HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a pulmonologist in a Supreme Court, Orange County medical malpractice case.   Plaintiff alleged that the physician failed to properly treat the decedent’s pleural effusions during a multi-week hospital admission.   The decedent was nearing the end of his life due to esophageal cancer.   It ...

HPM&B  won summary judgment dismissal for a  pediatrician in a high-exposure  brain damaged baby  case venued in  Supreme Court,  Richmond County.    Plaintiff claimed  that  the defendants failed to timely diagnose  and treat  cytomegalovirus (CMV)  in the  infant-plaintiff resulting in profound neurological deficits. HPM&B  overcame plaintiff’s opposition, which was supported by three expert affirmations including ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of two radiologists in a lawsuit venued in Queens County, Supreme Court.  Plaintiff alleged that both radiologists failed to diagnose breast cancer on screening mammograms and ultrasounds and claimed that as a result, Plaintiff was deprived of a better chance of a cure of her breast cancer ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a podiatrist and his professional corporation in Suffolk County Supreme Court.  Plaintiff alleged that the defendant podiatrist negligently administered a series of steroid injections to the plaintiff’s left foot, causing a ruptured tendon.  The defense contended that it was plaintiff’s activities – and not the injections ...

Partners Katherin Crossling and Erin Kelley were honored to present a lecture on the Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit with a focus on Discoverability as part of the Mt. Sinai Icahn School of Medicine and the  Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences  inaugural Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management Fellowship program.  This  ACGME-accredited fellowship program is ...

HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a major New York Hospital in a case venued in Supreme Court, Richmond County.  The case involved a trip-and-fall in the hospital.  HPM&B established that the plaintiff could not identify the cause of her fall.  HPM&B also established that the fall did not cause plaintiff’s alleged ...

wp recently obtained another dismissal for their clients, a major teaching hospital in NYC and one of the hospital’s nurse anesthetists.  Plaintiff, a dentist, alleged that the defendants caused serious, permanent nerve damage during placement of an intravenous line in preparation of surgery.  Plaintiff alleged that this injury affected her ability to practice as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...