Dawn Bristol Wins a Defense Verdict

On September 14, 2022, Dawn Bristol secured a defendant’s verdict for a Staten Island property development and management company in a premises liability case tried in Richmond Supreme Court before the Honorable Lizette Colon.  Plaintiff claimed that the defendant, as owners of the subject property, failed to properly maintain a stairwell and failed to properly clean […]

Ralph Vincent Morales Secures Defense Verdict

Ralph Vincent Morales secured a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a local hospital on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 following a two week jury trial in Suffolk County before the Hon. Joseph A. Santorelli. The matter involved allegations that the hospital staff failed to consider a musculoskeletal origin for the chest pain with which the […]

Arthur Yankowitz and Daniel O’Connell Secure a Directed Verdict

On May 11, 2022, in Supreme Court, Queens County, Arthur Yankowitz with the assistance of Daniel O’Connell secured a Directed Verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case on behalf of an Emergency Services Group and a physician.  Plaintiff’s counsel alleged a failure to timely diagnose and treat a  pneumothorax during an Emergency Room presentation which […]

Joseph Muscarella Secures Defense Verdict

On May 5, 2022, Joseph Muscarella secured a defense verdict on behalf of our client, a Car Dealership/Auto Repair Shop, in Rockland County Supreme Court before the Honorable Thomas Zugibe. Plaintiff’s counsel alleged that the client’s mechanics negligently repaired the plaintiff’s vehicle, resulting in the plaintiff’s automobile accident on a major highway. At trial, plaintiff […]

Jeffrey Nichols and Angela Bonica Secure Defense Verdict

On April 6, 2022, Jeffrey Nichols and Angela Bonica secured a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of an Emergency Medicine physician in Suffolk County Supreme Court before the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan.  Plaintiff’s counsel alleged that the physician negligently prescribed Haldol to address agitation in the geriatric patient which their expert alleged was used off […]

Gary W. Patterson, Jr. Secures Directed Verdict In New York County Supreme Court

On March 21, 2022, the Honorable Lyle Frank of the Supreme Court, New York County, granted Mr. Patterson’s motion for a directed verdict on behalf of his client, a well-regarded plastic surgeon. The 34 year old male plaintiff claimed the doctor negligently performed a circumferential body lift procedure, leading to sexual dysfunction, depression and post-traumatic […]

Dawn Bristol Wins a Unanimous Defense Verdict

On February 17, 2022, Dawn Bristol secured a unanimous defendant’s verdict for a New York City Hospital in a premises liability case tried in Kings County Supreme Court before the Honorable Justice Larry D. Martin.  Plaintiff claimed that an enlarged expansion joint on the stairs of an entrance to the Hospital caused her to fall and […]

DEFENSE VERDICT FOR EDWARD J. AREVALO

On December 14, 2021, Edward J. Arevalo secured a unanimous defense verdict in a trial venued in Kings County, Supreme Court, before the Honorable Justice Dawn Jiminez-Salta. The case involved allegations of medical malpractice against Mr. Arevalo’s clients, a New York City based hospital and a surgeon.  In late 2011, the then 65-year-old plaintiff was […]

Ralph Vincent Morales Wins a Defense Verdict

On November 22, 2021, Ralph Morales secured a unanimous defense verdict in a trial venued in Suffolk County Supreme Court before the Honorable Joseph Santorelli that involved claims of medical malpractice against an obstetrician-gynecologist. Plaintiff claimed that the defendant doctor negligently performed a laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy upon the then-fifty-year-old plaintiff at Southside Hospital by […]