HPM&B obtained a mid-trial dismissal of a medical malpractice action on behalf of a well-known and respected Plastic Surgeon on June 20, 2014.   The 54-year-old plaintiff, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, claimed that two General Surgeons and two Plastic Surgeons misdiagnosed plaintiff as having a pulmonary infection and failed to timely diagnose and ...

Vincent Gallo won a defense verdict in favor of a plastic surgeon in New York County. The case involved allegations that the plaintiff had developed numerous contour irregularities following liposuction procedures to her thigh. More specifically, plaintiff argued that the defendant plastic surgeon negligently performed touch-up liposuction procedure resulting in further contour irregularities. The initial ...

Vincent Gallo won a defense verdict in favor of a plastic surgeon in New York County. The case involved allegations that the plaintiff had developed numerous contour irregularities following liposuction procedures to her thigh. More specifically, plaintiff argued that the defendant plastic surgeon negligently performed touch-up liposuction procedure resulting in further contour irregularities. The initial ...

Michael Sullivan obtained a defense verdict for a family practice physician in New York County in a case involving allegations that the physician improperly treated plaintiff’s knee fracture. Plaintiff suffered a tibial plateau fracture when he was struck by an automobile in Manhattan. The fracture was originally diagnosed at a non-party hospital where plaintiff’s leg ...

Luke M. Pittoni successfully defended the chief of perinatology at a major New York medical center in a brain-damaged infant case, achieving a favorable jury verdict in Brooklyn on May 10, 2004. The infant-plaintiff was born prematurely during the 27th week of pregnancy. Plaintiff, who sought a multi-million-dollar award, claimed the electronic fetal monitor demonstrated ...

In February, 2005, Denise Holzka  obtained a jury verdict in Richmond County on behalf of a hospital sued for medical malpractice. The case involved a 27-week pregnant woman who was admitted by her private attending obstetrician for right flank pain.

After having two toes amputated because of peripheral vascular disease, plaintiff sued HPM&B’s client, a podiatrist, for malpractice on a theory that he should have diagnosed this condition or consulted with plaintiff’s vascular surgeon. Our client saw plaintiff on one occasion for the limited purpose of treating an infection on her right hallux. He then ...

On October 6, 2004, in a Brooklyn courtroom, Charles L. Bach obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a a Manhattan hospital and its chief of neurosurgery. On October 6, 2004, a unanimous Brooklyn jury exonerated a Manhattan hospital and its chief of neurosurgery. Six days after undergoing a successful endovascular coiling procedure to repair ...

On March 15, 2005, Charles L. Bach  obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Manhattan plastic surgeon against whom plaintiff sought $2 million in damages. Plaintiff, a 64-year-old woman, sought $2 million in damages arising from multiple plastic surgeries. Plaintiff underwent a facelift, a brow lift, bilateral blephoraplasties (eyelid surgeries) and bilateral canthoplasties (surgeries ...

On May 13, 2005, Robert Gibson, Esq. obtained a directed verdict in Supreme Court, Westchester County on behalf of a neurologist involved in the treatment of a patient who had suffered a stroke. The case revolved around the claim of the patient that the neurologist had failed to dignose and treat her in a timely ...