{"id":2538,"date":"2019-10-26T13:11:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T17:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2019-10-23T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:13:43","slug":"new-york-appellate-court-directs-entry-of-order-so-ordering-stipulation-of-dismissal-but-allows-medical-malpractice-defendants-cross-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-appellate-court-directs-entry-of-order-so-ordering-stipulation-of-dismissal-but-allows-medical-malpractice-defendants-cross-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Appellate Court Directs Entry of Order So-Ordering Stipulation of Dismissal But Allows Medical Malpractice Defendants&#8217; Cross Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Syracuse medical malpractice case may involve allegations against multiple defendants &#8211; a hospital, one or more doctors, and possibly other healthcare providers, as well. Generally speaking, the more defendants there are in a case, the more expensive and time-consuming the litigation is likely to be. For this reason, a plaintiff may opt to dismiss his or her claims against one or more defendants and proceed against those remaining.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, the defendants themselves may oppose such a measure and may file a cross claim aimed at keeping a co-defendant actively engaged in the lawsuit so as to have the option of shifting &#8211; or at least sharing &#8211; liability and blame if the case proceeds to trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent appellate <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-second-department\/2019\/2018-00909.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">case<\/a> originating in the Supreme Court of Westchester County, the plaintiffs sought to assert a medical malpractice claim against a doctor and medical center following the death of their decedent from a stroke. According to the plaintiff&#8217;s complaint, the doctor (who was an emergency room attending physician at the medical center) negligently failed to recognize the symptoms of a stroke, thereby contributing to the decedent&#8217;s death. Four years after filing their suit, the plaintiffs signed a stipulation to discontinue their cause of action against the defendant doctor. However, the medical center did not agree to the stipulation and sought to amend its answer to add a cross claim against the doctor for indemnification and contribution. The doctor, in turn, amended his answer to assert similar cross claims against the medical center.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-appellate-court-directs-entry-of-order-so-ordering-stipulation-of-dismissal-but-allows-medical-malpractice-defendants-cross-claims\/#more-2538\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Syracuse medical malpractice case may involve allegations against multiple defendants &#8211; a hospital, one or more doctors, and possibly other healthcare providers, as well. Generally speaking, the more defendants there are in a case, the more expensive and time-consuming the litigation is likely to be. For this reason, a plaintiff may opt to dismiss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-failure-to-diagnose","category-hospital-negligence","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York Appellate Court Directs Entry of Order So-Ordering Stipulation of Dismissal But Allows Medical Malpractice Defendants&#039; Cross Claims &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; October 26, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Syracuse medical malpractice case may involve allegations against multiple defendants - a hospital, one or more doctors, and possibly other healthcare &#8212; 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