Insights

Partner Christoher A. Terzian, assisted by Associates Victor M. Ivanoff and Jeffrey E. Bondoc, obtained a defense verdict in Westchester County on behalf of our client defendant surgeon.

Partner Charles S. Schechter, Partner Barbara D. Goldberg, Partner Karen B. Corbett, Associate Victor M. Ivanoff and Appellate Associate Richard Wolf obtained an affirmance of our pre-answer motion dismissing our client psychologist in a constitutional rights case.

Senior Trial Partner Michael A. Sonkin, Partner and Head of Appeals Barbara D. Goldberg, and Partner Amy E. Korn obtained an affirmance of our summary judgment motion dismissing our client from a case involving suicide.

On January 30, 2023, shortly before the deadline for approval, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S74A, the proposed bill entitled the Grieving Families Act.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, a progressive neurologic disorder that causes brain atrophy, is the most common cause of dementia.

HYSTERECTOMY IS A frequently performed gynecologic operation.

Senior Trial Partner Rosaleen T.McCrory, Partner Maureen P. Blazowski, and Associates Victor M. Ivanoff and Joseph P. Ennis obtained Summary Judgment in Kings County.

On December 28, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul was presented with S74A, the proposed bill entitled Grieving Families Act.

Senior Trial Partner Jeff Lawton, Partner Matthew Frank and Associate Gabrielle Murray obtained summary judgment in Bronx County.

Partners Karen B. Corbett and Gregory A. Cascino obtained a reversal by the Appellate Division, Second Department, and dismissal of a podiatric malpractice case pending in Nassau County Supreme Court.

On October 7, 2022, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department, held that the New York State Legislature’s repeal of the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (“EDTPA”) does not apply retroactively.

Senior Trial Partner Anthony Sola obtained summary judgment in New York County in a neurosurgery case.

Senior Trial Partner Kenneth Larywon and Partner Jason Kaufman obtained Summary Judgment in a case involving a brain damaged infant.

Partners Karen Corbett and Gregory Cascino obtained summary judgment in an occupational therapy case.

Senior Trial Partner Laurie Annunziato, Partner Samantha Shaw and Associate Alexandra Claus obtained Summary Judgment in a cardiology case.