Humphrey v. Cartagena

55 A.D.3d 333, 865 N.Y.S.2d 200

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard R. Silver, J.), entered on or about February 11, 2008, which granted defendants’ motion to compel plaintiff to appear for a supplemental independent medical examination to consist of urodynamic testing, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, who voluntarily underwent urodynamic studies by her own physician without adverse effects, failed to make a prima facie showing that a repeat urodynamic study would pose a serious threat to her health (see Chavoustie v New York Hosp.—Cornell Med. Ctr., 253 AD2d 702 [1998], lv denied 93 NY2d 805 [1999]). Her doctor’s conclusory assertion that a repeat procedure was “contraindicated” because it would cause discomfort and could cause infection or exacerbate her condition was insufficient to constitute such a showing (see Thomas v Mather Mem. Hosp., 162 AD2d 521, 523 [1990]). Concur—Lippman, P.J., Gonzalez, Sweeny, Catterson and DeGrasse, JJ.