Velez v. Tuma

Defendant appeals as of right a judgment in plaintiffs favor following a jury trial in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.

This action arises from defendant’s alleged failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat the acute vascular insufficiency condition that plaintiff presented with on February 1, 2000, which resulted in her left leg being amputated below the knee on February 13, 2000.

On appeal, defendant first argues that he was entitled to a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) because plaintiff did not establish proximate cause in this purported “lost opportunity”…