Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to plaintiffs and giving them the benefit of every favorable inference, we agree with the trial court that by no rational process could the jury have found in their favor ( see, Naughton v. Arden Hill Hosp., 215 A.D.2d 810, 812; see also, Harding v. Noble Taxi Corp., 182 A.D.2d 365, 369). To establish a prima facie case of medical malpractice, plaintiffs were required to show that defendant doctors deviated from accepted medical standards and that such departure was a proximate cause of the injury or damage ( Bloom v. City of New York, 202 A.D.2d 465; Harding v. Noble Taxi Corp., supra, at 370). This plaintiffs failed to do. We have considered plaintiffs' other contentions and find them to be without merit.
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Milonas, Ellerin, Ross and Mazzarelli, JJ.