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MEDICAL RECORDS DOCUMENTING THE MEDICAL CARE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE HOSPITAL HAD TIMELY NOTICE OF THE NATURE OF THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM; MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED.

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Pigott, over a three-judge dissenting opinion, determined plaintiff's motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim was properly denied. Plaintiff alleged medical malpractice on the part of defendant New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC). The majority concluded that the mere existence of medical records documenting the hospital care did not demonstrate timely knowledge of the nature of the claim:

… [T]he medical records must do more than “suggest” that an injury occurred as a result of malpractice. [The plaintiff's] argument implies that so long as medical experts reasonably disagree as to whether, based on their respective interpretations of the medical records, the medical staff deviated from the standard of care, a factual question is present and an application for service of late notice must be granted as a matter of law. … [T]he medical records must “evince that the medical staff, by its acts or omissions, inflicted an[] injury on plaintiff . . .” in order for the medical provider to have actual knowledge of the essential facts … . Wally G. v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp. (Metropolitan Hosp.), 2016 NY Slip Op 04443, CtApp 6-9-16

MUNICIPAL LAW (NOTICE OF CLAIM, MEDICAL RECORDS DOCUMENTING THE MEDICAL CARE DID NOT DEMOSTRATE THE HOSPITAL HAD TIMELY NOTICE OF THE NATURE OF THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM; MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED)/NOTICE OF CLAIM (MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM AGAINST CITY HOSPITAL, MEDICAL RECORDS DOCUMENTING THE MEDICAL CARE DID NOT DEMOSTRATE THE HOSPITAL HAD TIMELY NOTICE OF THE NATURE OF THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM; MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED)/MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (CLAIM AGAINST CITY HOSPITAL, MEDICAL RECORDS DOCUMENTING THE MEDICAL CARE DID NOT DEMOSTRATE THE HOSPITAL HAD TIMELY NOTICE OF THE NATURE OF THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM; MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM PROPERLY DENIED)

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