People v. Quinones

Feb 2, 2006
Versions:26 A.D.3d 167
810 N.Y.S.2d 21

Joanne Pattavina, Appellant, v Christine DiLorenzo, P.T., Individually and Doing Business as West Side Therapy, et al., Respondents. [807 NYS2d 564]—

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered September 22, 2004, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint as barred by the statute of limitations, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Since the conduct, based on allegations of injuries resulting from physical therapy, “constitute[d] medical treatment or b[ore] a substantial relationship to the rendition of medical treatment” (Bleiler v Bodnar, 65 NY2d 65, 72 [1985]; see also Levinson v Health S. Manhattan, 17 AD3d 247 [2005]), plaintiff‘s complaint sounded in malpractice and the action was properly dismissed as time-barred (CPLR 214-a). Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Marlow, Williams, Sweeny and Malone, JJ.