Case Name: In the Matter of Brooklyn Hospital et al., Respondents, v. John F. Lennon, as Acting Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, Appellant, and Medical Malpractice Insurance Association, Intervenor-Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-09-14
Citations: 45 N.Y.2d 820
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Brooklyn Hospital et al., Respondents, v John F. Lennon, as Acting Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, Appellant, and Medical Malpractice Insurance Association, Intervenor-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 820–821

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Brooklyn Hospital et al., Respondents, v John F. Lennon, as Acting Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, Appellant, and Medical Malpractice Insurance Association, Intervenor-Appellant.
Submitted August 28,1978;
decided September 14,1978

Opinion:
The court takes this occasion to restate the rule that denial of a motion for leave to appeal is not equivalent to an affirmance and has no precedential value (see, e.g., Matter of Marchant v Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., 252 NY 284, 297-298).