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Senior Trial Partner Peter T. Crean recently won an appeal in the Appellate Division, First Department dismissing the plaintiff’s legal malpractice action.

MCB’s Spring 2015 Newsletter Features the Following Articles

Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP featured in Long Island's Top Rated Lawyers

The infant-plaintiff was born in 1988 with a vestigial tail at the base of his spine. He contended that that cutaneous marker was a well-known sign of possible underlying spinal dysraphism.

A Staten Island judge dismissed plaintiff’s complaint for brain damage, allegedly sustained as a result of the defendant neurologist’s failure to timely diagnose a brain tumor, at the close of plaintiffs’ proof during trial.

Rosaleen T. McCrory and Yuko A. Nakahara authored an article in the March 6, 2015 edition of MD News entitled "Increase in Litigation against Physicians in Decubitus Ulcer Cases."

A 50-year old patient, with a long history of bowel obstructions, bowel resection, extensive abdominal adhesions, and chronic pain medication addiction was admitted to the Hospital for additional bowel pathology workup.

SAVE THE DATE: April 23, 2015

A former superintendent of an upstate school system was referred to our client urologist because of an increased PSA level. During the work-up, our client urologist detected microhematuria in the urine and performed a work-up on the patient..

Section 202.5(e) of the Uniform Civil Rules For the Supreme Court and the County Court, which becomes mandatory on March 1, 2015, pertains to the redaction of confidential personal information in all papers submitted for filing to New York Supreme and County Courts