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- Justin Johnson and Lynne Nahmani (New Jersey) secured a directed verdict in a subacute rehab case. At the close of plaintiff’s case, three motions for directed verdict were made. The court agreed that the plaintiffs had not met their burden on causation with the expert testimony.
- Paul Laughlin (Pennsylvania) received a defense verdict in a case involving a patient with septic arthritis of the hip who was admitted to the hospital under strict fall precautions. Nurses downgraded the patient to standard fall precautions, and he fell and sustained a periprosthetic femur fracture. The fracture was surgically repaired, and he had a revision of his hip replacement. The patient subsequently developed complications in the form of recurrent infection and ultimately lost his leg.
- Leslie Jenny and Tracey McGurk (Ohio) received a defense verdict in a long-term care fall case.
- Joseph Hoynoski (Pennsylvania) tried a case with T. Kevin FitzPatrick, the former Director of our Heath Care Department, sitting second chair and received a defense verdict on behalf of an emergency room physician, hospital physician group and hospital.
- Brett Shear (Pennsylvania) received a directed verdict on behalf of his physician client. The plaintiff claimed that, during an excision of a submandibular mass, an excessive amount of hemoclips were placed deep into the mylohyoid muscle penetrating the lingual nerve. It was alleged that the physician failed to refer the patient to an ENT specialist when the plaintiff's surgical wounds were not healing and continuing to get worse over time.
- Ryan Gannon and associate Heather LaBombardi (New Jersey) earned a unanimous defense verdict in a three-week medical malpractice trial where they were able to establish that the proper steps were taken by their client during an orthopedic surgery, and the client met accepted standards of care.
- Kate Kramer and associate Gabor Ovari (Pennsylvania) handled a case that resulted in the plaintiff receiving less than the original offer.
- Joan Orsini Ford (Pennsylvania) secured three successful defense verdicts for her clients.
- Adam Fulginiti (Pennsylvania), working with senior counsel William Banton, successfully defended a long-term care facility in a nursing home malpractice matter involving claims of vicarious and corporate liability After leveraging the case into binding arbitration, they obtained a complete defense verdict of "no negligence" on behalf of the facility and its corporate affiliates. Adam also obtained a defense verdict, working with associate Tara Fung, in Delaware County on behalf of an extended care facility. The plaintiff alleged negligence regarding the development and progression of wounds that the plaintiff’s decedent developed throughout her treatment at various medical facilities. The evidence presented to the jury supported the argument that the decedent’s wound development occurred prior to her arrival at the insured’s facility, and that while at the facility, the wounds were properly treated.
- Victoria Crawshaw Scanlon (Pennsylvania) obtained a medical malpractice arbitration defense award. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant radiologist misread a head CT scan. Victoria successfully argued that, prospectively, the head CT showed what appeared to be a normal anatomical variant. It was only in retrospect, with the benefit of additional more sensitive imaging studies, that one was able to determine that the abnormality was not a normal anatomical variant.
- Associate Gabor Ovari (Pennsylvania) received a defense verdict at arbitration in a case where the plaintiff alleged that the defendants were negligent in performing tooth polishing. The plaintiff alleged that an injury to their tongue was caused by the negligent use of a handheld polisher.
