{"id":3147,"date":"2021-03-17T17:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2021-03-17T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:15:48","slug":"new-york-womans-medical-malpractice-case-against-gynecologist-following-complications-from-sterilization-survives-summary-judgment-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-womans-medical-malpractice-case-against-gynecologist-following-complications-from-sterilization-survives-summary-judgment-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Woman&#8217;s Medical Malpractice Case Against Gynecologist Following Complications from Sterilization Survives Summary Judgment Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Syracuse medical malpractice lawsuits revolve around the issue of whether the defendant healthcare provider deviated from the standard of care that applied to the plaintiff&#8217;s medical treatment and\/or whether any such deviation was the proximate cause of the plaintiff&#8217;s injuries or death. This is not always the only potential claim, however.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, in some cases, the plaintiff may be able to assert what is known as a &#8220;lack of informed consent&#8221; claim. A plaintiff who asserts such a claim against a defendant medical provider is, in most cases, alleging that he or she was not given sufficient information about the risks, benefits, and alternatives to a course of treatment to make an informed choice in the matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in a <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-second-department\/2021\/2018-06117.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">medical malpractice case<\/a> appealed from the Supreme Court of Richmond County was a woman, joined by her husband (asserting a derivative claim), who sought to assert a medical malpractice claim against the defendants (a gynecologist and the medical practice that employed him). According to the plaintiffs, the defendants had failed to obtain informed consent for a sterilization procedure undergone by the woman and\/or had departed from the accepted standard of care for the procedure. The plaintiffs further asserted that, as a result of the defendants&#8217; negligence, the woman had suffered serious personal injuries and had required extensive medical treatment, including a quadruple bypass surgery.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-womans-medical-malpractice-case-against-gynecologist-following-complications-from-sterilization-survives-summary-judgment-motion\/#more-3147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Syracuse medical malpractice lawsuits revolve around the issue of whether the defendant healthcare provider deviated from the standard of care that applied to the plaintiff&#8217;s medical treatment and\/or whether any such deviation was the proximate cause of the plaintiff&#8217;s injuries or death. This is not always the only potential claim, however. In addition, 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":[16,6,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-failure-to-diagnose","category-medical-malpractice","category-specialist-negligence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Woman&#039;s Medical Malpractice Case Against Gynecologist Following Complications from Sterilization Survives Summary Judgment Motion &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; March 17, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most Syracuse medical malpractice lawsuits revolve around the issue of whether the defendant healthcare provider deviated from the standard of care that &#8212; March 17, 2021\" \/>\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-womans-medical-malpractice-case-against-gynecologist-following-complications-from-sterilization-survives-summary-judgment-motion\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New York Woman&#039;s Medical Malpractice Case Against Gynecologist Following Complications from Sterilization Survives Summary Judgment Motion &#8212; 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