LENZINI v. KESSLER


48 A.D.3d 220 (2008)

851 N.Y.S.2d 163

CHRISTINE LENZINI et al., Appellants, v. ALAN A. KESSLER, M.D., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided February 5, 2008.


Although a scientific text is inadmissible as hearsay when offered for its truth or to establish a standard of care, it may be introduced to cross-examine an expert witness where it has been demonstrated that the work is the type of material commonly relied upon in the profession and has been deemed authoritative by such expert (Hinlicky v Dreyfuss, 6 N.Y.3d 636 [2006]; cf. Matter of Yazalin P., 256 A.D.2d...

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