Ducasse v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas E. McKeon, J.), entered September 3, 2015, which, in this action alleging medical malpractice, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether defendants are entitled to summary judgment dismissing a claim of medical malpractice alleging that plaintiff Atato Ducasse (plaintiff patient) suffered injuries stemming from the use of chromic sutures rather than vicryl sutures during an episiotomy procedure. We find that defendants have made a prima…