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New York Appellate Court Discusses Party-Statement Exception To Quality-Assurance Privilege In Medical Malpractice Cases

March 6, 2022

In its Opinion & Order dated December 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held: “we conclude that the party asserting the quality-assurance privilege must demonstrate that any statements made at[...]

New York Lawsuit Alleges Fertility Doctor Used His Own Sperm

October 5, 2021

A recently filed New York medical malpractice case alleges that a New York fertility doctor used his own sperm to impregnate many patients. The plaintiff alleges that she learned through genetic testing that she has at least nine half-siblings. The Seattle Times reports that the lawsuit was filed on[...]

New York Appellate Court Holds Chiropractor Not Qualified To Testify Regarding SOC For Spinal Fusion Surgery

November 28, 2020

The New York Appellate Division, Third Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated November 5, 2020 that a chiropractor was not qualified to testify as to the standard of care for a neurosurgeon performing spinal fusion surgery in a New York medical malpractice case[...]

$5M Brooklyn Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Ongoing Urine Leak Following Kidney Transplant Surgery

August 29, 2019

On July 17, 2019, after a month-long New York medical malpractice trial, a Brooklyn medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman’s estate in the amount of $5 million. The woman had died at age 39 in 2000, one and a half years after she underwent kidney transplant surgery d[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Anesthesiologist In Delayed Rendering Of Anesthesia Claim

August 14, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum and Order entered on June 7, 2019: “We reject plaintiffs’ contention that the affidavit of their expert raised triable issues of fact suff[...]

“Butt Butcher” Cosmetic Surgeon Has His New York Medical License Revoked

January 30, 2019

On January 9, 2019, the New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct revoked the medical license of a 55-year-old Brooklyn, New York gynecologist who performed liposuction and other cosmetic surgery procedures on patients at night in his Manhattan office. The doctor was[...]

New York Appellate Court Discusses Alleged Bad Faith Failure To Settle Medical Malpractice Case

November 8, 2018

The State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum And Order dated October 25, 2018 that it was error for the trial court to enter summary judgment on behalf of the defendant medical malpractice insurance [...]

New York Appellate Court Revives Failure To Diagnose Compartment Syndrome Medical Malpractice Case

October 8, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Decision & Order dated August 29, 2018 that the trial court should have denied the New York medical malpractice defendants’ motion for summary jud[...]

New York Appellate Court Applies Continuous Treatment Doctrine To Save Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Case

July 30, 2018

In its opinion filed on April 28, 2018, a New York appellate court reversed summary judgment for the defendant cardiologist in a New York medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant was medically negligent in prescribing the drug Pradaxa in combination with the plainti[...]

New York’s Highest Appellate Court Decides Wrongful Birth Claim Begins To Run At Date Of Birth

December 26, 2017

The New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest appellate court, held in its opinion filed on December 14, 2017 that the statute of limitations for wrongful birth claims in New York begins to run on the date of birth, and not on the date of the alleged medical negligence. The Court of Appeal[...]

New York Appellate Court Discusses Medical Malpractice Claims For In Utero Injuries

October 29, 2017

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated in its Memorandum and Decision dated October 6, 2017 that in a New York medical malpractice action brought by the mother where an infant is injured in utero as a [...]

New York Medical Malpractice $1.3 Million Settlement For Infant

August 10, 2012

A medical malpractice claim against a New York hospital involving a newborn who was allegedly injured during delivery was recently settled out-of-court for $1.3 million after the medical malpractice case was filed. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that negligent medical care during the deli[...]

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