Samantha Quinn News

Congratulations to Samantha E. Quinn for a recent win in the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Barnaman v. Bishop Hucles Episcopal Nursing Home.  The court affirmed the decision of the Honorable Ellen Spodek granting summary judgment to the defendant and also denying plaintiff’s application for sanctions for failure to produce records destroyed in the 2016 […]

Congratulations to Samantha E. Quinn for back to back victories, both resulting in dismissals for our clients, in the Second Department on November 9th! In Li v. Joffee, et al, we prevailed in overturning the order of the Supreme Court, Queens County,  which declared service on our client, a foreign resident, appropriate despite failure of the […]

Congratulations to Samantha Quinn for a win in the First Department.

Samantha Quinn achieved a resounding victory in the Appellate Division’s First Department as the justices upheld the previously issued summary judgment. Ms. Quinn was able to conclusively show that no proximate cause was proven and unsupported hindsight was insufficient to create an issue of fact.

Samantha Quinn gets summary judgment affirmed where plaintiff failed to establish proximate cause between positioning during mammogram and rotator cuff injury in Lewis-Burnett v. West Side Radiology Associates, 106 A.D.3d 637, 965 N.Y.S.2d 719 (1st Dept. 2013).

Samantha Quinn affirms jury’s award of zero damages for conscious pain and suffering was not against the weight of the evidence in Curry v. Hudson Valley Hospital Center., 104 A.D.3d 898,961 N.Y.S.2d 563 (2nd Dept. 2013)

Summary judgment was affirmed in a wrongful death case involving alleged failure to appropriately treat acute renal failure and diabetic ketoacidosis in a 52 year-old woman. The Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, affirmed the order of the Honorable Robert E. Torres, dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, for insufficient expert proof.  The appeal was briefed and argued by Samantha […]

The Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, reversed the order of the Honorable Norma Ruiz denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint as time-barred.  Samantha E. Quinn argued and the court held that the relation-back doctrine was not applicable to render timely the action against the attending surgeon, who was readily identifiable and not sued until 2 years […]

The Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, reversed the order of the Honorable Alan Scheinkman, denying defendant’s motion to strike plaintiff’s supplemental bill of particulars containing inflammatory and unfounded information.  Samantha E. Quinn successfully moved to strike the prejudicial pleading.  Plaintiff’s counsel subsequently discontinued the action at trial.