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Defense Verdict in Kings County Jury Trial

admin — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:55:54 +0000

Partner Bruin Hays secured a defense verdict in a jury trial in Kings County involving allegations that an ENT oncologist and a laryngologist did not timely diagnose the decedent’s vocal cord cancer which led to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgical removal of the vocal cords and then death. After a four week trial representing both defendants, the jury returned a verdict in favor of both defendants.

Defense Verdict on Behalf of Vascular Surgeons

admin — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:57:32 +0000

Partner Bruin Hays secured a defense verdict on behalf of two vascular surgeons after a trial in Kings County. The plaintiff alleged that a venous stent was unnecessarily placed which led to a thrombotic reaction that required a hospital admission for thrombolysis. After the second thrombolysis, plaintiff had a bleeding stroke which left him disabled. The plaintiff then required an above the knee amputation of the same leg. The trial lasted four weeks, and in his summation, the plaintiff asked for $23 million. The jury returned a defense verdict.

Voluntary Discontinuance Obtained as to All Parties in High Exposure, Complex Medical Malpractice Action Following Insureds’ Deposition

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:21:33 +0000

Another SIGNIFICANT victory for the firm and its clients in a medical malpractice action out of Suffolk County. This victory came in the form of a voluntary discontinuance immediately following our client cardiologist’s deposition obtained by Partner P. Bruin Hays, III. This victory came even before completion of all defendant depositions, obviating the need for continued defense costs, expensive summary judgment motion practice and what was sure to be a lengthy trial with high exposure. In this action, plaintiff allegedly sustained a catastrophic hemorrhagic stroke with acute respiratory failure and hypoxia, along with a Stage IV sacral wound with osteomyelitis as a result of our client’s allegedly unnecessary performance of a cardiac catheterization on the mid-60s plaintiff. The catheterization entailed drug-eliding stent deployment followed by dual antiplatelet therapy that plaintiff alleged resulted in the claimed injuries. Bruin represented defendant cardiologist, who recommended the subject cardiac catheterization after a nuclear stress test showed a decreased ejection fraction, but was negative for ischemia. Successful, early resolution to this medically complex case – due directly to Bruin’s skillful preparation of our clients upon the extensive medical record – saved the firm’s clients the prospect of significant on-going defense fees and costs, not including through any trial, and brought immediate closure and risk avoidance of a multi-million dollar judgment exposure and vicarious liability for our institutional clients, no small feat against one of New York’s top-tier plaintiff’s firms. Phenomenal result Bruin!