Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Although we disagree with defendant's contention that expert testimony was required to establish the existence of a defective condition, the trial court properly dismissed the complaint at the close of all the testimony.
An expert witness is required to support a claim of departure from safe practice only where the issue involved transcends the realm of knowledge that lay persons possess, such as standards of medical care (
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