Case Name: Lisa M. Paladino et al., Respondents, v. Staten Island University Hospital et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-12-22
Citations: 245 A.D.2d 497
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lisa M. Paladino et al., Respondents, v Staten Island University Hospital et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 245
Pages: 497–498

Head Matter:
Lisa M. Paladino et al., Respondents, v Staten Island University Hospital et al., Appellants.
[666 NYS2d 490]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Cusick, J.), dated February 10, 1997, as granted the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
The deposition of the plaintiff Lisa M. Paladino, who was the sole person to witness all of the events leading up to her injuries, has not yet taken place. Therefore, granting summary judgment in the plaintiffs' favor was premature (see, Darling v Solomon, 227 AD2d 851; Viti v Franklin Gen. Hosp., 190 AD2d 790).
In light of our determination, we need not reach the parties' remaining contentions. Bracken, J. P., Copertino, Thompson and Luciano, JJ., concur.