On February 4, 2010, Anthony M. Heller received a defense verdict in Nassau County Supreme Court in a podiatry case. Plaintiff claimed an infection of the right foot; development of an ulceration and gangrene requiring the amputation of the plaintiff’s right 5th toe; hospitalization for intravenous antibiotics; and another hospitalization to amputate the 5th metatarsal.  ...

Louise A. Derevlany obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a cardiologist in a medical malpractice case involving the insertion of a pacemaker to control the plaintiff’s episode of bradycardia so that a beta blocker could be given to treat tachycardia. Plaintiff alleged that our client departed from good and accepted medical care in the ...

On October 26, 2010, Anthony M. Heller received a defense verdict in a podiatry/vascular medicine case in which plaintiff alleged that our client, a podiatrist failed to timely refer her to a co-defendant vascular surgeon, resulting in a below-the knee amputation. Plaintiff, an insulin dependent diabetic, claimed that her leg would have been saved had she ...

Luke M. Pittoni received a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in Nassau County Supreme Court. Plaintiff claimed that defendant failed to timely and properly diagnose the plaintiff’s breast cancer; failed to perform timely and appropriate physical and breast examinations; failed to perform a timely and appropriate medical work-up to rule out breast cancer; ...

Luke M. Pittoni received a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court on November 8, 2010 in a medical malpractice case brought against our clients, an interventional cardiologist and a major metropolitan area hospital. Plaintiff alleged that defendants negligently performed a cardiac catheterization, causing a groin infection, a hematoma and pseudoaneurysm.  The plaintiff required ...

On July 1, 2010, Charles L. Bach, Jr., received a defense verdict on behalf of a major metropolitan area medical center in the Supreme Court, Bronx County in a medical malpractice action. Plaintiff claimed that she developed serious injuries to her right arm, including Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), cellulitis thrombophlebitis, loss of range in motion ...

Elizabeth Cornacchio received a defense verdict in New York County in a medical malpractice case against a major metropolitan hospital and doctor. Plaintiff, a then 32-year-old woman, delivered at 40 weeks and 1 day after induction of labor.  Plaintiffs claimed a negligent failure to appreciate the size of the fetus (4155 grams) and the potential ...

On June 3, 2011, Madonna A. Saccoreceived a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case venued in the Bridgeport, Connecticut Supreme Court. The plaintiff alleged that our clients, a radiologist and his practice, were negligent in their care and treatment of plaintiff’s decedent in that they failed to properly interpret a chest x-ray; failed to ...

Denise Holzka obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Staten Island obstetrician in a medical malpractice action claiming that an infant plaintiff sustained hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to negligence during labor and delivery. Plaintiffs alleged that our client did not appropriately monitor the progress of labor and did not  appreciate the signs of fetal ...

In Fernandez v. Moskowitz, __ A.D.3d __,  925 N.Y.S.2d 476 (1st Dep’t 2011), the Appellate Division, First Department reversed the denial of a summary judgment motion and dismissed all claims against HPMB’s client, a major medical center in Manhattan, and the codefendant obstetrician-gynecologist who delivered the infant-plaintiff by emergency Caesarean section.   The Appellate Division agreed ...