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PLAINTIFF RAISED A QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER THE STROKE DIAGNOSIS WAS TIMELY AND WHETHER THE FAILURE TO MAKE A TIMELY DIAGNOSIS DECREASED THE CHANCES OF A BETTER OUTCOME (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s expert raised a question of fact in this medical malpractice action alleging the failure to timely diagnose a stroke:

Where a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action alleges a failure to timely diagnose a condition, the plaintiff must show that the departures from the standard of care delayed diagnosis and decreased the chances of a better outcome or increased the injury … . The plaintiff submitted an affirmation of an emergency medicine physician who opined, inter alia, that the hospital’s staff failed to take a thorough history of the decedent’s symptoms and failed to provide an interpreter for that purpose in contravention of the applicable standard of care. The plaintiff also submitted an affirmation of a radiologist, who opined that a CT scan of the decedent’s brain performed on the day that the decedent presented to the hospital showed an infarct and that the hospital’s radiologist had failed to recognize this evidence of a stroke. The plaintiff’s emergency medicine expert opined that had the decedent been properly and timely diagnosed, treatment options were available, including the possible administration of tPA or the use of certain other medications.

Under these circumstances, the plaintiff raised triable issues of fact as to whether there was a departure from the standard of care and whether such departure decreased the chances of a better outcome or increased the decedent’s injuries … . Hanna v Staten Is. Univ. Hosp., 2024 NY Slip Op 05435, Second Dept 11-6-24

Practice Point: Here plaintiff’s expert raised a question of fact about whether the stroke diagnosis was timely and whether the delay decreased the chances of a better outcome.

 

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