{"id":3434,"date":"2022-07-30T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2022-07-30T17:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T21:56:11","slug":"new-york-court-examines-proximate-cause-in-medical-malpractice-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-examines-proximate-cause-in-medical-malpractice-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Examines Proximate Cause in Medical Malpractice Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency room doctors encounter a plethora of conditions that vary in severity throughout the course of their day. Regardless of what type of issues they are presented with, however, they have an obligation to offer treatment that complies with the standard of care. If the care they render falls outside of what is considered the accepted and good practice of medicine and causes a patient harm, it may be grounds for pursuing malpractice claims. Recently, a New York court<\/a> analyzed whether a doctor\u2019s behavior constituted malpractice in a case in which the plaintiff suffered brain injuries due to a missed diagnosis. If you were harmed by incompetent medical care, you should meet with a Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer to evaluate your potential claims.<\/p>\n

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It is reported that the plaintiff went to the defendant\u2019s hospital after she was experiencing difficulty speaking or thinking and seeing flashing lights for most of the day. She was assessed as a 0 on the stroke scale. The defendant emergency room doctor ordered a brain MRI regardless but discharged her before it was reviewed. The defendant radiologist, who reviewed the MRI, found no evidence of stroke upon his first review, but upon a second review found a stroke.<\/p>\n

Allegedly, the plaintiff returned to the hospital the following morning with additional symptoms. She subsequently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the defendants. The defendants moved for summary judgment at the close of discovery. The court denied the defendant radiologist\u2019s motion but granted the defendant hospital\u2019s and defendant doctor\u2019s motion. The plaintiff and the defendant radiologist appealed. Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emergency room doctors encounter a plethora of conditions that vary in severity throughout the course of their day. Regardless of what type of issues they are presented with, however, they have an obligation to offer treatment that complies with the standard of care. If the care they render falls outside of what is considered the […]<\/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-3434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hospital-negligence","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"\nNew York Court Examines Proximate Cause in Medical Malpractice Cases — Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog — July 30, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emergency room doctors encounter a plethora of conditions that vary in severity throughout the course of their day. 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