Frank Tumminia, as Proposed Executor of the Estate of Joan Tumminia, Respondent, v. LLC (2026)

Court of Appeals of New York.

Frank Tumminia, as Proposed Executor of the Estate of Joan Tumminia, Respondent, v. Staten Island University Hospital, Respondent, Silver Lake Specialized Rehabilitation and Care Center, LLC, Appellant.

2025-481

Decided: March 17, 2026

Motion for leave to appeal denied. The Court takes this occasion to restate the rule that denial of a motion for leave to appeal is not equivalent to an affirmance and has no precedential value (see Times-Italic Matter of Marchant v Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., 252 NY 284, 297-298 [1929]).

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