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DEFENDANTS’ EXPERTS’ CLAIMS THAT DEFENDANTS PROVIDED PROPER CARE AND ADVICE IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTION WERE BELIED BY THE MEDICAL RECORDS AS EXPLAINED BY PLAINTIFF’S EXPERTS; QUESTIONS OF FACT PRECLUDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANTS (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s experts in this medical malpractice action raised questions of fact about the negligence of each defendant. The decision is fact-specific and far too detailed to fairly summarize, but it provides insight into when expert affidavits are deemed sufficiently substantive to raise questions of fact:

… [W]hen viewed in a light most favorable to plaintiff, we find that the record raises several questions of fact as to whether each defendant satisfied the standard of care applicable to him or it … . Despite that each defendant and their respective experts opined that decedent was not presenting with the signs or symptoms of a stroke, this is belied by the medical record, which establishes that decedent was experiencing a stroke and/or vertebral artery dissection during the relevant time period that they treated decedent and presented with the “classic” symptoms associated with a stroke. At a minimum, these differing opinions create a question of fact, which plaintiff’s experts highlighted in so far that each defendant deviated from the standard of care by failing to refer decedent to a specialist or neurologist … . McCarthy v Town of Massena, N.Y. (Massena Mem. Hosp.)2023 NY Slip Op 03959, Third Dept 7-27-23

Practice Point: Here the medical records as explained by plaintiff’s experts raised questions of fact about whether plaintiff’s decedent was exhibiting symptoms of a stroke at the time defendants treated him, a diagnosis defendants allegedly failed to make.

 

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