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Assisting Resident Can Not Be Sued for Malpractice

In dismissing a medical malpractice complaint against a resident who assisted another doctor during surgery, the Second Department wrote:

A resident or fellow who is supervised by a doctor during a medical procedure, and who does not exercise any independent medical judgment, cannot be held liable for medical malpractice unless the resident or fellow knows that the supervising doctor’s orders are so clearly contraindicated by normal practice that ordinary prudence requires inquiry into the correctness of the orders, or the resident or fellow commits an independent act that constitutes a departure from accepted medical practice …. Poter v Adams, 2014 NY Slip Op 02061, 2012-03922, Index No 27069/09, 2nd Dept 3-27-13

 

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