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THE PLAINTIFF’S EXPERT’S ASSERTION THAT THE FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PROXIMATELY CAUSED DECEDENT’S PREMATURE DEATH WAS SUFFICIENT TO RAISE A QUESTION OF FACT ON CAUSATION IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s expert’s affidavit raised a question of fact whether defendants’ failure to diagnose plaintiff’s decedent’s atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease proximately caused decedent’s premature death:

… Supreme Court properly determined that the affirmation of the defendants’ expert established, prima facie, that the treatment provided by the defendants was not a proximate cause of the decedent’s alleged injuries … . However, … the affirmation of the plaintiff’s expert, wherein the expert opined to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the defendants’ departures from accepted standards of medical care proximately caused the decedent to die prematurely … , as a result of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, was sufficient to raise an issue of fact with respect to causation … . Persuad v Hassan, 2023 NY Slip Op 05279, Second Dept 10-18-23

Practice Point: Here plaintiff alleged defendants’ failure to diagnose decedent’s atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease constituted medical malpractice. Plaintiff’s expert raised a question of fact on causation by asserting the failure to diagnose the disease proximately caused decedent’s premature death.

 

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