*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 571

CA 14-01424

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

V ORDER EXCELSIOR ORTHOPAEDICS, LLP, ET AL.,

DEFENDANTS,

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

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

CENTER OF WESTERN NEW YORK,

DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

(APPEAL NO. 1.)

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

DWYER, BLACK & LYLE, LLP, OLEAN (JEFFREY A. BLACK OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John M.

Curran, J.), entered July 18, 2014. The order, among other things, denied the motion of defendants Michael A. Parentis, M.D., and Keith C. Stube, M.D., P.C., doing business as Knee Center of Western New York, to set aside a jury verdict.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs ( see Smith v Catholic Med. Ctr. of Brooklyn & Queens , 155 AD2d 435; see also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

Entered: June 19, 2015 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court