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Schantz v. Irving Fish

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 7, 2010
79 A.D.3d 481 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

No. 3820.

December 7, 2010.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan B. Carey, J.), entered December 23, 2009, which granted plaintiffs motion to sanction defendant for the spoliation of evidence to the extent of ruling that a negative inference charge would be given to the jury, and denied defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Cascione, Purcigliotti Galluzzi, P.C., New York (Thomas G. Cascione of counsel), for appellant-respondent. Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy Bach, LLP, New York (Daniel S. Ratner of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Before: Tom, J.P., Andrias, Sweeny, DeGrasse and Román, JJ.


The motion court properly imposed a lesser sanction than striking defendant's answer, based on its finding that the spoliation of plaintiffs medical records does not completely deprive plaintiff of the means of establishing a prima facie case ( compare Gray v Jaeger, 17 AD3d 286; Herrera v Matlin, 303 AD2d 198).

In opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment, plaintiff submitted medical records and properly supported experts' opinions in conflict with the opinions of defendants' experts, thereby raising issues of fact whether defendant departed from good and accepted medical malpractice in his treatment of plaintiff.


Summaries of

Schantz v. Irving Fish

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 7, 2010
79 A.D.3d 481 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

Schantz v. Irving Fish

Case Details

Full title:BRIAN SCHANTZ, Appellant-Respondent, v. IRVING FISH, M.D.…

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

Date published: Dec 7, 2010

Citations

79 A.D.3d 481 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 9012
911 N.Y.S.2d 625

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