Case Name: Alexandra Duran, Appellant, v. Nassau County et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-12-20
Citations: 267 A.D.2d 346
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alexandra Duran, Appellant, v Nassau County et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 267
Pages: 346–347

Head Matter:
Alexandra Duran, Appellant, v Nassau County et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.
[699 NYS2d 910]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Levitt, J.), entered August 11, 1998, which, upon a jury verdict in favor of the respondents and against her, dismissed the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with one bill of costs.
The court properly sustained several objections to the plaintiffs questions to witnesses. Contrary to the plaintiffs contentions, the questions either lacked factual support in the record or sought the opinions of experts without laying a proper foundation. The general rule is that "opinion evidence must be based on facts in the record or personally known to the witness He cannot reach his conclusion by assuming material facts not supported by evidence" (Cassano v Hagstrom, 5 NY2d 643, 646; see also, Gilleo v Horton Mem. Hosp., 196 AD2d 569).
The plaintiffs remaining contentions are without merit. O'Brien, J. P., Ritter, Santucci and Florio, JJ., concur.