Maureen Arciero recently prevailed on a case involving failure to timely diagnose and treat a stroke resulting in four years of pain and suffering and related expenses. The jury found 6-0 for the defendants. Counsel for the plaintiff was Michael Grossman, Esq.
Corgan Wins in the Bronx (November 2013)
John Corgan secured a unanimous verdict for the defense in an alleged negligent performance of episiotomy case in Supreme Court, Bronx County. Plaintiff alleged negligent repair resulting in episiotomy breakdown and need for multiple reparative surgeries, disfigurement, sexual dysfunction and painful intercourse. John Bonina, Jr. of Bonina & Bonina represented the plaintiff.
Nicholson Wins Defense Verdict (November 2013)
Richard Nicholson obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a case where plaintiff alleged negligent performance of open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) resulting in non-union of her ankle. The trial took place in Nassau County Supreme Court. Plaintiff was represented by Steven T. Halperin of Halperin & Halperin, P.C.
The Patients No One Wants: Addressing Our Nation’s Mental Health Crisis
Publication: THE RISK MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY (Fall/Winter 2014)
Authored By: Samantha E. Quinn & Richard W. Nicholson
Rosas v. Stieg
108 A.D.3d 693 (1st Dept. 2013)
(Supreme Court’s denial of motion to vacate order of dismissal for plaintiff’s failure to prosecute reversed)
Samantha E. Quinn
Alleged negligent performance of cataract surgery
Orthopedic surgery: nerve damage due to total hip replacement
Lewis-Burnett v. West Side Radiology Associates
Lewis-Burnett v. West Side Radiology Associates, 106 A.D.3d 637 (1st Dept. 2013)
(summary judgment affirmed where plaintiff failed to establish proximate cause between positioning during mammogram and rotator cuff injury)
Samantha E. Quinn
Perforation of bowel during colonoscopy
Shaikh v. Chaudhry
Bronx County Index #24315/98 (2013)
(plaintiff’s motion to set aside defense verdict denied in case alleging failure to diagnose gastric cancer)
Samantha E. Quinn