STEGA v. NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSP.

Docket No. 152716/13.

2014 NY Slip Op 32409(U)

JEANETTA STEGA, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.N., a/k/a Jeanetta Malanowska-Stega; WESLEY TZALL, M.D., Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL; JEFFREY MENKES, President and Chief Executive Officer of New York Downtown Hospital; LEONARD A. FARBER, M.D.; STEPHEN G. FRIEDMAN, M.D., Acting Chief Medical Officer; CHRISTOPHER L. MANN, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; FRANCES G. LASERSON, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; RALPH M. MASTRANGELO, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; RONALD H. MENAKER, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; ROBERT D. HUNTER, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; NELSON SCHAENEN, JR., Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; KATHRYN GEORGE TYREE, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; TROLAND S. LINK, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of New York Downtown Hospital; GIOVANNA CIPRIANI, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; JOHN G. DANIELLO, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; SUN-HOO FOO, M.D., Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; STEPHEN J. FRIEDMAN, J.D.,Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; LAI WAH FUNG, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; PETER JAMES JOHNSON, JR., ESQ., Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; RONALD M. KRINICK, M.D. Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; SANDRA LEE, R.N., Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; GEORGE C. K. LIU, Ph.D., M.D., FACP, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; BRUCE D. LOGAN, M.D., Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; EDWARD C. MAIMSTROM, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; JULIE MENIN, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; NEIL MOSKOWITZ, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; PATRICIA BAKWIN SELCH Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; PHILIP SESKIN, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; DOUGLAS A. SKOLNICK, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; STEVE SQUERI, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; RONALD J. STRAUSS, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; RONALD J. STRAUSS, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; JOHN A. WARD, III, Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; STANLEY ZINBERG, M.D., Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; JOHN T. FLYNN, M.D., Life Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; SUSAN BROWN ROSHEN, Life Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital; HERBERT ROSENFELD, Life Trustee, New York Downtown Hospital, Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

September 11, 2014.


DECISION/ORDER

DEBRA A. JAMES, Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs Jeannette Stega, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.N. (Stega) and Wesley Tzall, M.D. (Tzall) sue to recover damages for alleged defamation. In addition, the complaint asserts causes of action, on behalf of plaintiff Stega, for gross negligence, tortious interference with prospective contractual relations, prima facie tort, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Defendants move, pre-answer, to dismiss...

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