Marc Hyman recently won a second defense verdict in a case concerning an alleged failure to timely diagnose a pelvic granular cell tumor in a 45-year-old woman by our client, a gynecologic oncologist. A first defense verdict in 2006 was vacated on plaintiff’s appeal to New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals. The ...

On December 2, 2009, Anthony M. Heller obtained a defense verdict in a podiatry case on behalf of a Long Island podiatrist in the Suffolk County Supreme Court. Plaintiff claimed that her foot had surgically deformed by procedures performed by the podiatrist and she was left with an inability to comfortably perform the activities of ...

On June 23, 2009, Robin R. Dolsky received a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a prominent surgeon. Plaintiff claimed that the abdominal surgery performed by our client was unnecessary and too extensive.  Plaintiff further claimed that there was a failure to properly follow and timely diagnose plaintiff’s abdominal abscesses postoperatively. A ...

Terrence St. John obtained a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court in a case involving infiltration of contrast material into plaintiff’s right hand when contrast material was injected rapidly and under pressure to perform a pulmonary angiogram. Plaintiff claimed that the defendant hospital, through the actions of its staff, was negligent in failing ...

Garrett P. Lewis received a defense verdict on behalf of a major metropolitan hospital and a general surgeon in New York County Supreme Court in a wrongful death case. Plaintiffs claimed that our client should have postponed a colostomy take down surgery in light of a fall in which plaintiff suffered fractures of the 8th ...

Austa S. Devlin received a defense verdict in an orthopedic case in Queens County Supreme Court on April 28, 2009. Plaintiff underwent extensive orthopedic surgery to correct numerous deformities of the right foot.  A year after surgery, deformities again developed in the foot.  Plaintiff claimed that our client did far more extensive surgery than required, ...

On February 4, 2010, Anthony M. Heller received a defense verdict in Nassau County Supreme Court in a podiatry case. Plaintiff claimed an infection of the right foot; development of an ulceration and gangrene requiring the amputation of the plaintiff’s right 5th toe; hospitalization for intravenous antibiotics; and another hospitalization to amputate the 5th metatarsal.  ...

Louise A. Derevlany obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a cardiologist in a medical malpractice case involving the insertion of a pacemaker to control the plaintiff’s episode of bradycardia so that a beta blocker could be given to treat tachycardia. Plaintiff alleged that our client departed from good and accepted medical care in the ...

On October 26, 2010, Anthony M. Heller received a defense verdict in a podiatry/vascular medicine case in which plaintiff alleged that our client, a podiatrist failed to timely refer her to a co-defendant vascular surgeon, resulting in a below-the knee amputation. Plaintiff, an insulin dependent diabetic, claimed that her leg would have been saved had she ...

Luke M. Pittoni received a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in Nassau County Supreme Court. Plaintiff claimed that defendant failed to timely and properly diagnose the plaintiff’s breast cancer; failed to perform timely and appropriate physical and breast examinations; failed to perform a timely and appropriate medical work-up to rule out breast cancer; ...