Grasso v. Capella

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Grasso v. Capella

260 A.D.2d 600, 688 N.Y.S.2d 666, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4281

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 26, 1999

StatusPublished

Cited by5 cases

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Grasso v. Capella, 260 A.D.2d 600, 688 N.Y.S.2d 666, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4281 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1999).

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—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Bergerman, J.), dated March 26, 1998, which, upon a jury verdict, and [601]*601upon the denial of his motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside the verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff Susan Marsha Grasso and against him in the principal sum of $90,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The trial court did not err in refusing to give the “error of judgment” charge contained in PJI 2:150. There was no evidence that the defendant, a surgeon, had to consider and choose among medically-acceptable alternatives regarding the treatment of the plaintiff. Accordingly, under the circumstances of this case, the defendant was not required to exercise the type of medical judgment which would warrant the giving of the “error of judgment” charge (see, Spadaccini v Dolan, 63 AD2d 110; cf., Capolino v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 199 AD2d 173; Brault v Kenmore Mercy Hosp., 142 AD2d 945). Santucci, J. P., Sullivan, Florio and McGinity, JJ., concur.

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—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Bergerman, J.), dated March 26, 1998, which, upon a jury verdict, and [601]*601upon the denial of his motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside the verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff Susan Marsha Grasso and against him in the principal sum of $90,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The trial court did not err in refusing to give the “error of judgment” charge contained in PJI 2:150. There was no evidence that the defendant, a surgeon, had to consider and choose among medically-acceptable alternatives regarding the treatment of the plaintiff. Accordingly, under the circumstances of this case, the defendant was not required to exercise the type of medical judgment which would warrant the giving of the “error of judgment” charge (see, Spadaccini v Dolan, 63 AD2d 110; cf., Capolino v New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 199 AD2d 173; Brault v Kenmore Mercy Hosp., 142 AD2d 945). Santucci, J. P., Sullivan, Florio and McGinity, JJ., concur.

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