HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims against a defendant property owner and general contractor in a Labor Law case venued in the Supreme Court, New York County. The laborer-plaintiff claimed to have sustained injury when he tripped and fell over an unguarded wooden cleat at a construction site in Manhattan. In ...

Congratulations to Denise Holzka and Denise Graziano on obtaining summary judgment dismissal on behalf of all defendants in a fertility case before Justice John Kelley in New York County Supreme Court.  Plaintiff claimed that our facility negligently performed an egg retrieval on a 40-year-old patient and that the resulting fertilization, freezing, grading, and storage ...

Alejandra Gil, a Partner in our White Plains office, recently obtained a finding of no liability on behalf of a Bronx nursing and rehabilitation center at an arbitration conducted by NAM arbitrator Jaqueline Stein, Esq. Plaintiff claimed that the decedent-resident fell due to a loose handrail in her bathroom, and inadequate care plans to ...

Alejandra Gil, a Partner in our White Plains office, recently obtained summary judgment in a negligence action venued in Kings County. Plaintiff was injured when she fell out of her wheelchair while riding in an ambulette. Plaintiff claimed that her fall was due to the negligence of her personal assistant, a co-defendant. Plaintiff further ...

Congratulations to Partner Rachel S. Bloom and Associate Graham Musynske on obtaining dismissal of all claims against a major metropolitan hospital in a case venued in Suffolk County, New York.  The case involved a bilateral breast reduction surgery performed by plaintiff’s private plastic surgeon. Plaintiff alleged the hospital negligently performed surgery and failed to ...

Congratulations to Partners Denise Holzka and Katherin Crossling and Of Counsel Jason Barrer on obtaining a full dismissal of all claims against their clients via summary judgment in a quadrilateral amputation medical malpractice action venued in New York County.  The team aggressively defended two urologists and a large New York tertiary care hospital in ...

HPM&B successfully obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims against a major Hudson Valley Hospital, Health Care System, and named defendant Obstetrician/Gynecologist in Supreme Court, Dutchess County. Plaintiff claimed negligent management of the labor and delivery of the 20-year old plaintiff mother, which allegedly caused significant injuries to both the mother and the ...

Congratulations to Partners John P. McNaboe and Rachel S. Bloom on obtaining Summary Judgment dismissal on behalf of a cardiologist and his office in a medical malpractice and wrongful death action venued in Suffolk County, New York. Plaintiff alleged the defendants rendered negligent cardiac care to the decedent over the course of several years, ...

Congratulations to Laura S. Murphy and Christina A. Reinle on obtaining Summary Judgment dismissal on behalf of an Orthopedic Surgeon, a major metropolitan area hospital, and a New York health system. In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff alleged our clients negligently performed a right total hip replacement surgery, failed to obtain consent for ...

Congratulations to HPM&B Attorneys Vincent Gallo and Jennifer Bennice who successfully obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims against a major Hudson Valley Hospital and Health Care System in Supreme Court, Dutchess County. In this medical malpractice matter, plaintiff claimed that the codefendant anesthesiologist negligently placed a spinal epidural causing a dural puncture, resulting in ...