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On February 3, 2025, HPM&B Partner Denise Holzka obtained a unanimous defense verdict in Supreme Court, New York County in a wrongful death case after a two week trial. The decedent, a 52-year-old attorney and single mother of an adopted 12-year-old daughter, claimed that the defendant gynecologist failed to timely diagnose a mucosal vulva melanoma ...

HPMB obtained a withdrawal on the eve of trial with no payment made. The matter involved an unwitnessed fall with resulting in a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and humerus fracture requiring surgery. Plaintiff disclosed an expert witness to support her claims that upon admission, the defendant failed to properly complete a fall risk analysis, which rendered ...

HPMB attorneys Jeannine Foran and Keith Blumenstock recently obtained withdrawals– without any payments made —in three highly contested medical malpractice matters in Connecticut involving significant and permanent injuries.   HPMB obtained a withdrawal in a refiled matter alleging medical negligence at a skilled nursing facility. The plaintiff alleged the facility’s medical staff neglected to manage the nutritional ...

HPM&B recently obtained a voluntary dismissal at the conclusion of discovery for an orthopedic surgeon and a major metropolitan hospital. In this Bronx County action, the plaintiff alleged improper performance of a total knee replacement resulting in loosening of the tibial component for which a revision was performed. The defendants demonstrated that the components were all properly ...

HPM&B was recently awarded summary judgment dismissal in a Bronx County action for a renowned spine surgeon, anesthesiologist, CRNA, and premier orthopedic surgery institution. Plaintiff alleged improper positioning during spine surgery resulting in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Through discovery, the defense sought and obtained medical records dating back to the 1980’s demonstrating the plaintiff had been ...

HPM&B recently obtained a defense verdict in New York Supreme Court, Kings County after a jury trial. Plaintiffs alleged that our client, an otolaryngologist, failed to diagnose laryngeal cancer by performing a biopsy on a polypoid lesion on the then 66-year-old patient’s left vocal cord prior to his last treatment with our client. Plaintiffs further alleged that our client ...

HPM&B partner Robert Gibson shared his insights in Crittenden Medical Liability on the issues presented by orthopedic surgery malpractice claims.  “There are inherent risks with any joint replacement surgery that cannot be avoided, even if a surgeon does everything correctly. This is often a strong argument in the defense’s favor.” Below please find a link to ...

HPM&B Partner Doreen Dufficy and associates Gabrielle Apfel and Samantha Paulraj recently obtained dismissal of claims on behalf a surgeon and his practice in a case venued in Richmond County.  A motion to dismiss was granted in its entirety in this case wherein plaintiffs alleged that an abdominoplasty performed on the plaintiff by our client ...