MURPHY v. DROSINOS

10727, 805259/15.

179 A.D.3d 461 (2020)

117 N.Y.S.3d 34

2020 NY Slip Op 00214

Molly Murphy et al., Appellants, v. Sophia Drosinos, M.D., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 9, 2020.


Dr. Drosinos failed to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to summary judgment. In reaching the conclusion that Drosinos did not depart from accepted practice in repairing plaintiff's fourth-degree laceration, a tear that extends past the anal sphincter and into the anus that can occur during childbirth, her expert relied solely on testimony that Drosinos was actively involved in suturing the tear and directed the proper placement of every stitch. The expert failed...

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