Insights

The MCB Employment & Labor practice group represented the Defendant employer in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York. In this case, the employer fired the employee after an audit revealed that he used his employer’s tax-exempt status.

Senior Trial Partner, Bruce G. Habian, assisted by partner Charles S. Schechter, secured a unanimous defense verdict as to both surgical liability and informed consent in Supreme Court, Westchester County.

MCB’s Fall 2017 Newsletter Features the Following Articles

Early-onset obesity in America has been termed an “epidemic.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 17 percent of American children are obese. Obesity is defined as a body mass index of greater than or equal to the 95th percentile.

Partner Gregory Radomisli is an invited speaker in a program entitled "The Successful Long Term Care Administrator: Staying Abreast of Regulatory Changes" on October 19, 2017 as sponsored by Black Long Term Care Executives.

Radiologists are frequent targets of medical malpractice lawsuits alleging a failure to diagnose, failure to properly communicate imaging results or failure to make appropriate recommendations.

Michael A. Sonkin received a defense verdict in Supreme Court, Bronx County before Justice Soto. This case arises out of a right eye cataract extraction with an intraocular lens (IOL) implant performed by the co-defendant ophthalmologist.

On May 30, 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a set of bills to provide additional protections to workers in the fast food and retail industries.

Senior Trial Partner, William P. Brady, assisted by Senior Associate Samantha E. Shaw and Associate Michelle A. Frankel obtained a defense verdict in Supreme Court, Bronx County before Judge Alison Tuitt.

Senior Trial Partner Peter T. Crean, assisted by Partner Kevin P. McManus, received a defense verdict in Supreme Court, Queens County before Justice Pam Jackman Brown. The case involved a 60-year-old married mother of five adult children.