No CPLR § 3101(d) notice required for plaintiff’s treating physician

CPLR § 3101(d) Trial Preparation (2) Materials

Soriano v Inoa, 2010 NY Slip Op 03843 (App. Div., 1st, 2010)

It is unclear from the trial record whether Dr. Gutstein was an expert
witness as to whom CPLR 3101(d) notice was required, or plaintiff's
treating physician, as to whom no notice was required (see e.g. Breen
v Laric Entertainment Corp., 1 AD3d 298, 299-300 [2003]). Moreover,
it is clear that the prejudice to defendants arose from the lack of
proper authorizations for medical records and not from the report
annexed to plaintiff's expert notice. 

Accordingly, Gutstein's testimony as to causation should not have
been precluded on the ground of plaintiff's late service of the notice.

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