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Decided on February 14, 2005
Supreme Court, New York County
MARC G. ODRICH, M.D., STEVEN A. ODRICH, M.D. and STEVEN

A. ODRICH, M.D., MARC G. ODRICH, M.D. AND KENNETH A. GREENBERG, M.D., P.C., Plaintiffs,
against

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF
NEW YORK, COLUMBIA OPHTHALMOLOGY CONSULTANTS,
INC., and THE NEW YORK AND PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL,
Defendants.









601189/2004
Herman Cahn, J.
Defendants The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (the University) and Columbia Ophthalmology Consultants, Inc. (COC)( the Columbia Defendants) move to dismiss the complaint's fourth and fifth causes of action, on the ground that those claims are barred by res judicata, CPLR 3211 (a) (5).
Plaintiffs cross-move for an order: (1) pursuant to CPLR 3211 (c), converting the Columbia Defendants' motion to one for partial summary judgment, and giving the parties the requisite notice of conversion; and (2) upon such conversion, pursuant to CPLR 3212 (e), granting plaintiffs partial summary judgment with respect to certain discrete issues of law and fact relating to the fourth and fifth causes of action.


FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS AND BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs Marc G. Odrich, M.D. and Steven A. Odrich, M.D. are licensed physicians, ophthalmologists, and

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