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HPMB Obtains Summary Judgment on behalf of Hospital and Emergency Room Physician on Appeal
HPMB Obtains Summary Judgment on behalf of Hospital and Emergency Room Physician on Appeal   Reversing a lower court, the Appellate Division, First Department awarded summary judgment in favor of a major NY metropolitan area hospital and an emergency room physician, ruling that the plaintiff raised a new theory of liability – the alleged failure to ...
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Successful Trial Result
HPM&B recently defended an interventional neuroradiologist at trial in a medical malpractice case in Supreme Court, Bronx County.  The case involved an endovascular procedure to re-stent and coil an ophthalmic artery aneurysm, which was complicated by an ischemic stroke resulting in dense, right-sided hemiplegia.  The plaintiff was 31-years-old at the time of the procedure.  During ...
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Unanimous Defense Verdict
HPM&B Partner David Robertson and Associate Gabriella Ruggiero obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical negligence case on behalf of a skilled nursing facility and the three individual nurses who were named as defendants by the plaintiff estate. The case was tried in Connecticut Superior Court. The plaintiff’s decedent was a 90-year-old ...
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Summary Judgment Dismissal
Laura S. Murphy and Joseph Randazzo recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a podiatrist in Bronx County Supreme Court. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants improperly performed  an ankle surgery, tendon repair, and Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesion repair upon plaintiff, resulting in the need for subsequent surgery, permanent pain, and limited motion of the foot ...
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Summary Judgment Dismissal in Kings County Supreme Court
HPM&B Attorneys Darshan Patel, Graham Musynske, and Joseph Randazzo successfully obtained summary judgment in a high exposure and high sympathy case in Kings County Supreme Court. The case involved allegations that the staff at our long term care center failed to prevent the choking and asphyxiation of a 56-year-old patient with bipolar schizophrenia.  ...
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HPM&B Begins the Year with a Unanimous Defense Verdict in Nassau County
HPM&B Partners Michael Sullivan and Matthew Messina obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Nassau County medical malpractice case on February 21, 2023 after a two week trial. The plaintiff was 35 years old and underwent a left labyrinthectomy surgery in September 2013 for the treatment of intractable vertigo and related symptoms. ...
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Summary Judgment Dismissal
Raphael Berman, Joseph Shmulewitz and Mandy Nguyen recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of an attending orthopedist in a medical malpractice case venued in Queens County Supreme Court. The plaintiff-mother claimed a failure to diagnose and treat her daughter’s osteosarcoma (bone cancer) of the left leg, resulting in multiple surgeries and a leg length discrepancy. ...
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Summary Judgment Dismissal
HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims against a defendant orthopedic surgeon in Supreme Court, Westchester County. Plaintiff alleged malpractice in connection with a drop foot injury following a total hip replacement surgery. HPM&B successfully argued that the surgery was indicated and properly performed and that the post-operative care and treatment was ...
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Summary Judgment Dismissal
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 ...
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Summary Judgment Dismissal
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 ...
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