Insights

Senior partner, Bruce G. Habian, obtained a unanimous defense verdict in New York County in a case where plaintiff claimed improper obstetrical management involving a 24 – 25-week extreme premature fetus.

Senior trial partner Bruce G. Habian received a defense verdict in New York County where he represented a Board Certified nephrologist who had been involved in kidney stone treatment for the patient during calendar year 2001.

Plaintiffs alleged that various defendants fraudulently induced them to pay fees to other defendants to obtain millions of dollars in financing real estate transactions.

MCB Senior Trial Partner Jeffrey A. Shor obtained a defense verdict in New York County in a case where plaintiff claimed the defendant periodontist negligently performed a sinus lift resulting in a torn membrane and post-operative infection.

Senior Partner Peter T. Crean and Appellate partner Barbara D. Goldberg were successful in arguing on appeal that a verdict awarding damages for vocal cord paralysis following an aortic aneurysm repair should be set aside and the action dismissed.

Senior Trial Partner Sean F.X. Dugan and Partner Laurie A. Annunziato recently received a defense verdict in the Supreme Court, Queens County.

Partner Erik Kapner received a defense verdict in Suffolk County Supreme Court following a 2-week trial. The case involved a 50-year-old woman who had developed diverticulitis of the colon and was admitted to the hospital under the care of defendant.

Partner Charles S. Schechter recently tried this long-term care case to verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County. The case involved treatment rendered to a then 56-year-old married woman with a history of progressive dementia.

Senior Partner Jeffrey A. Shor recently tried a case to a defense verdict. The case involved a 51-year-old married father of two, who presented to defendant dermatologist because of a suspicious mole on his back.

Senior Trial Partner Jeff Lawton won a defense verdict in Queens County in a case involving an alleged perforation following a first trimester termination of pregnancy procedure on a 20-year-old patient.