Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
To oppose a motion for summary judgment dismissing a cause of action sounding in medical malpractice, a plaintiff must submit a physician's affidavit of merit attesting to a departure from accepted practice and containing the attesting doctor's opinion that the defendant's omissions or departures were a competent producing cause of the injury (see...
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