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MARGARET M. MAGGIOTTA, ETC., ET AL., appellants, v. PETER F. WALSH, ETC., ET AL., respondents.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

The plaintiff's husband (hereinafter the decedent) allegedly began consuming a nutritional supplement (hereinafter the product) several months before he died of hypercalcemia. The plaintiff subsequently commenced this action against Peter F. Walsh, the chiropractor who recommended the product to the decedent, and Body Wise International, Inc., the company that distributed it, alleging that the vitamin D and calcium contained in the product caused the decedent's death. The Supreme Court granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint. We affirm.

The defendants submitted evidence establishing, inter alia, that the product contained reasonable and safe amounts of vitamin D and calcium, and that the product was not the proximate cause of the decedent's death. In opposition, the plaintiff submitted a vague and conclusory expert affidavit that failed to raise a triable issue of fact regarding causation. Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants (see Lasky v. Ford, 194 A.D.2d 978).

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.

RITTER, J.P., S. MILLER, GOLDSTEIN and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.

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MAGGIOTTA v. WALSH
(Jun 23, 2003)