SEMPER v. KARAMITSOS

Index No. 805182/15. Appeal No. 14822. Case No. 2020-04894.

200 A.D.3d 506 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 91

2021 NY Slip Op 06932

Tulip Semper et al., Respondents, v. Harry Karamitsos, M.D., et al., Defendants, and Ronald Blatt, M.D., et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaslas Lepowsky Hauss & Danke LLP, Staten Island ( Olena Sharvan , of counsel), for appellants.

Hasapidis Law Offices, Scarsdale ( Annette G. Hasapidis of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Moulton, González, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.


Defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting evidence showing that defendant Jeffrey A. Mazlin, M.D. was not an employee or agent of Blatt P.C.. Thus, Blatt P.C. was not vicariously liable for Dr. Mazlin's alleged malpractice (see Hill v St. Clare's Hosp., 67 N.Y.2d 72, 79 [1986]).

In opposition, plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact. The record shows that...

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