Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff alleges that an anonymous surgeon who sutured an accidental laceration on the dorsum of her right wrist in July 1986, committed medical malpractice. She did not institute her lawsuit, however, until on or about October 4, 1989. Since an action to recover damages for medical malpractice must be instituted within two years and six months of the occurrence of the malpractice (CPLR 214-a), the plaintiff's action...
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