BRITT, CARMEN v. BUFFALO MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ( 2017 )

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 462 CA 16-00668 PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, TROUTMAN, AND SCUDDER, JJ. CARMEN BRITT AND CARMEN BRITT, AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF LULA BAITY, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, V ORDER BUFFALO MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, NELDA LAWLER, M.D. AND TERESA CHAU, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 3.) TIMOTHY R. LOVALLO, BUFFALO, FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT. GIBSON, MCASKILL & CROSBY, LLP, BUFFALO (MICHAEL J. WILLETT OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Diane Y. Devlin, J.), entered July 22, 2015. The order denied the motion of plaintiff for a default judgment against defendants Nelda Lawler, M.D., and Teresa Chau, M.D. It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed with costs (see Hughes v Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy, 140 AD2d 988; Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts, 63 AD2d 566, 567; see also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]). Entered: April 28, 2017 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court