Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 16, 2001 (Martinovics v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.)

—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme *533Court, Kings County (Bellard, J.), dated June 2, 2000, which granted the motion of the defendants Maimonides Medical Center, Hanumantharao Bodapati, and Cezar Cajita, pursuant to CPLR 3042 and 3043, joined, in part, by the defendant New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, to