Following two weeks of trial, HPM&B obtained a unanimous defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court in a wrongful death case brought by the estate of a local nephrologist against a urological surgeon. Plaintiff’s counsel claimed that during a Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection (RPLND) to address Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the upper urinary tract, ...

On June 13, 2013, Andrew M. Neubardt received a defense verdict in Westchester County Supreme Court on behalf of an ophthalmologist and a multi-specialty medical group. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant ophthalmologist failed to provide appropriate informed consent and was negligent in performance of cataract surgery. The plaintiff alleged that he was not told ...

On June 13, 2013, Peter DeNoto received a defense verdict in Staten Island on behalf of a prominent podiatrist, and earlier in the trial, he received a dismissal of all claims on behalf of another prominent podiatrist. Plaintiff demanded $25 million in damages against the defendant podiatrists for podiatric care that plaintiff received as an ...

Bruce F. Gilpatrick received a defense verdict in Bridgeport, Connecticut Superior Court on behalf of a psychiatric nurse and a major hospital. Plaintiff demanded $1.2 million in damages against the defendants who also included an internist and hospital psychiatrist.  Plaintiff, a 42-year-old married woman claimed that she suffered a seizure after abruptly stopping Xanax when ...

In September, HPM&B attorneys gained summary judgment dismissals in two high exposure cases that were venued in The Bronx and another summary judgment dismissal by the Appellate Division, Second Department in a Brooklyn case involving the continuous treatment doctrine. Summary Judgment in Bronx County In the first case, plaintiff jumped out of his apartment window ...

HPM&B obtained a defense verdict on October 7, 2013 on behalf of an orthopedic spine surgeon in Supreme Court, New York County.  Plaintiff was 53 years old when he underwent four level fusion with instrumentation surgery on his lumbar spine in November 2000.  There was radiographic evidence of a non-union at the bottom of the ...

On behalf of a cardiologist, Bruce F. Gilpatrick obtained a defense verdict in New Haven, Connecticut Superior Court in a medical malpractice case. Plaintiff, a woman in her sixties, was treated by HPM&B’s client for persistent atrial fibrillation over the course of ten years.  A transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) taken prior to our client’s involvement in ...

On October 15, 2013, HPM&B received a directed verdict in the Supreme Court, Bronx County on behalf of a major hospital in the metropolitan area. Plaintiff presented to the Emergency Department with complaints of severe diffuse abdominal pain.  She stated the pain started the night before after she ate some Thai food.  She rated the ...

On November 13, 2013, HPM&B received a directed verdict in the Supreme Court, New York County, on behalf of a urologist affiliated with a major academic center in Manhattan. Plaintiff had presented to the urologist for erectile dysfunction following a prostatectomy.  The patient failed medical therapy, following which the defendant recommended the placement of an ...

Senior Partner Chuck Bach and his team successfully defended a major medical center in a Queens County case brought on behalf of a neurologically impaired infant. During a three week trial, Mr. Bach established that the neonatal team met the standard of care and that the child’s mental retardation and motor deficits were unrelated to ...