On June 26, 2025, HPM&B Partner Patricia Thornton obtained a defense verdict in Supreme Court, New York County in a medical malpractice case after an almost 9-week trial. The plaintiff claimed that between April 2017 and June 2017, the defendant pain management physician was negligent in treating her for chronic lower back pain and a ...

Congratulations to HPM&B Attorneys Rachel Bloom, Adam Kaufman and Joseph Randazzo on securing summary judgment dismissal in favor of a prominent plastic surgeon and his practice in a medical malpractice case venued in Bronx County Supreme Court. Plaintiff claimed our client failed to properly treat an ankle fracture, resulting in wound dehiscence, scarring, and other related ...

Partners Robert Gibson, Katherin Crossling and Of Counsel Jason Barrer and Greg Freedman recently secured summary judgment dismissal in a complex medical malpractice case on behalf of a major hospital system and individual nurse. The case involved the care and treatment of a woman who presented to the hospital for treatment of virus-type symptoms. She was ...

Congratulations to Partners Rachel Bloom, Hayley Newman and Thomas M. G. on being named “Rising Stars” by MedPro and MLMIC. Rising Stars recognizes the dedication, drive and potential of these established Partners at HPM&B, who are being viewed and appreciated as the future of the MPL defense trial bar. Thank you to MLMIC Insurance Company and MedPro ...

Partner Patricia Thornton and Of Counsel Jason Barrer recently secured a summary judgment dismissal in a high-stakes medical malpractice case on behalf of our gastroenterologist client. Plaintiff alleged a failure to timely diagnose colon cancer, and HPM&B demonstrated that our client had, in fact, timely performed the subject colonoscopy. The procedure could not be completed ...

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; ...