HPM&B was recently granted dismissal of all claims brought against its client, a major hospital system in New York.  Plaintiff, who brought the action on behalf of her decedent-husband, asserted claims sounding in medical malpractice and wrongful life.  The essence of plaintiff’s claim was that her husband’s Do Not Resuscitate Order was not followed, ...

HPM&B recently obtained a voluntary dismissal on behalf of two surgeons, three anesthesiologists, a nurse, and a large metropolitan hospital.  Plaintiff claimed he was improperly positioned during spine surgery resulting in brachial plexopathy and diminished function of his arm and hand.  Following depositions and the completion of discovery, the defense moved for summary judgment with ...

Kyle Kordich obtained a dismissal of claims against the defendant product manufacturer during the course of the trial.  On the first day of trial, plaintiff moved to discontinue this matter against the product manufacturer, which the court granted.  Co-defendant owner and operator of the product (log loader) moved to have their cross claims converted to ...

Kyle Kordich obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Saratoga County dental malpractice case in October, 2021 after a one-week trial. Plaintiff claimed that the defendant improperly performed pulpotomy, resulting in the need for an extraction and root canal.  Plaintiff claimed this ultimately led to a subsequent infection which resulted in mandibular osteomyelitis ...

Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP is pleased to announce that Megan E. Verbos, Esq. will be a Guest Lecturer at The Pennsylvania State University – Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Fayette ethics class this month. Megan’s lecture entitled “If It Wasn’t Documented, It Didn’t Happen” is designed to provide ...

We are thrilled to announce the newest member of our team, Rebecca Yeh! https://lnkd.in/edhsu-hj Rebecca joins us from Chicago, bringing with her a wealth of experience in medical malpractice defense that spans her entire career. Having honed her skills at both a boutique firm and a midsized firm, Rebecca is now embarking on an exciting ...

Alejandra R. Gil, Partner in our White Plains office and member of HPM&B’s DEI Committee, recently participated in a Shared Learning Webinar presented by MCIC Vermont. Alejandra, and Dr. Uché Blackstock, founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity (AHE) and author of “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine”, discussed the impact of bias ...

HPM&B Partner Gabrielle DeYoung and Associate Alex J. Paez recently obtained discontinuances for our client, a major utility company, after moving for summary judgment in three related matters. The matters stemmed from a fire that occurred in January 2012 while the Plaintiffs were attaching tiles to the walls of an unventilated recording studio with a contact ...

HPM&B was recently granted dismissal of claims brought by a plaintiff-wife and plaintiff-daughter for medical malpractice, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against a major healthcare network. This case was venued in Supreme Court, Rockland County. HPM&B filed a motion to dismiss arguing that the plaintiffs failed to set forth viable causes ...