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MCB’s Spring 2018 Newsletter Features the Following Articles

Senior Partner Jeffrey A. Shor assisted by Associate Michelle A. Frankel obtained a dismissal in a dental malpractice case filed in Kings County in 2011.

The recent #MeToo movement brought heavy public scrutiny and serious allegations of sexual assault to professionals in a variety of industries, including the medical field.

Partners Thomas A. Mobilia and Daniel L. Freidlin’ s article “New York’s Statute of Limitations for Failure to Diagnose Cancer” was published in PIAA’s Inside Medical Liability 2018 First Quarter Magazine.

Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP was featured in the Top Rated Lawyers section of the New Jersey Law Journal on February 28, 2018.

Senior Trial Partner Bruce G. Habian, with extensive discovery having been conducted by partner Kevin McManus, secured a unanimous defense verdict concerning surgical liability, at Supreme Court, New York County, before Judge Carmen St. George.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on Monday in Zarda v. Altitude Express that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

On February 13, 2018, a unanimous panel of the Court of Appeals held that a discovery request for certain photographs and other information contained in the “private” section of a plaintiff’s Facebook account is subject to the same standard as any other discovery r

As individuals take more ownership of their health, there is a significant increase in the pursuit of second opinions.

Appellate Update: Governor Cuomo Signs Lavern’s Law Tolling the Statute Of Limitations For Malpractice Actions Alleging A Failure To Timely Diagnose Cancer