{"id":3332,"date":"2022-02-04T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T20:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2022-02-27T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T21:26:55","slug":"new-york-court-evaluates-summary-judgment-in-medical-malpractice-cases-with-conflicting-expert-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-evaluates-summary-judgment-in-medical-malpractice-cases-with-conflicting-expert-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Evaluates Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice Cases with Conflicting Expert Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expert testimony is essential in New York medical malpractice cases. Specifically, the success of a plaintiff\u2019s claims may hinge on the strength of their expert\u2019s opinion. Similarly, defendants often rely on expert opinions in support of their assertion that they should not be deemed liable for the plaintiff\u2019s harm. In cases in which expert opinions conflict, the courts will typically deny any motions for judgment as a matter of law. If they do not, it may be grounds for reversal, as demonstrated in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/courts\/ad2\/Handdowns\/2022\/Decisions\/D68553.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a> issued in a New York hospital malpractice action. If you were injured due to negligent care in a hospital, it is smart to speak to a Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer about what evidence you need to recover damages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that the decedent visited the emergency department of the defendant hospital with complaints of swelling in her legs. The defendant doctor diagnosed her with peripheral vascular disease and discharged her. The decedent\u2019s condition initially improved, but nine days later, she visited a second emergency department, again complaining of swelling in both legs. An ultrasound showed that she had acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in both legs.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, shortly after the examination, she suffered a cardiac arrest and died. An autopsy later revealed DVT to be the cause of her death. The plaintiff subsequently filed a lawsuit against the defendants, asserting medical malpractice and wrongful death claims. The defendants moved for summary judgment, and the trial court granted their motion, after which the plaintiff appealed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-evaluates-summary-judgment-in-medical-malpractice-cases-with-conflicting-expert-reports\/#more-3332\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expert testimony is essential in New York medical malpractice cases. Specifically, the success of a plaintiff\u2019s claims may hinge on the strength of their expert\u2019s opinion. Similarly, defendants often rely on expert opinions in support of their assertion that they should not be deemed liable for the plaintiff\u2019s harm. In cases in which expert opinions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hospital-negligence","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 Evaluates Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice Cases with Conflicting Expert Reports &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 4, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Expert testimony is essential in New York medical malpractice cases. 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