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MEDICAL RECORDS DEMONSTRATED THE NEGLIGENT FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE A SEVERED NERVE; THEREFORE THE MEDICAL FACILITY WAS DEEMED TO HAVE HAD TIMELY NOTICE OF THE NATURE OF THE MALPRACTICE CLAIM; THE PETITION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AND SERVE A LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the petition to file a late notice of claim in this medical malpractice action should have been granted. The medical facilities’ (NHCC’S) failure to diagnose a severed nerve was apparent from the medical records. Therefore NHCC had timely notice of the nature of the claim:

Medical records can establish actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting a claim where they “evince that the medical staff, by its acts or omissions, inflicted an[ ] injury on plaintiff” … . “While expert opinion may be helpful to this showing, it is not required where ‘the basic facts underlying the malpractice claims [can] be gleaned from the . . . medical records'” … . Here, NHCC acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the petitioners’ claim, since its employees participated in the acts or omissions giving rise to the claim and prepared medical records from which it could be readily inferred that NHCC negligently failed to timely diagnose and treat the injured petitioner’s nerve injury … .

Further, under the circumstances of this case, the petitioners demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the delay in serving a notice of claim based upon, inter alia, the injured petitioner not learning of the nerve injury until his surgery on March 11, 2021, followed by his recovery time from the surgery and inability to consult with an attorney until after he was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 due to preexisting health conditions … .

Moreover, the petitioners presented a “plausible argument” that NHCC could conduct an adequate investigation of the claim despite the delay, and thus, NHCC would not be substantially prejudiced by the late notice of claim … . Matter of Cleary v Nassau Health Care Corp., 2023 NY Slip Op 02121, Second Dept 4-26-23

Practice Point: Here the medical records were deemed to have provided the medical facility with timely knowledge of the negligent failure to diagnose a severed nerve. Therefore the petition for leave to file and serve a late notice of claim should have been granted.

 

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