Order reversed, on the law, with costs, and the plaintiff's motion denied, without prejudice to renewal on proper papers, which shall include competent medical proof of a causal connection between the alleged malpractice and the death of the plaintiff's decedent.
The physician's affidavit submitted by the plaintiff provided, in relevant part, as follows: "It is my opinion, with a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the tumor at T3 was a substantial factor causing Mrs. Liebman's death on July 22, 1984".
The affidavit is silent as to any malpractice by the defendant, much less a causal connection between same and the plaintiff's decedent's death (see, Amsler v Verrilli, 119 A.D.2d 786). Therefore, the granting of leave to amend the complaint predicated upon this affidavit was improper (see, Ortiz v Bono, 101 A.D.2d 812; Wood v Southside Hosp., 45 A.D.2d 1052; Robbins v Healy, 35 A.D.2d 850). Bracken, J.P., Kunzeman, Kooper and Spatt, JJ., concur.