LOPEZ v. SHESKIER


262 A.D.2d 536 (1999)

691 N.Y.S.2d 794

NELLY LOPEZ, Appellant, v. STEVEN SHESKIER, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided June 21, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the cause of action predicated on lack of informed consent regarding the surgery the defendant performed on her on April 27, 1990, was properly dismissed inasmuch as she failed to adduce expert medical testimony in support of the alleged qualitative insufficiency of the consent (see, CPLR 4401-a; Gonzalez v Moscarella, 142 A.D.2d 550

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