Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Nassau County podiatric malpractice case on October 7, 2015. Plaintiff was 45 years old and had a 15 year history of multiple sclerosis when she underwent a Lapidus bunionectomy surgery on her right foot by the defendant in November 2009.  Seven months after surgery, plaintiff ...

In April of 2014, all claims against a Physical Therapist were dismissed on the eve of trial after Laura S. Murphy and her team successfully moved to dismiss them on the grounds that the action was improperly pled as sounding in general liability rather than professional malpractice.

In May of 2014, Laura S. Murphy obtained a directed verdict following the close of evidence on behalf of a podiatrist in Supreme Court, New York County.

Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict in a Supreme Court, New York County dental malpractice case on August 21, 2015. Plaintiff was 40 years old when she had seven amalgam fillings changed to composite fillings and had an eighth tooth filled by the defendant in June and July 2007.  Approximately one week after the final ...

On June 25, 2015, David Robertson obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a nursing facility and rehabilitation center in a medical malpractice case tried in Connecticut. The plaintiff had alleged that its decedent, an elderly woman who was admitted to the facility and receiving physical therapy, fell while at the facility sustaining a left ...

Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Queens County podiatric malpractice case on June 16, 2015.  Plaintiff was 55-years-old when she underwent bunion and hammertoe surgery on her right foot by the defendant in February 2011.  Approximately three weeks after surgery, plaintiff developed signs of an infection at the site of her ...

Michael Sullivan obtained a directed verdict in a Supreme Court, Kings County dental malpractice case on March 3, 2015.   The 49-year-old plaintiff underwent a tooth extraction by the defendant and claimed that the extraction was unnecessary.  She claimed that the defendant should have offered root canal therapy as a treatment alternative and failed to ...

On May 27, 2015, Vincent L. Gallo obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an obstetrician in a medical malpractice action venued in Queens County, New York.  Plaintiff alleged that the infant-plaintiff’s catastrophic brain damage was caused by the medical negligence of the defendant obstetrician.  The plaintiff-mother had presented to the hospital at approximately 37 ...

On May 22, 2015, the eve of jury selection, Peter DeNoto and his team obtained a discontinuance of all claims for “wrongful birth” against a prominent and well-respected nurse midwife that practices and teaches midwifery at a renowned institutional medical center.  In this Albany County case, the parents claimed that had they known that their ...

All claims against an acclaimed medical center discontinued on May 11, 2005 after we moved to dismiss them because the plaintiff failed to report the claims as potential assets when he filed for bankruptcy.    In this Nassau County action, then 41-year-old plaintiff claimed that a neurosurgeon and the staff at the medical center negligently ...