—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and wrongful death, etc., the defendant Jerry Bloom appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Clemente, J.), entered November 3, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against him in the principal sum of $235,000.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
On December 6, 1993, the plaintiffs decedent, Imre Gal and
Following trial, the jury found that the appellant’s failure to order a sonogram hastened the decedent’s death, and awarded damages for wrongful death and pain and suffering.
Contrary to the appellant’s contention, there was sufficient evidence from which a jury could rationally conclude that he was negligent and that his negligence was a proximate cause of the decedent’s pain and suffering in the six-week period between the decedent’s first visit to the appellant and the decedent’s death (see, Cohen v Hallmark Cards, 45 NY2d 493; Flowers v Southampton Hosp., 215 AD2d 723). Moreover, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, Simmons v East Nassau Med. Group, 260 AD2d 463).
The appellant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Joy, J. P., S. Miller, Luciano and Smith, JJ., concur.