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 […]
On March 25, 2022, the team of Thomas Brennan and Gregg Weinstock, secured summary judgment in favor of their hospital client in Supreme Court, New York County. Plaintiff alleged that she was caused to sustain serious personal injuries as a result of a fall that took place outside the cafeteria located on the premises, due […]
On March 22, 2022, Dawn Bristol and Andres Sanchez secured summary judgment in favor of a Brooklyn based physician and his practice in Supreme Court, Kings County. Plaintiff argued that our client was liable for the negligent off-site administration of Radiesse dermal filler injections administered by a co-defendant nurse. The subject procedure was performed inside […]
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 […]
VBPNP is very proud to announce that 20 of our attorneys have been recognized by the prestigious Super Lawyers®, a rating service which identifies those attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than five percent of lawyers from a given state are selected. The following attorneys have […]
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 […]
Neil Mascolo and Nicole Salerno were successful in obtaining summary judgment in a NYLL case venued in Supreme Court, Kings County. Plaintiff, an employee of one of the subcontractors fell to the floor below due to a collapsed floor. The claims against our client, a carpentry contractor, included allegations that they were responsible for covering […]
On January 25, 2022, the team of Joseph P. Muscarella, Dylan Braverman and John Barker, secured summary judgment in favor of their not-for-profit corporate client in Supreme Court, Queens County. Plaintiff alleged that she was caused to sustain personal injuries as a result of fall that took place on a stairway located inside a building. […]
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 […]
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 […]