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FAILURE TO PLEAD A JURISDICTIONAL DEFECT AS A DEFENSE WAIVED THE DEFECT; WITHOUT EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE, THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT PROVED (SECOND DEPT)

The Second Department noted that the defendant’s (NYS’s) failure to plead a jurisdictional defect as a defense (defendant had not timely filed and served notice of claim) waived the defect. The claimant did not present expert evidence to support the medical malpractice claim and therefore did not demonstrate that any alleged deviation from the accepted standard of care was the proximate case of his injury. The claimant alleged a negligent failure to diagnose a urinary tract infection (UTI):

“To establish a prima facie case of medical malpractice, a plaintiff must set forth (1) the standard of care in the locality where the treatment occurred, (2) that the defendant breached that standard of care, and (3) that the breach was the proximate cause of his or her injuries”… . Further, where, as here, the subject matter (UTIs) and treatment thereof are “not within the ordinary experience and knowledge of laypersons”… , the claimant must establish a prima facie case of medical malpractice through expert medical opinion … . Whitfield v State of New York, 2018 NY Slip Op 04773, Second Dept 6-27-18

COURT OF CLAIMS (FAILURE TO PLEAD A JURISDICTIONAL DEFECT AS A DEFENSE WAIVED THE DEFECT; WITHOUT EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE, THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT PROVED (SECOND DEPT))/NOTICE OF CLAIM (COURT OF CLAIMS, FAILURE TO PLEAD A JURISDICTIONAL DEFECT AS A DEFENSE WAIVED THE DEFECT; WITHOUT EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE, THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT PROVED (SECOND DEPT))/NEGLIGENCE (MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, WITHOUT EXPERT OPINION THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT PROVED (SECOND DEPT))/MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (EXPERT OPINION, WITHOUT EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE, THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT PROVED (SECOND DEPT))/EVIDENCE (MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, WITHOUT EXPERT OPINION THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT PROVED (SECOND DEPT))/EXPERT OPINION (MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, WITHOUT EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE, THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT PROVED (SECOND DEPT))

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