HPM&B Partners John P. McNaboe and Christina Reinle recently obtained dismissal of an action on behalf of a transplant surgeon and a major hospital in the New York tri-state area. Plaintiff underwent an ambulatory procedure at the hospital to provide easier access for at-home dialysis. After being discharged from the hospital, plaintiff developed abdominal pain, leading to his ...

The Appellate Division, First Department recently affirmed the dismissal of a multi-million-dollar claim by a plaintiff who needed a quadruple amputation after developing urosepsis. In the Supreme Court, Bronx County and on appeal, a team of HPMB attorneys including Partners Dan Ratner, Denise Holzka, Katherin Crossling and Of Counsel Jason Barrer successfully argued that there was no basis ...

HPM&B recently obtained a discontinuance for our client, an interventional cardiologist, after moving for summary judgment. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant interventional cardiologist failed to timely intervene in the patient’s care to address internal bleeding. The patient had a procedure by another provider earlier that day. Our client brought the patient back to the operating room emergently. However, despite ...

HPM&B recently obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of an attending cardiologist and a major Hospital network in Supreme Court, Westchester County.  The case involved an alleged negligently performed transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) resulting in an esophageal perforation, sepsis, extended hospitalization, the need for a feeding tube, malnutrition, and prolonged skilled nursing services.  Plaintiff’s pre-trial ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of an Endoscopy Center in a case venued in Supreme Court, Kings County.  Plaintiff alleged that the defendant improperly performed a colonoscopy and failed to timely and properly diagnose and treat a bowel perforation.  Although plaintiff complained of bloating, constipation, and pain following the colonoscopy, defendant established, ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a pulmonologist in a Supreme Court, Orange County medical malpractice case.  Plaintiff alleged that the physician failed to properly treat the decedent’s pleural effusions during a multi-week hospital admission.  The decedent was nearing the end of his life due to esophageal cancer.  It was specifically alleged ...

HPM&B won summary judgment dismissal for a pediatrician in a high-exposure brain damaged baby case venued in Supreme Court, Richmond County.  Plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to timely diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the infant-plaintiff resulting in profound neurological deficits. HPM&B overcame plaintiff’s opposition, which was supported by three expert affirmations including a pediatric neurologist, neuroradiologist, and neonatologist. HPM&B successfully argued that the defendant pediatrician appropriately referred the ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of two radiologists in a lawsuit venued in Queens County, Supreme Court. Plaintiff alleged that both radiologists failed to diagnose breast cancer on screening mammograms and ultrasounds and claimed that as a result, Plaintiff was deprived of a better chance of a cure of her breast cancer which ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a podiatrist and his professional corporation in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant podiatrist negligently administered a series of steroid injections to the plaintiff’s left foot, causing a ruptured tendon. The defense contended that it was plaintiff’s activities – and not the injections – which ...

Partners Katherin Crossling and Erin Kelley were honored to present a lecture on the Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit with a focus on Discoverability as part of the Mt. Sinai Icahn School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences inaugural Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management Fellowship program. This ACGME-accredited fellowship program is designed to offer physicians ...