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ALTHOUGH PLAINTIFF’S EXPERT’S THEORY IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY MEDICAL LITERATURE, THE THEORY HAD AN OBJECTIVE BASIS AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PRECLUDED AFTER A FRYE HEARING (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the evidence offered by plaintiff’s treating physician (Paget) as expert opinion should not have been precluded after a Frye hearing, despite the absence of medical literature on the topic. Plaintiff alleged a contrast agent was negligently injected into the tissue of her arm instead of a vein:

The plaintiff’s expert witness disclosure indicated that Paget was expected to testify that the defendants deviated from good and accepted medical practice in allowing gadolinium, a toxin, to leak into and remain inside the plaintiff’s arm in high concentration, which caused the plaintiff to develop injuries including a progressive fibrosing disease. … * * *

Although Paget did not rely upon medical literature unequivocally establishing that the administration of gadolinium into tissue has a causal link to the development of a systemic fibrosing disease in the absence of renal insufficiency, the plaintiff established that Paget’s theory “had an objective basis and was founded upon far more than theoretical speculation or a scientific hunch”… . The absence of medical literature directly on point pertains to the weight to be afforded to Paget’s testimony, but does not preclude its admissibility … . Farrell v Lichtenberger, 2021 NY Slip Op 03305, Second Dept 5-26-21

 

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