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April 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Bills of Particulars and Partial Summary Judgment

In its recent decision in 'Carroll v. Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center', the Fourth Department held that partial summary judgment should be granted only as to theories or claims of malpractice that were not addressed, and that an expert affirmation submitted in opposition is not required to address every allegation in a bill of particulars.
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February 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Spoliation of Evidence in Malpractice Actions

There have been a significant number of Appellate Division decisions addressing motions by plaintiffs in malpractice actions seeking sanctions against defendants for spoliation of evidence, as well as a few involving malpractice defendants seeking sanctions against plaintiffs. Those decisions are the subject of this column.
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December 04, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Equitable Estoppel and Public Hospitals

When notice of a medical malpractice claim is not filed timely and the statute of limitations to bring a motion for permission to serve a late notice of claim expires, a court is not required to grant relief. The only avenue for a claimant who failed to file timely may be to argue the municipal defendant should be equitably estopped from seeking dismissal. The application of this doctrine to notices of claim and municipal hospitals is the subject of this article.
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July 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Discovery of Surveillance Video in Medical Malpractice Actions

In personal injury and medical malpractice actions in which plaintiffs have alleged they sustained injuries that have impaired their abilities to engage in their normal activities, it is not uncommon for the defendants to hire investigators to surveille and make video recordings of the plaintiff that may appear to refute, or confirm, the nature and degree of the impairment.
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June 05, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Certificate of Merit: Courts Continue to Grapple With Requirement

Although it is a fairly simple procedure, it has occasionally necessitated litigation over the impact of a failure to so certify, as well as the nature of the certification required in certain types of cases. Thirty-seven years after the passage of this requirement, the courts continue to grapple with these questions.
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April 04, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Update on COVID Issues: Court Decisions Regarding Immunity

In their last Medical Malpractice column, Thomas Moore and Matthew Gaier discuss several court decisions related to immunity temporarily given to health care professionals and facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Implied Physician-Patient Relationships in Obstetrical Cases

In their last Medical Malpractice column, Thomas Moore and Matthew Gaier reviewed several decisions relating to implied physician-patient relationships. In this column, they continue with that theme, exploring decisions addressing implied physician-patient relationships in the context of obstetrical care.
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December 05, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Implied Physician-Patient Relationships

Although there are limited circumstances in which a physician will be deemed to owe a duty of care to a non-patient, even in those cases the duty flows from a physician-patient relationship with someone else.
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October 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Recent Appellate Decisions: Pretreatment Agreements, Ex Parte Interviews

As demonstrated by recent cases, the law pertaining to 'Arons' authorizations is fairly well developed at this point.
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August 01, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Dead Man's Statute: A Potentially Powerful Evidentiary Rule

This column discusses the Dead Man's Statute and decisional law addressing its potential application in both circumstances.
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