Megan Lawless Wins Hard Fought Dismissal of Claims Against a Brooklyn Hospital and Several Attending Physicians at the Hospital

The BPN COVID-19 Team secured pre-answer dismissal in a high profile malpractice claim against our clients, a Brooklyn hospital and several physicians affiliated with the hospital. Plaintiff brought malpractice claims against our clients, who were physicians and a major Brooklyn hospital proudly serving the local community in the darkest days of COVID-19. Plaintiff claimed the […]

Bruce Brady Obtains Another Defense Verdict

Bruce Brady obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a wrongful death case tried before Justice Joseph Santorelli in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County. Our client was a radiologist who interpreted a chest x-ray for a 59-year-old woman in September 2015.  He identified an area in the patient’s right mid lung as representing an overlapping of […]

David Allen, Megan Lawless and Dylan Braverman Obtain Pre-Answer Dismissal of Wrongful Death, Malpractice and Gross Negligence Claims Against 5 Physicians and a Major Staten Island Hospital

The COVID-19 team is pleased to announce the dismissal of wrongful death, malpractice and gross negligence claims against five physicians a major Staten Island hospital who stood with the community in battling COVID-19. All claims arose from the care of a severely ill COVID-19 patient by the hospital and its clinical staff at the height […]

Chuck Faillace obtains Unanimous Defense Verdict

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 Secures a Directed Verdict

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 […]

Patricia Comblo and Jeffrey Nichols secure summary judgment win

On November 16, 2023, Patricia Comblo and Jeffrey Nichols secured summary judgment in Queens County Supreme Court on behalf of a Queens County dentist. Plaintiffs’ counsel alleged a failure to diagnose squamous cell carcinoma which resulted in the advancement of the cancer and required surgery/chemotherapy. The court initially found that the underlying motion papers sufficiently established […]

Ed Arevalo and Nicole Martone Secure a Summary Judgement Win 

On December 6, 2023, Ed Arevalo and Nicole Martone won summary judgment in a medical malpractice case venued in Suffolk County on behalf of two emergency room physicians and a nurse practitioner. Plaintiff alleged that defendants were negligent in failing to diagnose and treat sepsis in a foot wound, allowing and permitting the infection to […]

VBPNP Proud to Announce Firm Name Change

Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols & Porter, LLP, was founded on January 5, 2015.  From our original 5 attorneys, we now approach 100.  Along the way, we have added some very talented attorneys and have decided that now is the time to recognize these partners.  As such, we have renamed the firm, adding Mamie Stathatos-Fulgieri, Dylan […]

MEGAN LAWLESS AND DYLAN BRAVERMAN WIN DISMISSAL OF COVID-19 CLAIMS AGAINST LONG ISLAND NURSING HOME

In a long awaited decision, Megan Lawless and Dylan Braverman obtained dismissal of all claims brought against the firm’s nursing home client based on the federal PREP Act and the state EDTPA immunities. Plaintiff alleged negligence, malpractice, gross negligence, wrongful death and statutory violations against the nursing home based on their response to COVID-19 and […]