Tag Archives: Defense

Following a 2 week trial, Marc J. Falcone was successful in obtaining a defense verdict on behalf of a prominent anesthesiologist and his employer. The case was venued in Richmond County and involved the allegation that the defendant negligently intubated the patient just prior to the start of a surgery to remove part of the […]

In a recent Decision and Order, the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed the trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s motion, which sought to set aside a stipulation of settlement and restore the action to the trial calendar on the ground that the settlement was procured under duress.  The Appellate Division agreed that the stipulation of settlement […]

Mr. Jeffery Cohen successfully obtained a discontinuance on behalf of three prominent New York City ophthalmologists while the matter was scheduled for jury selection.  This discontinuance was obtained due to various discussions with plaintiff’s counsel regarding Mr. Cohen’s anticipated defense strategy and cross examination of plaintiff’s expert(s).

Following a 2 week trial, Marc J. Falcone was successful in obtaining a defense verdict on behalf of a large metropolitan hospital and prominent radiation oncologist. The case was venued in Richmond County and involved allegations that the defendant failed to perform necessary post-radiation imaging studies following treatment of larynx cancer.  The patient’s cancer recurred […]

Congratulations to Shari Steinfeld on obtaining an Appellate Division, Second Department order in favor of defendant, an internist. Plaintiff commenced an action to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death for failure to properly diagnose Plaintiff’s decent with a condition known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. The Appellate Division ruled that a reversal of the Supreme […]

Following a 6 week trial, Marc J. Falcone was successful in obtaining a defense verdict on behalf of a prominent gastroenterologist. The case, venued in Kings County, involved allegations that the defendant failed to properly treat pancreatitis in a 42-year-old male. Plaintiff claimed that the patient had developed sepsis which resulted in death. The jury […]

Marc Falcone obtained summary judgment dismissal in favor of an obstetrician/gynecologist in a Richmond County case where it was alleged that a total abdominal hysterectomy was improperly performed and that during the same surgery, a foreign object was left inside the patient.  Plaintiff alleged that she had to undergo additional surgeries and that she also […]

Marc Falcone obtained summary judgment dismissal in favor of a primary care physician and a critical care specialist in a Richmond County case where it was alleged that there was a failure to properly and timely treat cholelithiasis (gallstones) and an obstruction of the common bile duct, causing pain, suffering and death of a female […]

John Orbon obtained a defendant’s verdict on behalf of a surgeon. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon failed to properly perform a sentinel node biopsy resulting in a recurrence of cancer in her lymph nodes. After 4 weeks of trial a Queens jury rendered a unanimous verdict in favor of our client.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Cohen who obtained a defendant’s verdict on behalf of an ophthalmologist in Supreme Court, Kings County in which plaintiff alleged negligent prescribing of steroids resulting in loss of vision in the patient’s left eye.