ECHO FORD ALSO KNOWN AS HONG JU WANG AND MARK FORD PLAINTIFFS APPELLANTS v. FAYEZ CHAHFE CHAHFE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT LLC TANYA PERKINS MWANTUALI EAST UTICA MEDICAL GROUP DEFENDANTS RESPONDENTS ET AL DEFENDANTS (2024)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

ECHO FORD, ALSO KNOWN AS HONG JU WANG AND J. MARK FORD, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. FAYEZ CHAHFE, M.D., CHAHFE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT, LLC, TANYA PERKINS-MWANTUALI, M.D., EAST UTICA MEDICAL GROUP, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

222 Decided: May 10, 2024

PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CURRAN, MONTOUR, AND KEANE, JJ.

PORTER LAW GROUP, SYRACUSE (MICHAEL S. PORTER OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS. MARTIN, GANOTIS, BROWN, MOULD & CURRIE, P.C., DEWITT (CHARLES E. PATTON OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS FAYEZ CHAHFE, M.D. AND CHAHFE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT, LLC. GALE GALE & HUNT, LLC, FAYETTEVILLE (ANDREW R. BORELLI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS TANYA PERKINS-MWANTUALI, M.D. AND EAST UTICA MEDICAL GROUP.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiffs appeal from an order denying their motion to set aside the jury verdict. “The right to appeal from an intermediate order terminates with the entry of a final judgment” (Deuser v Precision Constr. & Dev., Inc., 149 AD3d 1540, 1540 [4th Dept 2017] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Matter of Aho, 39 NY2d 241, 248 [1976]; see generally CPLR 5501 [a] [1]). Here, because a final judgment in this action was entered on December 27, 2022, plaintiffs’ appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed (see McCann v Gordon, 204 AD3d 1449, 1449 [4th Dept 2022], appeal dismissed 38 NY3d 1158 [2022]; Deuser, 149 AD3d at 1540). Plaintiffs may raise their contentions in an appeal from the final judgment (see McDonough v Transit Rd. Apts., LLC, 164 AD3d 1603, 1603 [4th Dept 2018]; see generally Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts, 63 AD2d 566, 567 [1st Dept 1978]).

Entered: May 10, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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