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DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED; PLAINTIFF’S EXPERT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE AND THE EXPERT’S AFFIDAVIT WAS CONCLUSORY AND SPECULATIVE; THE COURT NOTED THAT A THEORY RAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined summary judgment should have been granted to several of the defendants in this medical malpractice action because the plaintiff’s expert did not raise a triable issue of fact. The expert did not demonstrate expertise in relevant areas and the expert’s opinions were conclusory and speculative with respect to three of the defendants. The Second Department noted that a court should not consider a theory of liability raised for the first time in opposition to a summary judgment motion:

“While it is true that a medical expert need not be a specialist in a particular field in order to testify regarding accepted practices in that field, the witness nonetheless should be possessed of the requisite skill, training, education, knowledge or experience from which it can be assumed that the opinion rendered is reliable” … . “Thus, where a physician provides an opinion beyond his or her area of specialization, a foundation must be laid tending to support the reliability of the opinion rendered” … . Here, the plaintiff’s expert, who specialized in general and vascular surgery, did not indicate that he or she had any special training or expertise in orthopaedics or family medicine, and failed to set forth how he or she was, or became, familiar with the applicable standards of care in these specialized areas of practice … . Further, the conclusions of the plaintiff’s expert as to Desai, Anand, and Sveilich were conclusory and speculative … , improperly based on hindsight reasoning … , and self-contradictory … . Samer v Desai, 2020 NY Slip Op 00318, Second Dept 1-15-20

 

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