirs-at-law of James Joseph Sweeney, deceased, and individually in her own right, Plaintiff, v. The PRESBYTERIAN/COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, the Greater New York Blood Center/American Red Cross, John Doe I through John Doe X (fictitious names, the true names being unknown) and James R. Malm, M.D., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Drasco, Lum, Hoens, Conant, Danzis & Kleinberg, New York City, for plaintiff Adrienne J. Sweeney.

Kevin J. Kohn, Kanterman, Taub & Breitner, P.C., New York City, for defendant Presbyterian/Columbia Presbyterian Medical Ctr.

Roger K. Solymosy, Killarney Brody & Fabiani, New York City, for defendant Greater New York Blood Center/American Red Cross.


OPINION AND ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, Senior District Judge.

By memorandum and order dated June 20, 1990 we dismissed the complaint in this action as against Dr. Malm on the ground that the New York State statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions barred all claims against him. Sweeney v. Presbyterian/Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (S.D.N.Y.1990) 738 F.Supp. 802. Familiarity with that decision is...

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