Santiago v. Gomez

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Underwood, J.), entered June 29, 2001, which, upon the granting of the defendants’ motion to preclude the plaintiffs’ only medical expert from testifying, dismissed the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in precluding the plaintiffs’ only expert medical witness from testifying since, under the circumstances of this case, such testimony would have been of no probative value…