Trial Results

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 […]

On January 17, 2024, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured a unanimous defense verdict before Justice Patrick Bradshaw of the Middlesex County Superior Court in New Jersey.  Plaintiff claimed the defendant oral surgeon negligently placed excessively long dental implants in the maxilla leading to perforation into the nasal cavity, infection and the need for extraction.  As a result, […]

On October 12, 2023, Chuck Faillace obtained a defense verdict (unanimous) in a hard-fought near month-long medical malpractice trial in Supreme Queens before J. Maurice Muir.  A Frye hearing (J. Catapano-Fox) went in plaintiff’s favor on a damage-only issue on May 1, 2023.  The trial was, very unusually, bifurcated upon defense motion so only liability […]

Miles Reiner recently secured a directed verdict in Westchester County Supreme Court on behalf of an Emergency Medicine physician after a six-week trial. Plaintiff’s counsel alleged that our client improperly treated a premature infant for dehydration thereby causing hyponatremia, seizures and brain swelling which plaintiff’s counsel alleged resulted in permanent cognitive and developmental injuries.  Miles […]

On November 1, 2023, Mamie Stathatos-Fulgieri secured a defense verdict in a medical malpractice action tried before Justice Leonard Livote in Supreme Court, Queens County.  The plaintiff alleged that her obstetrician/gynecologist (“ob/gyn”), our client, improperly treated her abnormal uterine bleeding and performed a vaginal hysterectomy and salpingo oophorectomy that was not indicated. The plaintiff denied […]