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IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTION, PLAINTIFF’S EXPERT’S AFFIDAVIT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE FAMILIARITY WITH THE APPLICABLE STANDARD OF CARE, WAS SPECULATIVE AND CONCLUSORY AND DID NOT ADDRESS ALL THE ASSERTIONS MADE BY DEFENDANTS’ EXPERTS; THE DEFENDANTS WERE ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the affidavit from plaintiff’s expert did not demonstrate familiarity with the applicable standard of care, was speculative and conclusory, and did not address all the allegations raised by defendants’ experts:

… [T]he plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact by submitting a redacted physician’s affidavit. “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” necessary to establish the reliability of his or her opinion …  Here, the redacted physician’s affidavit failed to lay the requisite foundation for the affiant’s familiarity with the applicable standard of nursing care … . Moreover, the opinions of the plaintiff’s expert that the defendants deviated from the applicable standard of care were speculative, conclusory, and nonresponsive to the specific assertions raised by the defendants’ experts … . Blank v Adiyody, 2023 NY Slip Op 05243, Second Dept 10-18-23

Practice Point: In a med mal action, in the context of a summary judgment motion, an expert’s affidavit must demonstrate familiarity with the applicable standard of care, must not be speculative or conclusory, and must address all the assertions made by the opposing party’s expert(s).

 

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