DEFENSE VERDICTS

  We represented a hospital and a general surgeon in a 5 -day wrongful death trial involving allegations that the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and anesthetist failed to timely recognize, diagnose, and treat an evolving pericardial effusion and ensuing cardiac tamponade...

We represented a gastroenterologist in a case involving a colectomy and colostomy necessitated by a colonic perforation following a colonoscopy.  The plaintiff had claimed that the physician deviated from the standard of care by performing a colonoscopy that was...

We represented an Emergency Department physician and the nursing team in a case involving an alleged delay in diagnosis of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia in conjunction with their decision to transfer the patient to a children’s hospital.  Specifically, Plaintiffs...

We represented a general surgeon and his practice in a medical malpractice action for an injury to a pulmonary artery, resulting in a cardiac tamponade and sternotomy, during the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC).  Plaintiff was receiving the CVC to begin...

Our litigators represented two colorectal surgeons during a 5-day trial involving the death of a patient from ischemic small bowel obstruction.  Plaintiff claimed that there was a collective failure by the surgeons to order a CT scan of the abdomen upon admission to...

A pediatric practice received a report from a psychologist who diagnosed the 8-year-old minor Plaintiff with an autism spectrum disorder.  A clerical worker placed that report in a file without a pediatrician seeing it.  Because the psychologist worked for social...

We represented a urologist, a nurse, and a hospital in a case involving significant abdominal injuries allegedly caused by the urologist’s or the nurse’s perforation of the Plaintiff’s bladder.  The injuries resulted in a 6-month hospitalization with numerous...

  Male Plaintiff at 42 years of age was referred by his PCP to our ENT client for enlarged tonsils and persistent sore throats.  Examination revealed a left oropharynx lesion and consents were obtained for a bilateral tonsillectomy and biopsy of the oropharynx,...

Our litigators represented three gastroenterologists during a 5-day trial involving the death of a patient from bowel infarction.  Plaintiff claimed that the bowel infarction was caused by the gastroenterologists’ collective failure to diagnose embolic mesenteric...