Judgment reversed on the law with costs and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court erred in giving an "error in judgment" charge over plaintiffs' objection. That charge is appropriate only in a narrow category of medical malpractice cases in which there is evidence that defendant physician considered and chose among several medically acceptable treatment alternatives (see, 1A NY PJI 3d 701, caveat 2 [2001]; see also, Grasso v Capella, ...
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