Accomplishments

On May 30, 2018, Douglas J. Swart obtained a defense verdict after a three-week trial in Suffolk County before The Honorable Peter Mayer. It was claimed by the 56-year-old plaintiff that the defendant neurosurgeon negligently performed a left internal carotid endarterectomy resulting in a disabling stroke and significant brain damage. Plaintiff’s counsel asked the jury in summation to award $4.4 million to his client. The jury deliberated two hours before returning a unanimous verdict for the defendant.

On April 6, 2018, James J. Girvan obtained a defendant’s verdict in a two-week re-trial of a case in Supreme Court, Nassau County before The Honorable Arthur Diamond. It was alleged that the defendant physician was negligent in failing to diagnose and treat Lyme disease in the then-50-year-old plaintiff, resulting in numerous alleged injuries. The jury deliberated for one hour before returning a unanimous defendant’s verdict.

On June 20, 2017, Lorraine B. Polin obtained a unanimous defense verdict after an eight week trial in Supreme Court, Suffolk County before Judge Joseph Santorelli. The case involved allegations that our clients, two Emergency Department physicians and the defendant Hospital, were negligent in the alleged failure to properly treat an MRSA urine infection which plaintiff claimed was the cause of an undiagnosed infection of the hip presenting as leg/groin pain. The plaintiff was thereafter treated for continued complaints of pain by numerous other health care providers in the ensuing weeks, including numerous co-defendants, until he was ultimately admitted to another hospital with DIC and a septic hip eight weeks after the treatment at the defendant hospital. He underwent multiple surgical interventions and long term antibiotic treatment ultimately requiring hip fusion. Plaintiff died of unrelated causes just after the case went into suit and the case was continued by his wife as administrator. The jury verdict was unanimous on all counts of negligence against the defendants.

On June 15, 2017, Jordan. B Karp obtained a defense verdict after a two week trial in Supreme Court, Suffolk County. The case involved allegations that the plaintiff suffered a third degree chemical burn to the upper arm during the course of a right shoulder arthroscopy resulting in a permanent keloid scar with sensory loss and nerve damage. Plaintiff set forth a theory of medical malpractice against the surgeon and also a claim of res ipsa. Plaintiffs’ counsel, during summation, asked the jury for $550,000 in money damages. A jury of 4 men and 2 woman, after deliberating for approximately an hour, returned a unanimous verdict on behalf of the Defendant.