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MEDICAL (SURGICAL) RECORDS IN A NO-FAULT FILE RELATED TO A PRIOR INJURY SUFFERED BY PLAINTIFF SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IN THIS DAMAGES TRIAL; NEW TRIAL ON DAMAGES ORDERED (FIRST DEPT).

​The First Department, reversing the damages judgment and ordering a new trial, determined medical records included the the no-fault file regarding a prior injury suffered by plaintiff should not have been admitted:

The court … should not have allowed into evidence the operative and pathology reports from the 2002 surgical procedure that were contained in the file of the no-fault insurance carrier. While the no-fault file was properly admitted as a business record under CPLR 4518(a), the reports therein were not created by the carrier and, thus, were inadmissible … . There was no evidence of a relationship between the carrier and the surgeon or the hospital where the procedure was performed so as to permit the reports to remain as part of the carrier’s file … . Basden v Liberty Lines Tr., Inc., 2023 NY Slip Op 00050, First Dept 1-10-22

Practice Pont: Although the no-fault file re: a prior accident in which plaintiff was injured was admissible, the surgical records included in the file were not. New trial on damages ordered.

 

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