Voluntary Dismissal

HPM&B recently obtained a voluntary dismissal at the conclusion of discovery for an orthopedic surgeon and a major metropolitan hospital. In this Bronx County action, the plaintiff alleged improper performance of a total knee replacement resulting in loosening of the tibial component for which a revision was performed. The defendants demonstrated that the components were all properly placed at the time of surgery and that tibial loosening is a known risk of a total knee replacement that occurred through no act or omission of the defendants.