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Craig v. St. Barnabas Nursing Home

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Jun 30, 2015
129 A.D.3d 643 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2015-06-30

Chaqulia CRAIG, as Administrator of the Estate of Lillie B. Johnson, etc., Plaintiff–Appellant, v. ST. BARNABAS NURSING HOME, Defendant–Respondent.

Sinel & Associates, PLLC, New York (Judith E. Crumpton of counsel), for appellant. Garbarini & Scher, P.C., New York (William D. Buckley of counsel), for respondent.



Sinel & Associates, PLLC, New York (Judith E. Crumpton of counsel), for appellant. Garbarini & Scher, P.C., New York (William D. Buckley of counsel), for respondent.
TOM, J.P., ACOSTA, ANDRIAS, MOSKOWITZ, CLARK, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered November 20, 2013, which granted defendant nursing home's motion for summary judgment dismissingthe complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this action alleging violations of Public Health Law §§ 2801–d and 2803–c, as well as causes of action for medical malpractice, negligence, and wrongful death, the nursing home made a prima facie showing of its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting, among other things, its expert affirmation and medical records ( Negron v. St. Barnabas Nursing Home, 105 A.D.3d 501, 963 N.Y.S.2d 101 [1st Dept.2013] ). The medical records support the nursing home's expert's opinion that decedent's skin ulcers and other complications were unavoidable and the result of preexisting conditions, as well as other risk factors ( id.).

In opposition, plaintiff failed to raise an issue of fact. Plaintiff submitted a conclusory and speculative affirmation of an unnamed expert who failed to mention the decedent's existing health conditions contributing to the ulcers, her comatose state, or that she had end-stage failure of her critical organs, including the skin ( see id.). Moreover, the affirmation contained numerous misstatements of law and fact, and the expert failed to establish that he or she was qualified to opine on the care rendered at the nursing home ( Guzman v. 4030 Bronx Blvd. Assoc., L.L.C., 54 A.D.3d 42, 48, 861 N.Y.S.2d 298 [1st Dept.2008] ).


Summaries of

Craig v. St. Barnabas Nursing Home

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Jun 30, 2015
129 A.D.3d 643 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
Case details for

Craig v. St. Barnabas Nursing Home

Case Details

Full title:Chaqulia CRAIG, as Administrator of the Estate of Lillie B. Johnson, etc.…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Jun 30, 2015

Citations

129 A.D.3d 643 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
129 A.D.3d 643
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 5611

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