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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ruth Rogers, Respondent, v Leonard Schuyler, Appellant.
   Plaintiff sustained severe injuries to her jaw, face and neck when she fell from an examining table while giving a blood sample. She contends that defendant physician was negligent in failing to secure her to the table.

We agree that a medical malpractice hearing is unwarranted under these circumstances since the acts complained of would constitute simple negligence and not malpractice requiring medical expert opinion. (Bleiler v Bodnar, 65 NY2d 65 [1985].) Concur—Kupferman, J. P., Asch, Ellerin and Smith, JJ.