HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a podiatrist and her professional corporation in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Plaintiff alleged that these defendants failed to timely diagnose and properly treat lower extremity blood clots, which allegedly resulted in partial amputation of two toes several months later. Plaintiff treated with the podiatric defendants after ...

Senior Partner Charles Bach, Managing Partner Adam Dlugacz and Associate Elliot Braun recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a neurosurgeon in New York County Supreme Court. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant neurosurgeon performed a contraindicated spinal fusion procedure in light of an ongoing infection and ulcer as well as a failure to remove ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a gynecologist and surgeon in Kings County Supreme Court. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants failed to timely diagnose breast cancer based upon a mammogram that revealed suspicious calcifications but did not identify a mass. Plaintiff claimed that defendants delayed the diagnosis of Plaintiff’s breast cancer by ordering further ...

HPM&B congratulates its former Senior Trial Partner, Marc Hyman, who is being honored at Trail Blazers’ Annual Spring Benefit tomorrow evening. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Hyman has served on the Trail Blazers’ Board, including serving as a Co-Chair, and he has provided leadership, guidance, and support to ensure that countless young people would ...

HPM&B was pleased to sponsor the Association for Healthcare Risk Management of New York, Inc.’s (“AHRMNY”) 2023 conference held on June 2 at City Winery in New York City. Partners Denise Holzka, Katherin Crossling and Doreen Dufficy attended and enjoyed a great day of learning and networking!

HPM&B Partner Charles Bach obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical negligence case on behalf of a skilled hand surgeon who was named as a defendant by the plaintiffs. The case was tried in New York County Supreme Court. Mr. Bach was assisted by Of Counsel Jason Barrer during the course of this lengthy ...

HPMB Obtains Summary Judgment on behalf of Hospital and Emergency Room Physician on Appeal   Reversing a lower court, the Appellate Division, First Department awarded summary judgment in favor of a major NY metropolitan area hospital and an emergency room physician, ruling that the plaintiff raised a new theory of liability – the alleged failure to ...

HPM&B recently defended an interventional neuroradiologist at trial in a medical malpractice case in Supreme Court, Bronx County.  The case involved an endovascular procedure to re-stent and coil an ophthalmic artery aneurysm, which was complicated by an ischemic stroke resulting in dense, right-sided hemiplegia.  The plaintiff was 31-years-old at the time of the procedure.  During ...