On October 16, 2016, James J. Girvan, assisted by Senior Counsel, Ann D. Schattner, obtained a defendant’s verdict in a wrongful death case in Supreme Court, Nassau County, before the Honorable Leonard D. Steinman. Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant Cardiologist failed to properly appreciate the Plaintiff’s underlying cardiac disease, causing the Plaintiff to expire three weeks after undergoing a nuclear stress test. The jury deliberated less than one hour before returning a unanimous verdict on behalf of the defendant.
