ALBANY – Wary of extending the jurisdiction of New York courts over out-of-state providers in medical malpractice actions, the state Court of Appeals barred a suit Thursday filed by a New York resident against a Florida surgical practice.
The court also decided that a notice of claim in a personal injury suit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is sufficient to serve as notice of a wrongful death claim against the agency in a case in which a lower court had thrown out a $2.5 million wrongful death award on procedural grounds.
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