Benson v. Behrman

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy Friedman, J.), entered November 20, 1996, upon a jury verdict, dismissing the complaint as against defendant Dr. Stanley Behrman, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this personal injury action, the trial court properly Allowed the use of a medical text to impeach the credibility of *154plaintiffs expert witness, who had previously acknowledged the text as authoritative (see, Spiegel v Levy, 201 AD2d 378, Iv denied 83 NY2d 758; Hastings v Chrysler Corp., 273 App Div 292, 294).

The court was also correct in restraining plaintiffs counsel from…