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  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
  • E. Ann Holland, Howard Holland v. Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, Inc., Cayuga Health System, Inc. A/K/A Cayuga Medical Center A Member Of Cayuga Health System Torts - Medical, Dental, or Podiatrist Malpractice document preview
						
                                

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FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 532.192. -e-- New yorlt 9upreme Glourt Appellate Biniston-Ghirh Bepartment Case No.: ORIGINAE. ANN HOLLAND and HOWARD HOLLAND, her husband, 532192 wiTH Plaintiffs-Respondents, PROOF OF . - agamst - SERV!CE CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA, INC., CAYUGA HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., a/k/a CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER a member of CAYUGA HEALTH SYSTEM, Defendants-Appellants. RECORD ON APPEAL Index #: EF2018-0523 CI2022-16702 09/09/2022 01:49:40 PM Volunie 2 of 2 (Pages 475 to 815) RECORD ON APPEAL (COPY) Maureen Reynolds, Tompkins Clerk County LEVENE GOULDIN & THOMPSON, LLP Margaret J. Fowler, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants-Appellants 450 Plaza Drive Vestal, New York 13850 (607) 763-9200 mfowler@binghamtonlaw.com FRIEDMAN, HIRSCHEN & MILLER LLP Jeffrey N. Miller, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Respondents 8 Airline Drive #101 Albany, New York 12205 (518) 377-2225 jmiller@friedmanhirschen.com Tompkins County Clerk's Index No. EF2018-0523 1 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 CI2022-16702 Index #:EF2018-0523 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Volume 1 Statement Pursuant to CPLR § 5531 ......................... i Notice of Appeal, dated October 13, 2020, with Informational Statement ........................................1 Decision and Order of the Honorable Joseph A. McBride, dated September 10, 2020 ..................... 6 Notice of Motion, by Defendants, for Summary Judgment dismissing Complaint, dated May 15, 2020......................................................... 13 Affirmation of Margaret J. Fowler, Esq., for Defendants, in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment, dated May 13, 2020.............................. 15 Exhibit A to Fowler Affirmation - Summons and Complaint, dated August 13, 2018 ......................................... 22 Exhibit B to Fowler Affirmation - Answer, dated September 11, 2018...................... 33 Exhibit C to Fowler Affirmation - Plaintiff's Bill of Particulars, dated October 22, 2018........................................37 Plaintiff's Supplemental Bill of Particulars, dated February 4, 2020 ........................................ 46 Exhibit D to Fowler Affirmation - Deposition Transcript of Howard Holland, dated May 7, 2019 ............................................... 49 2 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 CI2022-16702 Index #:EF2018-0523 iii Page Exhibit E to Fowler Affirmation - Deposition Transcript of E. Ann Holland, dated May 7, 2019 ............................................... 120 Exhibit F to Fowler Affirmation - Deposition Transcript of Kansas Underwood, dated June 26, 2019 ............................................. 144 Exhibit G to Fowler Affirmation - Deposition Transcript of Rosanna Carpenter, dated June 26, 2019 ............................................. 277 Exhibit H to Fowler Affirmation - Deposition Transcript of Rachael Hutchinson, dated June 26, 2019 ............................................. 331 Exhibit I to Fowler Affirmation - Deposition Transcript of Dr. James Gaffney, dated November 26, 2019.................................... 378 Volume 2 Exhibit J to Fowler Affirmation - Redacted Medical Records for E. Ann Holland .................................................... 475 Exhibit K to Fowler Affirmation - Plaintiff's Expert Witness Disclosure, dated February 4, 2020 ........................................ 688 Exhibit L to Fowler Affirmation - Plaintiff's Notice to Admit, dated December 5, 2019 ...................................... 700 Exhibit 1 to Plaintiff's Notice to Admit - Hospital Report Regrading Hospira Plum A+3 Pump...................................................... 702 3 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 CI2022-16702 Index #: EF2018-0523 iv Page Exhibit 2 to Plaintiff's Notice to Admit - Event/Alarm Log for the Hospira Plum A+3 Pump...................................................... 703 Defendant's Letter of Response, dated December 24, 2019.............................................. 706 Exhibit M to Fowler Affirmation - Half-Life Charts................................................... 707 Affirmation of Frederick S. Cohn, M.D., for Defendants, in Support of Summary Judgment, dated May 15, 2020 ............................................. 708 Exhibit A to Cohn Affirmation - Curriculum 712 Vitae.................................................. Affirmation of Michael G. Dunn, M.D., Ph.D., for Defendants, in Support of Motion, dated May 15, 714 2020......................................................... Exhibit 1 to Dunn Affirmation - Curriculum 724 Vitae.................................................. Affirmation of Richard Lechtenberg, M.D., for Plaintiff's,in Opposition of Motion for Summary Judgment, dated June 22, 2020............................ 727 Exhibit 1 to Affirmation - Lechtenberg Curriculum Vitae.................................................. 737 Exhibit 2 to Affirmation - Lechtenberg Study Published in New England Journal of Medicine .............................................................. 751 Exhibit 3 to Affirmation - Lechtenberg Hospital Patient Documentation.......................... 768 4 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 Index #: EF2018-0523 Cl2022-16702 Page Notice of Cross-Motion, by Plaintiffs, for an Order of Preclusion and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgement, dated July 6, 2020............................. 787 Affirmation of Jeffrey N. Miller, for Plaintiffs, in Opposition of Motion for Summary Judgment and in Support of Plaintiff's Cross-Motion, dated July 6, 2020................................................ 789 Exhibit A to Miller Affirmation - Summons and Complaint, dated August 13, 2018 (Reproduced herein at pp. 22-32)........................ 801 Reply Affirmation of Michael G. Dunn, M.D., Ph.D., for Defendants, in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment, dated July 23, 2020............ 802 Affirmation of Margaret J. Fowler, Esq., for Defendants, in Reply and in Opposition to Cross-Motion, dated July 24, 2020...................... 806 Certification Pursuant to CPLR § 2105 ..................... 815 5 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 CI2022-16702 Index#: EF2018-0523 EXHIBIT J TO FOWLER AFFIRMATION - REDACTED MEDICAL RECORDS FOR E. ANN HOLLAND [475 - 687] |FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 05/15/2020 INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 01:23 PN| NYSCEF DOC. NO. RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/15/2020 Cl2020-05507 ... Index#:EF2018-0523 MEDICAL CENTER I, Kimber Inman, hereby certify that I am a lawful custodian of the Medical Records of Cayuga Medical Center and that the attached Medical Records dating 04/03/2017 to present for E Ann Holland DOB: are to the best of my knowledge true and exact copies of medical records maintained by Cayuga Medical Center. I further certify that this information is kept in the ordinary course of Cayurra Medical Center and that it is the ordi nary course of business to keep such records and that the evento and/or transactions recorded thereon are recorded at or within a reasonable time after the Lime events and/or transactions took place. Kimber Inman, Health Information Assistant ji Enclosures Sworn to Before Me This 29 day of (Aƒ 2018 AlA TC4Ú;Aþ LorrieA.Mahone Public NotaryPublic,State0fNewYork Notary No.01MA6149952 QualifiedinTompkinsCoµnty CommissionExpires 747/2422.. 101 Dates Drive . Ithaca, NY 14850 . (607) 274-4011 , www.cayugamed.org A Member ofCayuga HealthSystern 6 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 CI2022-16702 Index #: EF2018-0523 |FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 05/15/2020 01:23 P1 INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 25 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/15/2020 Cl2020-05507 - Index #: EF2018-0523 Cayug a Illlfllllfllllf Mlllll MEDICAL CENTER ACCT# A33003647727 A Member of Cayvga HeofthSystem - 101 Dates DriveIthacs,NY14850 607-274-4011 NAME HOLLAND,E ANN ATTDDR Jarred JohnsonMD DOB/AGE 79 STATUS DIS IN MEDRECSH000756818 PATIENTNAME/ADDRESS ADMDATE/TIME DIS DATE/TIME PRIORITY LOCATION SERVICE ROOM/EED HOLLAND,E ANN 04/03/17 124704/07/17 1140 EMERGENCY MEDTELE IED 431-01 29 CHASELANE ---------------- DATEOF BIRTE AGE SEX RACE ETHNICITY RESIGION 1 MART4AL STATUS ITHACA NY14850 79 F WHITE NON-SPANISUNKOWN M PEONE603-6 68-2424 ------ D4PLOYER --.----------- --...--------- RETIRED PERSONTONOTIFY/ADDRESS .................. .. . RELATIONSEIP ._. ---....._.__..... HOLLAND,HOWARD HUSBAND GUARANTOR/ADDRESS 29 CHASELANE,ITHACA,NY 14850 HOLLAND,E ANN HOMEPHONE603-968-2424 WORKPHONE 29 CHASELANE -__ ...------..........................------...-___....,....._........,. ...._.__-.__ NEXTOFKIN/ADDRESS RELATIONSHIP ITHACA NY 14850 HOLLAND,HONARD PEONE HUSBAND 603-868-2424 29 GASELANE,ITHACA,NY 14850 EMPLOYER RETIRED HOMEPHONE603-869-2424 WORKPHONE FINANCIAL CLASSMCR INSURANCEINFORMATION INS MEDICARE TRICARE ADDR NATIONALGOVERNMENTSERVICES PCBOX870140 CITY INDIANAPOLIS BURFBIDEBEACK ST/2IPIN46207 SC29587 POL NAME HOLLAND.EANN KOLLAND,E ANN ACCIDENTINFO REASONFORVISIT ONBETOFSYHPTOMS/ILLNESS STROKE,CVA9/P TPA ACCIDENTDATE ADMISSIONCOMMENTS 04/03/17 PRIMARYCAREPEYSICIAN ATTENDINGPEYSICIAN EMERGENCYDEPARTMENT/URGENT CAREPEYSICIAN Elisabeth H Cotton MD Jarred JohnsonMD Drew A. Koch DO ADMITTING PEYSICIAN REFERRING PETSICIAN FredricKardonMD CLERK PT'S EMAIL lergiess : Garlic,Sulf& Atib10tic A CODESTATUS: |)#ilIlliEll|ll||lllill|ll| 7 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 Cl2022-16702 Index #: EF2018-0523 CLERK INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY 05/15/2020 01:23 P1 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 25 , R "Fm NYSCEF: 05/15/2020 Cl2020-05507 Index#: EF2018-0523 HOLLAND, E ANN uso.cu ce¢ren ED E/M LEVELING Toot Ao00s3647727 mooovs6ere itemchecked must have documentation ' ED Every II *a a Medication - SIMPLE Reconciliation SimpleNursing Assessment(TriageLevel4/5) 15 . 15 10 min (less than and/orlessthan 6 meds) Medication - Complex Reconciliation Complex NursingAssessment (TriageLevelL 2 & 3) 30 30 (greaterthan10 min and/orgreaterthan 6 meds) Neuro Checks (repeat- after the first initial) 5 Specimen Collection3 or more 30 Cap Refill Assessment 5 Specimen Collecton 1-2 10 Orthostatic VS 10 Reconstitute Medications 10. (PO) SpinalPrecautions 10 Reconstitute Medications (IV) 20 BleedingControl 10 Med Administer- PO; PR ONLY (DOES NOT 5 - charge WCWDE W/SUBC charge for eachmed ginn Vital Signs (repeat each additional) 5 . MedicationsDispensed/permedication 10 | BP Monitor 5 FlushSaline Lock 5 Pain Assessment(repeat) 5 Peak Flow 5 IV insertion usingU/S 30 Hypo/Hyperthermia 20 Intakeand Output 5 Isiolation 20 . . , Centra!LineCare central (existing line only 30 unrelatedto a procedure) BedsideTesting X-Ray/CT Unaccompanied or Bedside 5 (HemoCue; Hemoccult, Rapid Gastroccult; Strep; 10 X-Ray/CT Accompanied 15 DOES Influenza) NOT INCLUDE URINE PREGNANCY OR FSB GLUCOSE Oxygen Administration 10 PO Chahenge 5 NG Tube Placement/Care . 15 FrequentAssessment/Monitoring(reassessmentof Nasal Airway 10 or neerioscelstatusrequiree vs.cardiovascular.poirponary 30 orrequiredror afterinmalassessmentcan deordered BladderScanning 25 interventionor medicationevery15minutes or less) Recuest MedicalRecords by EMS/Pol Arrival ce 5 Complex Request MedicalRecords 15 Meal Qven 5 Transferout by EMS 50 On-going Staff Required Multiple Admission Orders 50 EmotionalSupport (documentin detai;) 5 Special/Emotional Teaching 20 Dysphagia Screening 10 Discharge - Simple Instructions 10 Discharge / RX - Comolex Instructions 20 Dischargeto NursingHome / Complex ,30 Admit Medical/Surgical/Telemetry 30 Fetal Heart Tones 10 Admit to OR 0 ContinuousFetal Monitoring 10 Admit to Peds/MCH 30 Pe!vicExam 10 Elopement/AMA 30 Newborn Care 100 LWBS - Only chargeif triage was completed 20 Care incontinence 15 1ø 1 ©rm WM Disimpaction 3D (Continuous Cardiac Monitoring, Care, Sepsis, " 100 Unconscious.Critical Care Drips, STEMi, Code Gray, Airwayinsertion/Maintenance etc.) Colostomy Care - Unrelated to a Procedure 30 j Illlil!1111111111II!|lillilllillill 8 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 Index #: EF2018-0523 Cl2022-16702 INDEX NO. E F2018-0523 |FILED : TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 05/15/2020 01: 23 P14 .JGar..EF: 05/15/2020 NYSCEF DOC. No. 25 no index#: EF2018-0523 Cl2020-05507 ygi3 go, a Ami AO00a3647 727 Moco756818 MEDICALCENTER ED CJM LEVELING Toot Every itemchecked must have documentationin the patient chartto support the charge. Recheck Wound/Suture Removal 5 OB Deliveryin ED 100 Dressing- Simple(Not relatedto a procedure) 5 DecontaminationHazardous Material 100 - Complex Transferto Another with Facility RN 200 Dressing (Not related to a procedure) 10 Transferto Another w/o Facility RN Wound - Simple(Not relatedto a 100 Cleaning 10 (Excludept preferenceto TXor NH transfer) procedure) PatientDeath in ED 100 Wound Cleaning- Complex (Notrelatedto a 20 DOA 100 Psych Evaluationby Psych RN/SW 100 Ace Wrao (Unrelated to Orthodeviceapplication) 5 SecuringPatientBelongings 10 First Aid Procedures 5 Eye irngation (No CPT Code) 5 SANE Exam (SANE documentation by RN OrthoAppliance and (administration 100 and/orevidence collection) 10 teachirq) Evidence Collecuon(Legal/ Law Enforecoment) NO SANE/No LegalBlood Draw (LBD=Should Be 50 Counted MA Guttmit.0 ¾üom Combative/Suicidal/Homicidal 100 Securityat Bedade Involved (actively In care for behavior 100 combative outbursts, pt, CSCM, restraints) BehavioralObservation(CloseOBS) and/or1:1 50 , (arm length away) Mandatory ReportingAPS/CPS/Bum/Legal 50 BehavioralRestraint Application 100 O Moved to ED Flex Unit (document time in nurse's notes) . LEVEL 1 0-35 Points LEVEL 2 40-95 Points LEVEL 3 100-160 Points LEVEL 4 165-250 Points LEVEL S 255 +Points Nurse Signaare: . . Date I Time: Nurm Signature; Date / Time: l!lIll! IllMild IlillIlill11111111 9 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49 PM INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 54 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/09/2022 Cl2022-16702 Index #: EF2018-0523 INDEX NO. EF2018-0523 |FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 05/15/2020 01:23 PH NYSCEF DOC. NO. 25 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/15/2020 Cl2020-05507 Index#: EF2018-0523 . (3 101 Dates Drive Yy 9 3 Ithaca, New York 14850 MEDICALCENTER (607) 274-4011 A Member of Cayuge HealthSystem .. DischargeNote Patient: HOLLAND,E ANN Account Number: A00083647727 DOB/Age: 79 Medical Record#: M000756818 Admission Date: 04/03/17 Provider:JarredJohnson MD Patient seen this morning with husband at bedside. Apparently had some L ear/jaw pain that resolved with tylenol. She isa bit aggravated that I'm bothering her and ispreferring to sleep. Has some persistent aphasia (improving daily as per husband), not cooperative atthis time with full neuro exam. CT head this moming showed evolving infarct,no hemorrhage. Will start EliquIsthis evening, Transfer to PMRU. Willcontinue current BP meds for now (on 1/2 home dose metoprolol). signed 04/07/17 0936 Entered by: Jarred Johnson MD Entered Date/Time:04/07/17 0933 Copy to CC: Jarred Johnson MD 1 of 1 10 of 347 FILED: TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK 09/09/2022 01:49