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HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal for our client, a major hospital network, in a slip-and-fall case. Plaintiff alleged that she sustained an injury when she slipped and fell in the PACU of our client’s hospital facility. The defense moved for summary judgment with the support of four hospital witnesses all of which established that ...

HPM&B recently obtained a unanimous defense verdict in Supreme Court, Westchester County, on behalf of a major Hospital network on a case that was transferred to our Firm for trial two months earlier. It was alleged that an employed gastroenterologist negligently placed a feeding tube. Plaintiff further claimed that the negligent placement caused the feeding ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal for our client, a renowned NYC hospital system, in a wrongful death case.  Plaintiff alleged that the hospital’s emergency room staff failed to diagnose and treat pulmonary emboli during four emergency department presentations in the same month.  The defense moved for summary judgment with the support of a board-certified ...

HPM&B Partner Michael Sullivan and associate Natalie Hermon obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Nassau County medical malpractice case on June 20, 2024 after a two week trial. Plaintiff was 52 years old when he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor at his ileocecal valve in December 2018, by the defendant ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a New York City attending anesthesiologist and a major teaching Hospital. This Supreme Court, New York County case involved allegations of negligent positioning while the patient was under anesthesia that allegedly caused a rotator cuff injury and hip bursitis.  Defendants’ summary judgment motion was supported by ...

HPM&B recently obtained dismissal of an action on behalf of two neurosurgeons, a vascular surgeon, and a major Long Island hospital. Plaintiff was admitted to the hospital to undergo spinal surgery, which was performed by our two neurosurgeons. During the procedure, an arterial line was placed in plaintiff’s arm to monitor vital signs.  Plaintiff subsequently developed numbness in ...

Congratulations to HPM&B Partners John P. McNaboe and Rachel S. Bloom on obtaining summary judgment dismissal on behalf of two orthopedic surgery residents and a board-certified rheumatologist in Supreme Court, Nassau County. Plaintiff claimed these defendants failed to diagnose septic arthritis in the right hip and left shoulder, resulting in a delayed diagnosis, bone necrosis, ...

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 ...