{"id":2644,"date":"2020-01-25T14:34:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T19:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2020-01-22T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:35:48","slug":"new-york-court-rules-that-medical-malpractice-claim-of-patient-suffering-vision-issues-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-rules-that-medical-malpractice-claim-of-patient-suffering-vision-issues-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Rules that Medical Malpractice Claim of Patient Suffering Vision Issues Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to successfully maintain a Syracuse medical malpractice lawsuit, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to provide evidence that the defendant breached the standard of care that applied to the particular situation at hand and that this breach was the proximate cause of any damages for which the plaintiff seeks compensation. Many times, the defendant in a medical negligence lawsuit will seek dismissal of the claim on the grounds that the plaintiff has not provided sufficient evidence for the case to go to trial. Only if there is a genuine issue of material fact that must be resolved by the finder of fact (the jury or, sometimes, the trial court judge) will the case proceed past the summary judgment phase of litigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff in a recent New York medical malpractice <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-first-department\/2020\/800008-14-8477-8480.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">case<\/a> alleged that he had suffered corneal edema due to surgery performed by the defendant osteopathy doctor. More particularly, the plaintiff asserted that an &#8220;ex-press&#8221; glaucoma shunt surgery had caused him to need cornea transplant surgery and suffer loss of vision in one eye. The plaintiff&#8217;s lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of New York County. The defendant sought dismissal of the claim against her, arguing that she was entitled to summary judgment insomuch as the defendant had present a triable issue of fact. The trial court agreed that the defendant was entitled to judgment as a matter of law and dismissed the plaintiff&#8217;s malpractice and informed consent claims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Resolution of the Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The New York Appellate Division, First Department affirmed the lower court&#8217;s ruling, thus agreeing that it had been proper to dismiss the plaintiff&#8217;s complaint. According to the reviewing court, the plaintiff had not provided the necessary evidence to survive the defendant&#8217;s motion for summary judgment. Rather, in the reviewing court&#8217;s view, the plaintiff had merely &#8220;reiterated that the defendant was responsible&#8221; for his injuries.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-rules-that-medical-malpractice-claim-of-patient-suffering-vision-issues-fails\/#more-2644\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to successfully maintain a Syracuse medical malpractice lawsuit, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to provide evidence that the defendant breached the standard of care that applied to the particular situation at hand and that this breach was the proximate cause of any damages for which the plaintiff seeks compensation. Many [&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-2644","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 Court Rules that Medical Malpractice Claim of Patient Suffering Vision Issues Fails &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; January 25, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In order to successfully maintain a Syracuse medical malpractice lawsuit, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to provide evidence that the defendant &#8212; January 25, 2020\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-rules-that-medical-malpractice-claim-of-patient-suffering-vision-issues-fails\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New York Court Rules that Medical Malpractice Claim of Patient Suffering Vision Issues Fails &#8212; 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