Theresa Bohm and Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured dismissal of all claims against two New Jersey-based physicians and a New Jersey-based anesthesia group due to lack of personal jurisdiction. The medical malpractice action involved allegations of negligent medical treatment arising from orthopedic surgery and alleged mismanagement of anesthesia and neurological care, resulting in injuries to the plaintiff.

Mrs. Bohm and Mr. Patterson successfully argued that the plaintiff failed to meet the burden of establishing that New York’s Long-Arm Statute applied. The Court agreed with our arguments that the New Jersey defendants did not engage in sufficient purposeful activities in New York to confer jurisdiction and, because the physicians and anesthesia group did not transact business in New York, were not subject to New York’s Long-Arm Statute.