Accomplishments

On June 20, 2017, Lorraine B. Polin obtained a unanimous defense verdict after an eight week trial in Supreme Court, Suffolk County before Judge Joseph Santorelli. The case involved allegations that our clients, two Emergency Department physicians and the defendant Hospital, were negligent in the alleged failure to properly treat an MRSA urine infection which plaintiff claimed was the cause of an undiagnosed infection of the hip presenting as leg/groin pain. The plaintiff was thereafter treated for continued complaints of pain by numerous other health care providers in the ensuing weeks, including numerous co-defendants, until he was ultimately admitted to another hospital with DIC and a septic hip eight weeks after the treatment at the defendant hospital. He underwent multiple surgical interventions and long term antibiotic treatment ultimately requiring hip fusion. Plaintiff died of unrelated causes just after the case went into suit and the case was continued by his wife as administrator. The jury verdict was unanimous on all counts of negligence against the defendants.

On June 15, 2017, Jordan. B Karp obtained a defense verdict after a two week trial in Supreme Court, Suffolk County. The case involved allegations that the plaintiff suffered a third degree chemical burn to the upper arm during the course of a right shoulder arthroscopy resulting in a permanent keloid scar with sensory loss and nerve damage. Plaintiff set forth a theory of medical malpractice against the surgeon and also a claim of res ipsa. Plaintiffs’ counsel, during summation, asked the jury for $550,000 in money damages. A jury of 4 men and 2 woman, after deliberating for approximately an hour, returned a unanimous verdict on behalf of the Defendant.

On March 21, 2017, Lorraine B. Polin obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a trial in Supreme Court, Suffolk County before Judge Jos. Santorelli. The case involved allegations that the Family Practice physician and her medical assistant were negligent in the treatment of impacted cerumen resulting in a ruptured tympanic membrane. The plaintiff claimed pain and suffering and permanent hearing loss and tinnitus in the affected ear. During summations, plaintiff’s counsel asked the jury for $750K in money damages. The jury found in favor of the defendants on all counts of negligence and returned a unanimous verdict on behalf of the defendants.

On February 9, 2017, Alan J. Fumuso obtained a Defendants Verdict for his client in a wrongful death case tried in Supreme Court Suffolk County before Judge Joseph Pastoressa. The Plaintiff/Decedent was 40 years old at the time of his demise, leaving a wife and four children. It was claimed that the defendant, a Family Practice Physician, did not properly evaluate the Plaintiff’s cardiac presentation, and did not timely refer the Plaintiff to a cardiologist, resulting in the Plaintiff dying from a cardiac arrest secondary to a condition of Myocarditis. The defense argued that proper care was rendered to the Plaintiff, and moreover that the Myocarditis was an acute event which developed after the Plaintiff had last been evaluated by the Defendant. Plaintiff’s counsel during summation asked the jury for $2,500,000 in money damages. A jury of 4 women and 2 men, after deliberating for less than two hours, returned a unanimous verdict on behalf of the Defendant.