Posokhov v. Oselkin

In an action to recover damages for dental malpractice, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Levine, J.), dated September 8, 2006, which denied his renewed motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendant’s renewed motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.

“The requisite elements of proof in a medical or dental malpractice action are deviation or departure from accepted practice and evidence that such departure was a proximate cause of injury or damage”…