Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 3, 2016, 2013-10044 (Bongiovanni v. Cavagnuolo)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dillon, J.P.

The central question we address on this appeal is whether

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an expert in one medical or healthcare specialty may proffer an opinion in an action involving a different specialty, if the expert’s opinion is related solely to the issue of proximate cause within the expert’s own specialty and does not address the defendant’s standard of care.