CARMEN COSTA plf-res, v. COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, ETC. def-ap, MICHAEL G. KAISER, M.D., def

9633. CARMEN COSTA plf-res, v. COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, ETC. def-ap, MICHAEL G. KAISER, M.D., def — Martin Clearwater & Bell, LLP, New York (Stewart G. Milch of counsel), for ap — Strauss Law Offices, Nanuet (Jeffrey E. Strauss of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan B. Lobis, J.), entered September 20, 2012, which denied defendants Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center a/k/a New York Presbyterian Hospital, Angela Lignelli, M.D. and Alan John Silver, M.D.'s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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9633. CARMEN COSTA plf-res, v. COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, ETC. def-ap, MICHAEL G. KAISER, M.D., def — Martin Clearwater & Bell, LLP, New York (Stewart G. Milch of counsel), for ap — Strauss Law Offices, Nanuet (Jeffrey E. Strauss of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan B. Lobis, J.), entered September 20, 2012, which denied defendants Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center a/k/a New York Presbyterian Hospital, Angela Lignelli, M.D. and Alan John Silver, M.D.’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In an action premised upon medical malpractice, a defendant doctor establishes prima facie entitlement to summary judgment when he or she demonstrates that in treating the plaintiff either there was no departure from good and accepted medical practice or that any departure was not the proximate cause of the injuries alleged (Scalisi v. Oberlander, 96 AD3d 106, 120 [1st Dept 2012]; Roques v. Noble, 73 AD3d 204, 206 [1st Dept 2010]; Thurston v. Interfaith Med. Ctr., 66 AD3d 999, 1001 [2d Dept 2009]; Myers v. Ferrara, 56 AD3d 78, 83 [2d Dept 2008]; Germaine v. Yu, 49 AD3d 685 [2d Dept 2008]; Rebozo v. Wilen, 41 AD3d 457, 458 [2d Dept 2007]; Williams v. Sahay, 12 AD3d 366, 368 [2d Dept 2004]). Once the defendant meets his burden it is incumbent on the plaintiff, if summary judgment is to be averted, to rebut the defendant’s prima facie showing (Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324 [1986]). The plaintiff cannot rebut defendant’s prima facie showing simply with “[g]eneral allegations of medical malpractice, merely conclusory and unsupported by competent evidence” (id. at 325).

CARMEN COSTA plf-res, v. COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, ETC. def-ap, MICHAEL G. KAISER, M.D., def

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