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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
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RICHARD GOETSCHIUS, as Administrator of the Index No.: 2021-54995
Estate of LINDA SUE GOETSCHIUS, Deceased,
JUDGEMENT WITH
Plaintiff, NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
- against -
POUGHKEEPSIE CROSSINGS, LLC, THE PINES
AT POUGHKEEPSIE CENTER FOR NURSING
AND REHABILITATION AND VASSAR
BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER
Defendants.
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S I R S:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, the within is a true copy of a Judgment which
will be presented for settlement before the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, on
August 29, 2022.
Dated: New York, New York
August 4, 2022
Yours, etc.,
HEIDELL, PITTONI, MURPHY & BACH, LLP
By:_____________________________________
Vincent L. Gallo
99 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10601
Phone: (212)-286-8585
vgallo@hpmb.com
Attorneys for Defendants
VASSAR BROTHERS HOSPITAL s/h/a
VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL
CENTER
2595387.1
TO: VIA NYSCEF:
PAMELA J. GABIGER, ESQ.
Attorney for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 3455
Poughkeepsie, New York 12603
(845) 471-2447
NO OTHER PARTY HAS APPEARED IN THIS ACTION
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
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RICHARD GOETSCHIUS, as Administrator of the Index No.:
Estate of LINDA SUE GOETSCHIUS, Deceased,
ATTORNEY
Plaintiff, AFFIRMATION
- against -
POUGHKEEPSIE CROSSINGS, LLC, THE PINES
AT POUGHKEEPSIE CENTER FOR NURSING
AND REHABILITATION AND VASSAR
BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER
Defendants.
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VINCENT L. GALLO, ESQ., an attorney duly admitted to practice law before
the Courts of this State, affirms the following to be true under the penalties of perjury pursuant
to CPLR §2106:
1. I am a member of the law firm of Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP,
attorneys for defendants Vassar Brothers Medical Center relative to the above-entitled matter,
and, as such, I am fully familiar with the pertinent facts and circumstances of this action by
virtue of my review of the file maintained by this office for the defense of this matter.
2. I am the attorney for Vassar Brothers Hospital d/b/a as Vassar Brothers
Medical Center in the above matter.
3. This Affirmation is submitted in support of defendant Vassar’s
application to enter Judgment in this matter. Defendant Vassar agrees to waive any and all
costs and fees associated with entering Judgment.
Dated: New York, New York
August 4, 2022
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VINCENT L. GALLO
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
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RICHARD GOETSCHIUS, as Administrator of the Index No.:
Estate of LINDA SUE GOETSCHIUS, Deceased,
PROPOSED JUDGEMENT
Plaintiff,
- against -
POUGHKEEPSIE CROSSINGS, LLC, THE PINES
AT POUGHKEEPSIE CENTER FOR NURSING
AND REHABILITATION AND VASSAR
BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER
Defendants.
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WHEREAS Defendant Vassar Brother’s Hospital s/h/a Vassar Brothers Medical
Center, by their attorneys, HEIDELL, PITTONI, MURPHY & BACH, LLP, having moved this
Court via Notice of Motion dated March 3, 2022 for an order dismissing plaintiff’s complaint
as to defendant Vassar Brother’s Hospital d/b/a Vassar Brothers Medical Center pursuant to
CPLR §3211?2, for failing to obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant, and granting such
other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper;
AND, the Honorable Michael G. Hayes, J.S.C. having issued a decision and
order dated July 20, 2022, granting defendant’s motion and dismissing plaintiff’s complaint as
to Vassar Brother’s Hospital s/h/a Vassar Brother Medical Center;
NOW, upon the application of defendant Vassar Brother’s Hospital s/h/a Vassar
Brother’s Medical Center is
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that defendant
Vassar Brother’s Hospital s/h/a Vassar Brother’s Medical Center has judgment over and against
plaintiff Richard Goetschius without fees, costs and disbursements;
JUDGMENT entered this ___ day of August 2022
ENTERED:
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JUDGMENT CLERK