Mealey's (August 10, 2017, 1:53 PM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York appeals court on Aug. 2 affirmed that where a plaintiff claimed that a decedent fell out of bed due to the failure of the defendant hospital’s staff to follow a physician’s order to restrain her, the action sounded in medical malpractice such that the 2-1/2-half year statute of limitations applied under New York law (Estate of Ruby Bell v. WSNCHS North, Inc., No. 601781/13, 2017 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5879)....