FRANK, BRENDA v. THE ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department [1316] CA 12-00950 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND WHALEN, JJ. BRENDA FRANK, AS PARENT AND NATURAL GUARDIAN OF ALAINA FRANK, AN INFANT, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT, V ORDER THE ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL, DOING BUSINESS AS ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. HOGAN WILLIG, AMHERST (JENNIFER L. FAY OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT-RESPONDENT. BROWN & TARANTINO, LLC, ROCHESTER (JEFFREY S. ALBANESE OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. Appeal and cross appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Thomas A. Stander, J.), entered September 9, 2011. The order denied the motion of plaintiff to strike the answer of defendant The Rochester General Hospital, doing business as Rochester General Hospital, and ordered that an adverse inference charge shall be given at trial. It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs (see Coleman v Putnam Hosp. Ctr., 74 AD3d 1009 , lv dismissed 15 NY3d 857 , 16 NY3d 884 ). Entered: December 21, 2012 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court