Reff v. Youngblood

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Reff v. Youngblood

2017 NY Slip Op 4633, 151 A.D.3d 1674, 57 N.Y.S.3d 581

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

DecidedJune 9, 2017

Docket642 CA 16-02044

StatusPublished

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Reff v. Youngblood, 2017 NY Slip Op 4633, 151 A.D.3d 1674, 57 N.Y.S.3d 581 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2017).

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Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Jefferson County (James P. McClusky, J.), entered July 19, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied in part the motion of defendant Mahmoud Hamza, M.D., for summary judgment.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Mahmoud Hamza, M.D. (defendant), appeals from an order that, inter alia, denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action asserted against him for medical malpractice arising from his treatment and care of plaintiff’s decedent. We affirm. Supreme Court properly concluded that plaintiff raised triable issues of fact by submitting the affirmation of a physician who averred that there was a departure from the accepted standard of care and that such departure was a proximate cause of decedent’s injuries (see generally Bagley v Rochester Gen. Hosp., 124 AD3d 1272, 1273 [2015]; O’Shea v Buffalo Med. Group, P.C., 64 AD3d 1140, 1140-1141 [2009], appeal dismissed 13 NY3d 834 [2009]). Furthermore, the court properly concluded that there is an issue of fact whether defendant’s alleged refusal to administer anesthesia before performing surgery on decedent constitutes malicious conduct sufficient to support an award of punitive damages (see Graham v Columbia Presbyt. Med. Ctr., 185 AD2d 753, 754-756 [1992]; see generally Dupree v Giugliano, 20 NY3d 921, 924 [2012], rearg denied 20 NY3d 1045 [2013]).

Present— Carni, J.P., Lindley, DeJoseph, Curran and Troutman, JJ.

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Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Jefferson County (James P. McClusky, J.), entered July 19, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied in part the motion of defendant Mahmoud Hamza, M.D., for summary judgment.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Mahmoud Hamza, M.D. (defendant), appeals from an order that, inter alia, denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the cause of action asserted against him for medical malpractice arising from his treatment and care of plaintiff’s decedent. We affirm. Supreme Court properly concluded that plaintiff raised triable issues of fact by submitting the affirmation of a physician who averred that there was a departure from the accepted standard of care and that such departure was a proximate cause of decedent’s injuries (see generally Bagley v Rochester Gen. Hosp., 124 AD3d 1272, 1273 [2015]; O’Shea v Buffalo Med. Group, P.C., 64 AD3d 1140, 1140-1141 [2009], appeal dismissed 13 NY3d 834 [2009]). Furthermore, the court properly concluded that there is an issue of fact whether defendant’s alleged refusal to administer anesthesia before performing surgery on decedent constitutes malicious conduct sufficient to support an award of punitive damages (see Graham v Columbia Presbyt. Med. Ctr., 185 AD2d 753, 754-756 [1992]; see generally Dupree v Giugliano, 20 NY3d 921, 924 [2012], rearg denied 20 NY3d 1045 [2013]).

Present— Carni, J.P., Lindley, DeJoseph, Curran and Troutman, JJ.

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