Exhibit,Appendix: Thomas Kausner, Cheryl Kausner v. Buffalo Spine Surgery, Pllc, Andrew Cappuccino M.D., Eric Dean Rpa-C, Harnath B. Clerk, M.D., P.C., Harnath B. Clerk M.D., Eastern Niagara Hospital, Inc., Robert E. Lutnick M.D., Eastern Niagara Radiology And Nuclear Medicine Associates Pc

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                  STATE OF NEW YORK
                  SUPREME COURT                :   NIAGARA COUNTY
                  ________________________________________

                  THOMAS and CHERYL KAUSNER, Individually
                  and as Husband and Wife

                                                      Plaintiffs                                   Exhibits to Fitzgerald
                                                                                                   Affidavit in Support of
                  v.                                                                               Plaintiffs’ Motion to
                                                                                                   Compel, etc.
                  BUFFALO SPINE SURGERY, PLLC,
                  ANDREW CAPPUCCINO, M.D.,
                  ERIC DEAN, RPA-C,
                  HARNATH B. CLERK, M.D., P.C.,
                  HARNATH B. CLERK, M.D.,
                   EASTERN NIAGARA HOSPITAL, INC.,
                  ROBERT E. LUTNICK, M.D., and
                  EASTERN NIAGARA RADIOLOGY AND                                                    Index No. E159518/2016
                        NUCLEAR MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, P.C.

                                                      Defendants
                  ________________________________________

                                                                     EXHIBITS

                      1.     Summons and Complaint filed September 12, 2016;
                      2.     Harnath B. Clerk, M.D., and Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.’s Answer;
                      3.     Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.’s Answer;
                      4.     Eastern Niagara Hospital, Inc.’s Answer;
                      5.     Buffalo Spine Surgery, PLLC, Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean,
                             RPA-C’s Answer;
                      6.     Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to the Hon. Richard C. Kloch, Sr., J.S.C.;
                      7.     Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Joseph McCarthy, Esq., February 1, 2017;
                      8.     Plaintiffs’ Verified Bill of Particulars in Response to Eastern Niagara Hospital’s
                             Demand;
                      9.     Plaintiffs’ Verified Bill of Particulars in Response to Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.’s
                             Demand;
                      10.    Plaintiffs’ Demand for Verified Bill of Particulars to Defendant Robert E.

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                             Lutnick, M.D.;
                      11.    Plaintiffs’ Omnibus Discovery Demands to Defendant Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.;
                      12.    Plaintiffs’ First Notice to Produce to Defendant Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.;
                      13.    Plaintiffs’ Demand for Verified Bill of Particulars to Defendant Eastern Niagara
                             Hospital;
                      14.    Plaintiffs’ Omnibus Discovery Demands to Defendant Eastern Niagara Hospital;
                      15.    Plaintiffs’ First Notice to Produce to Defendant Eastern Niagara Hospital;
                      16.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Michael J. Roach, Esq., February 1, 2017;
                      17.    Plaintiffs’ Verified Bill of Particulars in Response to Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.,
                             P.C. and Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.’s Demand;
                      18.    Plaintiffs’ Demand for Verified Bill of Particulars to Defendants Harnath B.
                             Clerk, M.D., P.C. and Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.;
                      19.    Plaintiffs’ Omnibus Discovery Demands to Defendants Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.,
                             P.C. and Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.;
                      20.    Plaintiffs’ First Notice to Produce to Defendants Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.,
                             P.C. and Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.;
                      21.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Brian J. Weidner, Esq., February 1, 2017;
                      22.    Plaintiffs’ Verified Bill of Particulars in Response to Buffalo Spine Surgery,
                             Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean, RPA-C’s Demand;
                      23.    Plaintiffs’ Demand Verified Bill of Particulars to Defendants Buffalo Spine
                             Surgery, PLLC, Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean, RPA-C’s;
                      24.    Plaintiffs’ Omnibus Discovery Demands to Defendants Buffalo Spine Surgery,
                             Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean, RPA-C’s;
                      25.    Plaintiffs’ First Notice to Produce to Defendants Buffalo Spine Surgery,
                             Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean, RPA-C’s;
                      26.    Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., February 28,
                             2017;
                      27.    Eastern Niagara Hospital’s Verified Bill of Particulars to Plaintiffs;
                      28.    Lutnick, M.D.’s Verified Bill of Particulars to Plaintiffs;
                      29.    Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., February 27,
                             2017;
                      30.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Michael J. Roach, Esq., March 10, 2017;
                      31.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Brian J. Weidner, Esq., March 10, 2017;
                      32.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq., March 10, 2017;
                      33.    Michael J. Roach, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., April 3, 2017;
                      34.    Harnath Clerk, M.D., P.C. and Harnath B. Clerk, M.D.’s Bill of Particulars
                             in Response to Plaintiffs’ Demand;
                      35.    Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., April 26, 2017;
                      36.    Eastern Niagara Hospital, Inc.’s Response to Plaintiffs’ First Notice to Produce
                             dated February 1, 2017;

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                      37.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s fax to all defense counsel, May 4, 2017;
                      38.    Discovery Scheduling Order, Daniel J. Furlong, Supreme Court Justice, granted
                             May 16, 2017;
                      39.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s fax to all defense counsel, June 7, 2017;
                      40.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s fax to all defense counsel, June 7, 2017;
                      41.    Michael J. Roach, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., June 12, 2017;
                      42.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq., June 20, 2017;
                      43.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq., June 20, 2017 and
                             Plaintiffs’ Second Notice to Produce to Defendants Eastern Niagara Hospital and
                             Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.;
                      44.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Brian J. Weidner, Esq., June 21, 2017 and
                             Plaintiffs’ Second Notice to Produce to Defendants Buffalo Spine Surgery,
                             Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean, RPA-C;
                      45.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Michael J. Roach, Esq., June 21, 2017;
                      46.    Amended Complaint, filed June 22, 2017;
                      47.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Weidner, Esq., June 27, 2017 and
                             Plaintiffs’ Third Notice to Produce to Defendants Buffalo Spine Surgery,
                             Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean, RPA-C;
                      48.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq., June 27, 2017 and
                             Plaintiffs’ Third Notice to Produce to Defendants Eastern Niagara Hospital
                             and Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.;
                      49.    Christopher J. Larrabee, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., June 30, 2017;
                      50.    Brian J. Weidner, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., July 10, 2017;
                      51.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Michael J. Roach, Esq., July 14, 2017;
                      52.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq., July 14, 2017;
                      53.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s fax to Brian J. Weidner, Esq., July 14, 2017;
                      54.    Christopher J. Larrabee, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., July 25, 2017;
                      55.    Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq.’s letter to Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq., July 24, 2017 and
                             Plaintiffs’ Fourth Notice to Produce to Defendants Eastern Niagara
                             Hospital and Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.;
                      56.    Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq.’s fax to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., July 28, 2017;
                      57.    Kimberly A. Cline, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., July 28, 2017;
                      58.    Buffalo Spine Surgery, PLLC, Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric Dean, RPA-
                             C’s Response to Plaintiffs’ First Notice to Produce;
                      59.    Defendants Buffalo Spine Surgery, PLLC, Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric
                             Dean, RPA-C’s Response to Plaintiffs’ Second Notice to Produce;
                      60.    Defendants Buffalo Spine Surgery, PLLC, Andrew Cappuccino, M.D. and Eric
                             Dean, RPA-C’s Response to Plaintiffs’ Third Notice to Produce;
                      61.    Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., July 28, 2017;
                      62.    Eastern Niagara Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Associates, P.C.’s Answer to

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                             Amended Complaint, filed October 10, 2017;
                       63.   Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., November 2,
                             2017;
                       64.   Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq.’s letter to Brian P. Fitzgerald, Esq., November 2,
                             2017 and Eastern Niagara Hospital, Inc. and Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.’s
                             Response to Plaintiffs’ Third Notice to Produce dated June 27, 2017;
                       65.   Eastern Niagara Hospital, Inc. and Robert E. Lutnick, M.D.’s Response to
                             Plaintiffs’ Fourth Notice to Produce dated July 24, 2017;
                       66.   Eastern Niagara Hospital’s Operative Report, operative date September 1, 2015,
                             dictated September 17, 2015;
                             Eastern Niagara Hospital’s record, September 1, 2015; and
                             Eastern Niagara Hospital’s Discharge Summary, discharge date September 3,
                             2015, dictated October 28, 2015.




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