Case Name: Beverly Williams-Gardner, Appellant, v. Elizabeth A. Almeyda, Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-04-01
Citations: 50 A.D.3d 286
Docket Number: 
Parties: Beverly Williams-Gardner, Appellant, v Elizabeth A. Almeyda, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 286–287

Head Matter:
Beverly Williams-Gardner, Appellant, v Elizabeth A. Almeyda, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
[853 NYS2d 883]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila AbdusSalaam, J.), entered January 30, 2007, which granted defendant-respondent's motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) to dismiss this medical malpractice action as time-barred, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Given that after plaintiff's appointment with defendant on November 1, 1999, further treatment was not "explicitly anticipated" (Richardson v Orentreich, 64 NY2d 896, 898 [1985]; Young v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 91 NY2d 291, 296 [1998])—the parties contemplated such treatment only "as necessary"—the continuous treatment doctrine does not apply (see Richardson at 898-899). Even if the Xeroform gauze, placed in plaintiffs umbilicus during the original surgery and discovered during subsequent exploratory surgery in 2002, were considered a "foreign object" within the meaning of CPLR 214-a, this action, commenced in February 2005, is untimely.
We have considered plaintiffs remaining arguments and find them unavailing. Concur—Gonzalez, J.E, Williams, Catterson and Moskowitz, JJ.