| Bloom v NYU Langone Med. Ctr. |
| 2017 NY Slip Op 03901 [150 AD3d 511] |
| May 16, 2017 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Norman D. Bloom, M.D., Appellant, v NYU Langone Medical Center et al., Respondents. |
Nathan L. Dembin & Associates, P.C., New York (Nathan L. Dembin of counsel), for appellant.
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York (Ricki E. Roer of counsel), for respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Manuel J. Mendez, J.), entered March 9, 2016, which granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, who had no express contract, cannot avoid the grievance process set forth in Public Health Law § 2801-b by casting his claims arising from the non-renewal of his admitting privileges at defendant hospitals as contract or tort claims or claims for damages only (Lobel v Maimonides Med. Ctr., 39 AD3d 275, 277 [1st Dept 2007]). Concur—Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Andrias, Feinman and Gesmer, JJ.