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QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE CONTINUOUS TREATMENT DOCTRINE TOLLED THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN THIS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTION, REQUESTING MEDICAL RECORDS AND MEETING WITH AN ATTORNEY TO EXPLORE A MALPRACTICE ACTION DID NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THE TERMINATION OF TREATMENT (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the medical malpractice action should not have been dismissed as untimely. Plaintiff raised questions of fact supporting the application of the continuous-treatment toll of the statute of limitations. The court noted the fact plaintiff may have considered bringing a malpractice action did not signal the termination of treatment. Although the lawsuit named the surgeon, Kates, who did the hip replacement, the suit encompassed treatment by others at the clinic, treatment that was well-within the statute of limitations:

… [A]lthough plaintiff requested her medical records and consulted with attorneys in 2010, the mere consultation with an attorney to explore a potential malpractice claim does not, by itself, terminate a course of treatment … . Furthermore, on January 26, 2011, Kates ordered an ultrasound for plaintiff and, on July 27, 2011, plaintiff was seen in the clinic by another physician to evaluate the results of the ultrasound. That physician recommended to plaintiff that she see Kates to discuss those results, and plaintiff testified in her deposition that she was expecting to see Kates after the ultrasound to discuss whether corrective hip revision surgery was necessary. That testimony further indicates that plaintiff expected her doctor-patient relationship with Kates to continue … . Thus, even though plaintiff was somewhat disaffected with Kates, the record does not conclusively establish that either plaintiff or Kates regarded the gap in treatment or plaintiff’s consultation with counsel as the end of their treatment relationship, and we therefore cannot conclude that the continuous treatment doctrine no longer applied as a matter of law after January 14, 2009 … . …

[A]lthough the court did not reach this issue, we … conclude that questions of fact exist regarding whether, for purposes of the continuous treatment doctrine, plaintiff’s treatment by various other physicians in the clinic should be imputed to Kates … . Clifford v Kates, 2019 NY Slip Op 00744, Fourth Dept 2-1-19

 

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