This Nassau County neurologically impaired infant case was dismissed on December 17, 2009.  Infant-plaintiff, by her mother, initiated this action against an obstetrician and a prominent hospital for allegedly negligent intrapartum care.  After birth, infant-plaintiff was healthy and transitioned well into extrauterine life.  Sometime later, infant-plaintiff sustained significant neurological injuries after developing a large intracranial ...

Madonna A. Sacco and Matthew M. Sconziano, partners in HPM&B’s Bridgeport office, successfully defended a private obstetrical practice in a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that she sustained a fourth-degree obstetrical laceration during the delivery of her child.  Plaintiff claimed that the laceration of her vaginal, perineal, anal and rectal tissues went ...

Congratulations are in order to Nicole Attia for winning summary judgment dismissal on behalf of cardiologist Dr. Bhupesh Dhama in a Queens County (Judge O’Donoghue) case involving the wrongful death of a 36 year old married construction worker. Nicole effectively argued that plaintiff’s injuries were a direct result of a massive bleed he suffered postoperatively, ...

HPM&B obtained a mid-trial dismissal of a medical malpractice action on behalf of a well-known and respected Plastic Surgeon on June 20, 2014.  The 54-year-old plaintiff, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, claimed that two General Surgeons and two Plastic Surgeons misdiagnosed plaintiff as having a pulmonary infection and failed to timely diagnose and properly ...

Vincent Gallo won a defense verdict in favor of a plastic surgeon in New York County. The case involved allegations that the plaintiff had developed numerous contour irregularities following liposuction procedures to her thigh. More specifically, plaintiff argued that the defendant plastic surgeon negligently performed touch-up liposuction procedure resulting in further contour irregularities. The initial ...

Vincent Gallo won a defense verdict in favor of a plastic surgeon in New York County. The case involved allegations that the plaintiff had developed numerous contour irregularities following liposuction procedures to her thigh. More specifically, plaintiff argued that the defendant plastic surgeon negligently performed touch-up liposuction procedure resulting in further contour irregularities. The initial ...

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 ...