HPM&B recently obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of a Westchester County Hospital where plaintiff claimed and as a result of the negligence of the defendants, she was forced to undergo reparative knee replacement surgery. The plaintiff had been admitted to the hospital to undergo a knee replacement. The knee replacement was performed by the co-defendant ...

HPM&B recently obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of Dutchess County Hospital where it was claimed that the infant-plaintiff suffered brain damage and a brachial plexus injury as result of the mismanagement of labor and delivery. The plaintiff-mother had been admitted to the Hospital to undergo induction of labor.  Plaintiff’s counsel argued that the labor and ...

HPM&B recently obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of an Ambulance Company where plaintiff alleged that the infant-plaintiff suffered catastrophic brain damage as the result of the negligence of a paramedic employed by the Ambulance Company. The infant-plaintiff was born in an upstate New York Hospital.  Due to the condition of the child at delivery, a ...

Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict in a Supreme Court, New York County physical therapy malpractice case on July 7, 2017.  Plaintiff was 57-years-old and receiving outpatient vestibular therapy at a New York City hospital after undergoing two procedures for the treatment of arteriovenous malformations. Four months into her therapy, plaintiff tripped and fell while ...

Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Richmond County medical malpractice case on October 20, 2017.  Plaintiff’s decedent was 71 years old when he was admitted to the defendant hospital for colon cancer surgery.  Post-operatively, the decedent became hemodynamically unstable in the post anesthesia care unit and he had an introducer sheath ...

In a September 19, 2017, decision, the Appellate Court of Connecticut unanimously affirmed a defense verdict obtained by Madonna A. Sacco, Matthew M. Sconziano, and Keith M. Blumenstock against a plaintiff represented by Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder in a medical malpractice case, which followed a jury trial that spanned more than three months. The plaintiff ...

Plaintiffs alleged that a now 12-year-old boy suffered a severe right hemiparesis, cognitive delays and impaired speech as a result of labor mismanagement.  On behalf of HPM&B’s clients, a major academic medical center and several maternal fetal medicine specialists, HPM&B partners Chuck Bach and Patricia Thornton sought a Frye/Parker hearing to test the reliability of ...

On May 3, 2017, after an emotional trial in federal court involving the alleged wrongful death of a 31-year-old mother of four, a jury delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of two defendant obstetricians represented by HPM&B partners Chuck Bach and Raphael Berman. The case had a potential jury judgment value of $15 million. At ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of a major medical institution in a high exposure medical malpractice action. Plaintiff claimed that defendant failed to timely diagnose and treat viral encephalitis in a then-14 month old infant, causing severe and permanent brain damage. In moving for summary judgment, defendant relied on an expert affirmation setting ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Surgical Physician Assistant where plaintiff claimed that as a result of the negligence of the defendants, his bladder was inadvertently stapled during a reversal of a colostomy resulting in major urological complications. The plaintiff previously had a colostomy placed for diverticulitis.  Months later, the patient underwent ...