{"id":2431,"date":"2019-07-23T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2019-07-23T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:12:05","slug":"new-york-appellate-court-affirms-dismissal-of-medical-malpractice-case-due-to-plaintiffs-failure-to-appear-at-compliance-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-appellate-court-affirms-dismissal-of-medical-malpractice-case-due-to-plaintiffs-failure-to-appear-at-compliance-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Case Due to Plaintiff&#8217;s Failure to Appear at Compliance Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syracuse malpractice cases are never easy. The defendants in these types of case rarely admit that any wrongdoing or negligence occurred; in the unlikely event that a doctor or hospital admits that a mistake was made, the defendant will likely insist that there was no harm caused by the error.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, a defendant in a medical negligence case will take advantage of every &#8220;technicality&#8221; that may fall in his or her favor, including the possibility of getting a case dismissed due to an opponent&#8217;s failure to appear at a court conference. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get such dismissal reversed, and the plaintiff may very well lose the right to proceed to trial if such a ruling occurs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-second-department\/2019\/2017-05898.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">case<\/a> arising in the Supreme Court for Dutchess County, the plaintiff was a woman who sought compensation for the alleged medical malpractice of the defendant healthcare provider. A compliance conference was ordered by the trial court, but the plaintiff failed to appear. Thereafter, the trial court dismissed the plaintiff&#8217;s complaint due to her default pursuant to the provisions of the 22 NYCRR \u00a7 202.27. The plaintiff then filed a motion to vacate the trial court&#8217;s order and judgment under CPLR \u00a7 5015(a)(1), seeking to have her civil action against the defendant restored to active status. The trial court denied the plaintiff&#8217;s motion, and she appealed.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-appellate-court-affirms-dismissal-of-medical-malpractice-case-due-to-plaintiffs-failure-to-appear-at-compliance-conference\/#more-2431\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syracuse malpractice cases are never easy. The defendants in these types of case rarely admit that any wrongdoing or negligence occurred; in the unlikely event that a doctor or hospital admits that a mistake was made, the defendant will likely insist that there was no harm caused by the error. Not surprisingly, a defendant in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Case Due to Plaintiff&#039;s Failure to Appear at Compliance Conference &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; July 23, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Syracuse malpractice cases are never easy. 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