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DEFENDANT DOCTOR WAS PROPERLY ALLOWED TO TESTIFY ABOUT HIS USUAL PRACTICE OR HABIT IN PERFORMING KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, affirming the defense verdict in this medical malpractice action, determined that defendant doctor (Baez) was properly allowed to testify about his usual practice or “habit” in performing a knee replacement:

Baez’s habit testimony as to how he performs knee replacement surgeries, including that the methodology for measuring and dissecting 10 millimeters of the patient’s patella did not vary from patient to patient, that the manner in which he performed knee replacement surgeries was done in a deliberate, identical, and repetitive manner on every patient, and that he was in complete control of the circumstances concerning the measuring and dissection of the patient’s patella, was properly admitted by the Supreme Court … . The evidence supported a finding that Baez’s surgical techniques  a deliberate and repetitive practice by a person in complete control of the circumstances … . Heubish v Baez, 2019 NY Slip Op 08826, Second Dept 12-11-19

 

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