*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 573

CA 14-01920

PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ. DONALD SCHULTZ AND KATHERINE SCHULTZ,

PLAINTIFFS,

V ORDER EXCELSIOR ORTHOPAEDICS, LLP, ANDREW C.

STOECKL, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS,

MICHAEL A. PARENTIS, M.D., KEITH C.

STUBE, M.D., P.C., DOING BUSINESS AS KNEE

CENTER OF WESTERN NEW YORK,

DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS,

ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

(APPEAL NO. 3.)

CONNORS & VILARDO, LLP, BUFFALO (LAWRENCE J. VILARDO OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

ROACH, BROWN, MCCARTHY & GRUBER, P.C., BUFFALO (GREGORY T. MILLER OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John M.

Curran, J.), entered June 18, 2014. The judgment dismissed the complaint against defendants Excelsior Orthopaedics, LLP, and Andrew C. Stoeckl, M.D.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs ( see Dublin v Prime , 168 AD2d 597).

Entered: June 19, 2015 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court