| Padovani v Miller |
| 2007 NY Slip Op 08048 [44 AD3d 917] |
| October 23, 2007 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Albert Padovani, Appellant, v Gerald E. Miller et al., Respondents. |
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Lutfy & Santora, Staten Island, N.Y. (James L. Lutfy of counsel), for respondents Gerald E. Miller and Gerald E. Miller, D.M.D., P.C.
In an action to recover damages for dental malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Smith, J.), dated August 25, 2006, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the defendants and against him dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court erred in excluding from evidence a portion of the deposition testimony of the defendant Gerald E. Miller (see CPLR 3117 [a] [2]; Fanek v City of Yonkers, 287 AD2d 683 [2001]) and in prospectively precluding the parties from objecting to summations (see Roma v Blaustein, 44 AD2d 576, 577 [1974]). Nevertheless, we decline to reverse the judgment in favor of the defendants because the errors were harmless (see CPLR 2002; Maione v Pindyck, 32 AD3d 827 [2006]; Gilbert v Luvin, 286 AD2d 600 [2001]; Sperin v Good Samaritan Hosp., 250 AD2d 755 [1998]; Lauter v Village of Great Neck, 231 AD2d 553, 555 [1996]; see also Mullen v Eswar, 233 AD2d 376 [1996]).
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit. Spolzino, J.P., Santucci, Balkin and Dickerson, JJ., concur.