Congratulations to HPM&B Partner Rachel S. Bloom on obtaining summary judgment dismissal of a medical malpractice action in Supreme Court, Nassau County, on behalf of a board-certified gastroenterologist, gastroenterology practice, and a major metropolitan health system. Plaintiff claimed the defendants improperly recommended and administered a biologic medication to treat his Crohn’s Disease, resulting in the development ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of an Emergency Medicine Physician and an Emergency Medicine Practice. In this Queens County case, plaintiff alleged the defendants failed to diagnose a superior mesentery artery thrombosis/dissection.   HPM&B moved for summary judgment with the support of an Emergency Medicine Expert. The defendants successfully established that they created an appropriate treatment plan ...

HPM&B recently won summary judgment dismissal of a medical malpractice action in Dutchess County Supreme Court on behalf of a major regional medical center and health care system. Plaintiff claimed medical malpractice and lack of informed consent in the alleged failure to timely diagnose and treat osteomyelitis, cellulitis, and infection upon plaintiff’s presentation to the Emergency ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal of a medical malpractice action in Dutchess County Supreme Court on behalf of a major regional medical center. Plaintiff claimed medical malpractice and lack of informed consent in the care and treatment of the plaintiff in the Emergency Department for a fracture of the left wrist.  HPM&B submitted expert opinion that ...

HPM&B Partner Michael Sullivan and associate Natalie Hermon obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Nassau County medical malpractice case on September 20, 2023 after a one week trial. Plaintiff was 26 years old when he underwent surgery to have his gallbladder removed in September 2013 by the defendant surgeon at the defendant ...