Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 3, 2000 (Mineroff v. Silber)

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful death, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bellard, J.), dated June 5, 1998, as granted that branch of the motion of the defendants Methodist Hospital and Steven H. Silber which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them, and the defendant Joseph C.