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HPMB was proud to support and attend the 2025 Mount Sinai Gala. Partners Katherin Crossling, Adam Dlugacz, Alejandra Gil, Eric Gingold, Thomas M. G., Denise Holzka, Erin Kelley, McCallion Campbell, and Of Counsel Pamela H. were honored to represent our firm at this special event. HPMB has proudly supported Mount Sinai Hospital and its exceptional ...

HPMB was proud to have our partners – Brendan Alt, Adam Dlugacz, Eric Gingold, Karen Grottalio, Denise Holzka, Haley Newman, and Cynthia Robinson – attend the 11th Annual Columbia Children’s Health Gala. It was a beautiful and inspiring evening benefiting pediatric health initiatives and raising vital awareness for the challenges Columbia’s dedicated providers work tirelessly to ...

HPMB was proud to have our partners — Brendan Alt, Raphael Berman, Kathleen Gallo, Vincent J. Gallo, Karen Grottalio, Erin Kelley, James Navarro, and Cynthia Robinson — attend the 120th Annual Bronx County Bar Association Gala. This year’s event honored the Honorable Adam Silvera and the Honorable Ben R. Barbato — congratulations to both on ...

HPM&B recently obtained a voluntary discontinuance for an interventional cardiology client affiliated with a major teaching institution in New York City. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to timely treat cardiac tamponade resulting in cardiac arrest and death. The defendant established at his deposition that he was not present in the hospital when the co-defendant cardiologist made ...

Congratulations to Partners Gabrielle DeYoung and Rachel Bloom, and Associate Denise Graziano, on securing summary judgment on behalf of a major metropolitan hospital in Queens County Supreme Court. Plaintiffs claimed our client negligently lacerated the infant-plaintiff’s chest during or immediately after the infant’s delivery. With support from an expert in OB/GYN, we established that plaintiffs failed to ...

HPM&B recently obtained pre-answer dismissal, with prejudice, as to a hospital and teaching institution. Plaintiff commenced the medical malpractice action against several defendants as a Proposed Administrator. In her complaint, plaintiff asserted causes of action against our clients for negligence, medical malpractice, exemplary/punitive damages, informed consent, and negligence – right to know. In our motion, we argued that ...

HPM&B recently received a summary judgment order dismissing claims against an orthopedic surgeon and his practice group. Plaintiff alleges that defendants caused and delayed the diagnosis of a post-procedure infection and failed to appreciate the significance of her alleged suture allergy. HPM&B demonstrated that plaintiff had undergone other surgeries both before and after the procedure at issue, all of which ...

HPM&B Partner Doreen Dufficy secured a dismissal in United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Plaintiff alleged that he sustained permanent hearing loss because defendants were deliberately indifferent to his health, safety, welfare, and medical needs under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the United States Constitution, including the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments; alleged deprivation of ...

HPM&B Partner Doreen Dufficy and Senior Associate Gabrielle Apfel recently secured a summary judgment dismissal. Summary Judgment was granted in United States District Court, Eastern District of New York in a case where plaintiff alleged that our client, a Physician’s Assistant, was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs under 42 U.S.C. §1983 with respect to ...

HPM&B Partners Denise Holzka and Doreen Dufficy and Senior Associate Mandy Nguyen recently secured summary judgment dismissal on behalf of an Internal Medicine Physician and two Physician Groups in a case venued in Richmond County. Plaintiff alleged the defendants were negligent in failing to diagnose a patient with HIV. HPM&B moved on causation with support from an expert ...