NEW YORK SUPREME COURT
APPELLATE DIVISION: FIRST DEPARTMENT
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RALPH H. SPEKEN
and STEPHANIE Z. SPEKEN, as
Co-Administrators of the Estate of SETH B.
SPEKEN, deceased, and RALPH H. SPEKEN and
STEPHANIE Z. SPEKEN, individually,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
-against -
COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER,
Defendant-Respondent.
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RESPONDENT’S BRIEF
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Plaintiffs appeal from the order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Bransten, J.) entered March 18, 2002 that granted the motion of Defendant-Appellant New York-Presbyterian Hospital s/h/a Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for dismissal of this action on res judicata grounds (3-9).1
QUESTION PRESENTED
Did the Supreme Court err in dismissing this action on res iudicata grounds where plaintiffs settled a prior medical
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1
Numbers in parentheses refer to pages in the Record on Appeal.