Robert B. Gibson and Brendan J. Alt successfully opposed plaintiffs’ application for leave of court to file a late Notice of Claim, resulting in dismissal of all claims against a municipal hospital located in Westchester County. The case involved an alleged assault and battery of an autistic minor by a hospital nurse after she was ...

Congratulations to Mike Sullivan for receiving a directed verdict in a dental malpractice case in Kings County.

Heidi M. Cilano and Nancy Marini obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case pending in Waterbury, Connecticut Complex Litigation Docket on behalf of our client, a urogynecologist on January 20, 2016. The plaintiff made claims of lack of informed consent, negligent misrepresentation and intentional misrepresentation arising out of the use of transvaginal mesh ...

On December 10, 2015, Heidi M. Cilano obtained a defendants’ verdict in Litchfield Superior Court in Litchfield, CT in a medical malpractice case brought against our client, an orthopedic surgeon.The plaintiff claimed that our client was negligent and careless in his treatment during knee replacement surgery.  Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that our client used the wrong sized components and ...

Representing a major New York City medical center and two obstetrician-gynecologists, HPM&B successfully moved for summary judgment dismissal of all claims on behalf of an infant who was born prematurely with severe neurological damages. HPM&B attorneys relied on the legal concept that a medical caregiver is not liable for medical malpractice if the caregiver exercises ...

On November 9, 2015, Charles L. Bach, Jr. obtained a unanimous defendant’s verdict in New York County in a medical malpractice case brought against our client, a national leader in neurological surgery. Plaintiff alleged that our client improperly performed an anterior decompression of plaintiff’s cervical spine by taking off the majority of the C5 vertebra, ...

Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Nassau County podiatric malpractice case on October 7, 2015. Plaintiff was 45 years old and had a 15 year history of multiple sclerosis when she underwent a Lapidus bunionectomy surgery on her right foot by the defendant in November 2009.  Seven months after surgery, plaintiff ...

In April of 2014, all claims against a Physical Therapist were dismissed on the eve of trial after Laura S. Murphy and her team successfully moved to dismiss them on the grounds that the action was improperly pled as sounding in general liability rather than professional malpractice.

In May of 2014, Laura S. Murphy obtained a directed verdict following the close of evidence on behalf of a podiatrist in Supreme Court, New York County.

Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict in a Supreme Court, New York County dental malpractice case on August 21, 2015. Plaintiff was 40 years old when she had seven amalgam fillings changed to composite fillings and had an eighth tooth filled by the defendant in June and July 2007.  Approximately one week after the final ...