HPM&B recently obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of a radiologist and a radiology group in a case involving the alleged failure to diagnose a bleeding pituitary tumor.  The patient presented to the Emergency Room at a Long Island hospital with various complaints, including a headache.  A CT of the head was interpreted as negative by ...

HPM&B recently obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of an obstetrician/gynecologist and a hospital where plaintiff claimed that as a result of the negligence of the defendants, she was forced to undergo a dilation and evacuation procedure while pregnant, followed by a total hysterectomy because of extensive bleeding. The plaintiff delivered a child vaginally in August ...

In On January 17, 2013, Karen T. Grottalio obtained a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of a prominent colon and rectal surgeon who practiced at a major metropolitan medical center. Plaintiff, a 46-year-old single female, alleged that as a result of negligent surgical treatment by defendant, she suffered serious personal ...

HPM&B received a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court on February 19, 2013 on behalf of a major metropolitan hospital and a pediatric hematologist. The infant-plaintiff was a Downs Syndrome patient who had previously developed a life threatening septicemia and pneumonia requiring extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and long term intubation, complicated by both ...

Madonna Sacco recently obtained a defendant’s verdict in Superior Court, Judicial District of Middlesex, Middletown Connecticut.   Plaintiff claimed that HPM&B’s client, an obstetrician/gynecologist, applied excessive traction during the delivery of the infant-plaintiff, causing the infant to suffer shoulder dystocia.  The case had been previously tried to a defendant’s verdict but was appealed by the plaintiff.  The Connecticut Appellate Court reversed the verdict ...

On May 1, 2013, HPM&B obtained a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of a major metropolitan hospital.  It was claimed that the infant-plaintiff developed meconium aspiration syndrome and later asthma because the hospital’s neonatology team did not properly manage his resuscitation at birth.  The infant-plaintiff was born covered in meconium, ...

On May 2, 2013, Darshan I. Patel obtained a defense verdict in Supreme Court, Kings County on behalf of his client, a urologist in private practice in New York City. Plaintiff reported complaints of acute testicular pain and difficulty walking for nearly 30 hours.  He rated his pain as an “8” on a scale of ...

On June 7, 2013, HPM&B received a defense verdict in Middletown Superior Court on behalf of an obstetrician/gynecologist.  The case arose out of a twin pregnancy which ended in a premature delivery of the babies at 24 weeks gestation.  One of the twins died shortly after birth.  The other twin survived, but the plaintiff claimed ...

Following two weeks of trial, HPM&B obtained a unanimous defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court in a wrongful death case brought by the estate of a local nephrologist against a urological surgeon. Plaintiff’s counsel claimed that during a Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection (RPLND) to address Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the upper urinary tract, ...

On June 13, 2013, Andrew M. Neubardt received a defense verdict in Westchester County Supreme Court on behalf of an ophthalmologist and a multi-specialty medical group. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant ophthalmologist failed to provide appropriate informed consent and was negligent in performance of cataract surgery. The plaintiff alleged that he was not told ...