On March 28, 2025, Gary W. Patterson, Jr., with the assistance of Daniel O’Connell, secured a defense verdict before Judge Paul Marx of the Supreme Court, Westchester County. The then 24-year-old plaintiff claimed the defendant oral surgeon failed to obtain an informed consent before performing wisdom tooth extraction, resulting in injury to the inferior alveolar […]
On March 14, 2025, Adam Covitt, assisted by Gonzalo Suarez, obtained a unanimous defense verdict before the Honorable Claudia Lanzetta in Queens County Supreme Court. The plaintiff alleged contraindicated removal of a congenital melanocytic nevus by our client, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, resulting in significant scarring in an 8-year-old child. Through successful cross-examination of […]
On December 20, 2024, Edward J. Arevalo, assisted by Erisa Gjini, secured a unanimous defense verdict before the Honorable Stephen Hackeling in Suffolk County Supreme Court. In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff claimed that right eye cataract surgery performed in 2015 led to a decrease in visual acuity and blindness in the right eye. The […]
On December 10, 2024, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured a defense verdict before Judge Jane Weiner of the Hudson County Superior Court. The 27-year-old male plaintiff claimed the defendant emergency room physician failed to timely diagnose an acute ischemic limb, leading to amputation of his right leg above the knee. The plaintiff later suffered from […]
On November 27, 2024, Charles Faillace secured a unanimous defense verdict before Judge Genine Edwards of the Supreme Court of Kings County. In this podiatric malpractice action, plaintiff claimed that the defendant podiatric surgeon negligently performed a bunionectomy and correction surgery, which allegedly led to gait disturbance, non-union of the first metatarsal, short first metatarsal, […]
On October 22, 2024, Scott Singer secured a unanimous defense verdict before Judge Wavny Toussaint of the Supreme Court of Kings County. The plaintiff, who had a long history of recurring joint infections in her hip, claimed that the defendant orthopedic surgeon negligently performed hip reconstruction surgery while she still had an ongoing infection. She […]
On May 16, 2024, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. obtained another defense verdict before Justice Keith Lynott of the Superior Court, Essex County in New Jersey. Mr. Patterson was assisted by associate, Angela Bonica, and appellate counsel, Adonaid Medina, in securing the win. This wrongful death action concerned claims of a failure to protect the decedent’s […]
Ralph Morales secured a defense verdict in the Bronx in a challenging matter involving claims that a Brooklyn-based hospital failed to timely administer tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to a 35-year-old patient who was exhibiting stroke-like symptoms. The plaintiff claimed that the patient was eligible for tPA administration because ICU nurses performed a pain assessment upon […]
On March 5, 2024, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured a defense verdict before Justice Craig Brown of the Supreme Court, Orange County. Plaintiff claimed the defendant oral surgeon negligently extracted an impacted maxillary wisdom tooth. During the procedure, tooth #1 was dislodged into the maxillary sinus. A sinusotomy was performed several months later to retrieve the […]
On February 21, 2024, Arthur Yankowitz with the assistance of Daniel O’Connell secured a unanimous defense verdict before Justice Kevin Kerrigan, Supreme Court Queens County. Plaintiff claimed that defendant Cardiologist negligently treated the decedent’s congestive heart failure by “overdosing” the 89-year-old patient with Lasix which resulted in the patient falling out of bed. The plaintiff […]