Gordon v. Magun

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, defendant’s cross motion for partial summary judgment dismissing the personal injury causes of action sounding in medical malpractice granted and the certified question answered in the negative.

In January and February of 1987, defendant physician examined plaintiffs decedent at the request of decedent’s dermatologist. The purpose of the consultations was to determine whether decedent’s liver would be harmed by continuing drug treatments for psoriasis. Though defendant detected a nodule during…