In September 2015, following extensive briefing and oral arguments, the New York County Supreme Court granted a motion for summary judgment dismissing a medical malpractice action against an individual physician and major medical institution. In that action, it was alleged that the physician had negligently failed to remove a surgical clip during a robotic prostatectomy. ...

In January 2016, the Bronx County Supreme Court granted a motion for summary judgment dismissing a wrongful death action against an individual physician and major medical institution. This case involved a host of allegations against defendants, including, among other things, the alleged failure to diagnose and treat cardiac ischemia, congestive heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, left ...

In January 2016, the Bronx County Supreme Court granted James’ Navarro motion for summary judgment dismissing a wrongful death action against an individual physician and major medical institution.  This case involved a host of allegations against defendants, including, among other things, the alleged failure to diagnose and treat cardiac ischemia, congestive heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ...

Robert B. Gibson, assisted by associate Brendan J. Alt, successfully defended two general surgeons and their private surgical group in a malpractice case which involved alleged improper post-operative management of a ruptured appendix.  The trial spanned 5 weeks and included testimony from 17 witnesses. The plaintiff, a 58-year-old woman, contended that negligent post-operative care caused ...

Robert B. Gibson and Brendan J. Alt successfully opposed plaintiffs’ application for leave of court to file a late Notice of Claim, resulting in dismissal of all claims against a municipal hospital located in Westchester County. The case involved an alleged assault and battery of an autistic minor by a hospital nurse after she was ...

Congratulations to Mike Sullivan for receiving a directed verdict in a dental malpractice case in Kings County.

Heidi M. Cilano and Nancy Marini obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case pending in Waterbury, Connecticut Complex Litigation Docket on behalf of our client, a urogynecologist on January 20, 2016. The plaintiff made claims of lack of informed consent, negligent misrepresentation and intentional misrepresentation arising out of the use of transvaginal mesh ...

On December 10, 2015, Heidi M. Cilano obtained a defendants’ verdict in Litchfield Superior Court in Litchfield, CT in a medical malpractice case brought against our client, an orthopedic surgeon.The plaintiff claimed that our client was negligent and careless in his treatment during knee replacement surgery.  Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that our client used the wrong sized components and ...

Representing a major New York City medical center and two obstetrician-gynecologists, HPM&B successfully moved for summary judgment dismissal of all claims on behalf of an infant who was born prematurely with severe neurological damages. HPM&B attorneys relied on the legal concept that a medical caregiver is not liable for medical malpractice if the caregiver exercises ...

On November 9, 2015, Charles L. Bach, Jr. obtained a unanimous defendant’s verdict in New York County in a medical malpractice case brought against our client, a national leader in neurological surgery. Plaintiff alleged that our client improperly performed an anterior decompression of plaintiff’s cervical spine by taking off the majority of the C5 vertebra, ...