Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict for a family practice physician in New York County in a case involving allegations that the physician improperly treated plaintiff’s knee fracture. Plaintiff suffered a tibial plateau fracture when he was struck by an automobile in Manhattan. The fracture was originally diagnosed at a non-party hospital where plaintiff’s leg ...

Luke M. Pittoni successfully defended the chief of perinatology at a major New York medical center in a brain-damaged infant case, achieving a favorable jury verdict in Brooklyn on May 10, 2004. The infant-plaintiff was born prematurely during the 27th week of pregnancy. Plaintiff, who sought a multi-million-dollar award, claimed the electronic fetal monitor demonstrated ...

In February, 2005, Denise Holzka obtained a jury verdict in Richmond County on behalf of a hospital sued for medical malpractice. The case involved a 27-week pregnant woman who was admitted by her private attending obstetrician for right flank pain.

After having two toes amputated because of peripheral vascular disease, plaintiff sued HPM&B’s client, a podiatrist, for malpractice on a theory that he should have diagnosed this condition or consulted with plaintiff’s vascular surgeon. Our client saw plaintiff on one occasion for the limited purpose of treating an infection on her right hallux. He then ...

On October 6, 2004, in a Brooklyn courtroom, Charles L. Bach obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a a Manhattan hospital and its chief of neurosurgery. On October 6, 2004, a unanimous Brooklyn jury exonerated a Manhattan hospital and its chief of neurosurgery. Six days after undergoing a successful endovascular coiling procedure to repair ...

On March 15, 2005, Charles L. Bach obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Manhattan plastic surgeon against whom plaintiff sought $2 million in damages. Plaintiff, a 64-year-old woman, sought $2 million in damages arising from multiple plastic surgeries. Plaintiff underwent a facelift, a brow lift, bilateral blephoraplasties (eyelid surgeries) and bilateral canthoplasties (surgeries on ...

On May 13, 2005, Robert Gibson, Esq. obtained a directed verdict in Supreme Court, Westchester County on behalf of a neurologist involved in the treatment of a patient who had suffered a stroke. The case revolved around the claim of the patient that the neurologist had failed to dignose and treat her in a timely ...

HPM&B attorney Vincent L. Galloobtained a summary judgment in a penile augmentation case on June 30, 2005 in the Bronx County Supreme Court. On April 7, 2001 a prominent New York plastic surgeon performed a penile augmentation procedure on plaintiff involving both a lengthening and widening of the patient’s penis. The procedure involved the severing ...

HPM&B attorney Vincent Gallosuccessfully moved to dismiss a lawsuit commenced against two physicians specializing in hair transplant surgeries. Between September 1993 and December 1993, plaintiff underwent three hair transplant procedures performed by the defendant physicians. Plaintiff initially commenced his lawsuit in 1997. The initial complaint, however, only contained causes of action sounding in violations of ...

Dan Ratner and Daryl Paxson of HPM&B’s appellate practice group recently obtained a reversal and dismissal of a medical malpractice complaint, convincing the Appellate Division, Second Department that plaintiff’s expert, in opposition to a summary judgment motion, failed to adequately demonstrate his credentials for offering an opinion as to a standard of care that was ...