SRINIVASAN VENKATARAMAN INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MAYA ROSE VENKATARAMAN DECEASED AND SUZANNE VENKATARAMAN INDIVIDUALLY PLAINTIFFS APPELLANTS v. JUDITH ORTMAN NABI ALLCARE FOR WOMEN OB GYN LLP CECILIA STEARNS JENNIFER LAMM FIELD SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO CATHOLIC HEALTH SYSTEM INC DOING BUSINESS AS SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO SARBJIT SINGH VILKHU KATHERINE STUTZMAN DEFENDANTS RESPONDENTS AND PIECZOKA DEFENDANT (2011)

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

SRINIVASAN VENKATARAMAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MAYA ROSE VENKATARAMAN, DECEASED, AND SUZANNE VENKATARAMAN, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JUDITH ORTMAN-NABI, M.D., ALLCARE FOR WOMEN OB/GYN, LLP, CECILIA STEARNS, C.N.M., JENNIFER (LAMM) FIELD, C.N.M., SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO, CATHOLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO, SARBJIT SINGH VILKHU, M.D., KATHERINE STUTZMAN, R.N., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND S. PIECZOKA, D.O., DEFENDANT.

CA 10-02104

Decided: March 25, 2011

PRESENT:  SCUDDER, P.J., CENTRA, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND GREEN, JJ.

ROSENTHAL, SIEGEL & MUENKEL, LLP, BUFFALO (ELLEN M. KREBS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS. CONNORS & VILARDO, LLP, BUFFALO (JENNIFER R. SCHARF OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS JUDITH ORTMAN-NABI, M.D., ALLCARE FOR WOMEN