Limmer v. Rosenfeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Defendants established prima facie that they did not depart from good and accepted medical practice in their treatment of plaintiff Louis Limmer (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 325 [1986]). Plaintiff failed to rebut this showing. Initially, we note that the court erred in rejecting the affirmation of plaintiffs expert on the grounds, inter alia, that the expert had not demonstrated “his expertise or familiarity in treating this kind of [infection].” “[A] physician need not be a specialist in a particular field if he nevertheless possesses the requisite knowledge necessary to make…
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