{"id":3516,"date":"2022-12-30T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2022-12-23T13:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T18:20:26","slug":"new-york-court-explains-the-distinction-between-medical-malpractice-and-ordinary-negligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-explains-the-distinction-between-medical-malpractice-and-ordinary-negligence\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Explains the Distinction Between Medical Malpractice and Ordinary Negligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical malpractice claims typically sound in negligence. There is a difference between ordinary negligence and negligent acts committed in the course of offering medical care, though, and the failure to recognize the distinction prior to instituting a lawsuit can have negative consequences. For example, in a recent New York case<\/a>, a court dismissed the plaintiff\u2019s lawsuit against a physician on the grounds that the statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims, rather than the statute of limitations for negligence claims, applied and operated to bar the plaintiff\u2019s claims. If you were hurt by incompetent medical care, you could be owed compensation, and you should speak to a Syracuse medical malpractice attorney.<\/p>\n

The Plaintiff\u2019s Harm<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is alleged that the plaintiff was a patient of the defendant’s allergy practice. During a treatment visit, one of the defendant\u2019s employees injected the plaintiff with an allergy shot intended for another patient. The plaintiff later commenced a lawsuit against the defendant, alleging that she suffered personal injuries due to the error.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, after discovery, the defendant moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the plaintiff\u2019s claims were not filed within two years and six months of her harm, as demanded by the statute of limitations. The plaintiff argued that her claims sounded in ordinary negligence and not medical malpractice. The court granted the defendant\u2019s motion and the plaintiff appealed. Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medical malpractice claims typically sound in negligence. There is a difference between ordinary negligence and negligent acts committed in the course of offering medical care, though, and the failure to recognize the distinction prior to instituting a lawsuit can have negative consequences. For example, in a recent New York case, a court dismissed the plaintiff\u2019s […]<\/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-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"\nNew York Court Explains the Distinction Between Medical Malpractice and Ordinary Negligence — Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog — December 30, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medical malpractice claims typically sound in negligence. 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