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JEFFREY NICHOLS SECURES DEFENSE VERDICT IN KINGS COUNTY SUPREME COURT

By February 6, 2018May 21st, 2019No Comments

On February 2, 2018, Jeffrey Nichols obtained a unanimous defense verdict following a three week medical malpractice trial in Kings County Supreme Court.  The case involved the wrongful death of a 73 year old woman following shoulder replacement surgery.  Mr. Nichols represented a cardiologist who evaluated the patient prior to surgery and again seven hours before her death.  Plaintiff alleged that the patient had a significant cardiac history, with multiple risk factors, which warranted  close monitoring in a Telemetry Unit.  Mr. Nichols did not dispute causation, rather, successfully demonstrated that the patient was stable and did not require telemetry monitoring.