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MALPRACTICE TREATING THE INITIAL MEDICAL INJURY AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL IS A FORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE INITIAL MEDICAL INJURY (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court and reinstating the medical malpractice action, noted that malpractice in treating an injury is a foreseeable consequence of the injury. Plaintiff’s decedent was injured during surgery and the injury was subsequently treated at another hospital (The Valley Hospital). Defendants’ expert opined that a delay in treatment at The Valley Hospital was the cause of decedent’s injuries:

Although defendants’ expert opined that the cause of decedent’s injuries was negligent delay by The Valley Hospital, any such delay “does not absolve defendant[s] from liability because there may be more than one proximate cause of an injury” … . Malpractice in treating an injury is a foreseeable consequence of that injury, which does not supersede the causal role of the initial tort … . Therefore, regarding these injuries, defendants’ expert “never actually opined that [decedent’s] claimed injuries were not causally related to defendants’ alleged malpractice” … . Murphy v Chinatown Cardiology, P.C., 2023 NY Slip Op 05321, First Dept 10-19-23

Practice Point: If the initial medical injury leads to subsequent treatment at another hospital, any malpractice in the subsequent treatment is a foreseeable consequence of the initial medical injury.

 

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