Gerald DiEdwards achieved a unanimous defense verdict in a Supreme Court, Nassau County Action before Justice Feinman on February 5, 2019. Plaintiff’s attorneys, Rheingold Guiffra Ruffo & Plotkin claimed that a contraindicated and unnecessary colonoscopy led to permanent bowel damage necessitating a permanent, lifelong colostomy. The amount demanded of the jury $1,000,000.
Unanimous Defense Verdict for Gerald DiEdwards in Nassau County (February 2019)
Carl Weinberg secures Defense Verdict in Westchester County. (February 2019)
Carl Weinberg has obtained a defense verdict before the Westchester County Supreme Court! Plaintiffs alleged negligent treatment of elevated bilirubin in neonate resulting in brain damage. Plaintiffs were represented by John H. Fisher, ESQ.
Brown v. Montefiore Medical Center
168 AD3d 488 (1st Dept. 2019)
(Summary judgment affirmed as to liability on employment law claims)
Samantha E. Quinn
Failure to diagnose brain tumor
Siruno v. New York City Health + Hospitals, et al.
Supreme Court, Bronx; Index No: 22174/2013E (2018)
(motion to dismiss complaint based on vague Notice of Claim granted)
Stephanie Campbell
Richard Nicholson Prevails in Rockland County (November 2018)
Congratulations to Richard Nicholson on his most recent defense verdict! This Rockland County venued matter involved the alleged failure to timely diagnose a meningioma brain tumor in a then 9-year-old male. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendants failed to appreciate the signs/symptoms of an evolving brain tumor and negligently referred the infant-plaintiff for an Electroencephalography study as opposed […]
Wrongful death from failure to admit
Jiang v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Supreme Court, New York; Index No. 805172/13 (2018)
(lower court upheld on re-argument its prior decision which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss as time-barred)
Joseph Dugan
Denial of Summary Judgement reversed by Angela M. Ribaudo. (October 2018)
The New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department found that a ureteral stent was not a “foreign object” for purposes of medical malpractice statute and thus, action should have been dismissed as time-barred. The denial of summary judgment was reversed on these grounds. Angela M Ribaudo represented the appellant.