LEFFLER v. FELD


51 A.D.3d 410 (2008)

856 N.Y.S.2d 106

SHEILA LEFFLER et al., Appellants, v. MICHAEL FELD, M.D., Respondent.

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

Decided May 1, 2008.


The court correctly concluded that the theory of causation in this medical malpractice action was a novel one (see Frye v United States, 293 F 1013 [DC Cir 1923]) and thus warranted a Frye hearing (see Zito v Zabarsky, 28 A.D.3d 42, 44 [2006]). However, the court erred in concluding that plaintiffs failed to establish that there is general acceptance in the medical community of a causal link between Altace and the development...

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