Juric v. Bergstraesser

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered December 1, 2011 in Ulster County, which denied plaintiffs motion to set aside a verdict in favor of defendant.

The underlying facts of this case are more fully set forth in our prior decision, in which we reinstated plaintiff’s complaint insofar as it stated a cause of action for breach of the implied covenant of trust and confidence inherent in the patient-physician relationship (44 AD3d 1186 [2007]). Defendant is the former family physician of plaintiff and his wife, Michelle Juric. After Juric reported an…