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Defense Verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County
Partner Steven W. Kraus obtained a defense verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County, rejecting plaintiffs’ claims of urological negligence associated with the placement of an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS). The plaintiff claimed the necessity of three additional...
Summary Judgment in Bronx County Premises Liability Action
On May 3, 2019, associate Jenifer Turriziani prevailed on summary judgment for our client in a premises liability action, securing an important and early victory for our client in Supreme Court, Bronx County. Congratulations Jen on a superb result! For more news and...
Defense Verdict in Supreme Court Queens County
Partner Roy Kaufman, with Christina Papadopoulos and Jim Tuffin providing critical support, secured a defense verdict in Supreme Queens on May 10, 2019 for our client general surgeon. The 51-year-old plaintiff alleged a negligently performed anal fistulotomy resulting...
Victory for Managed Long Term Care Plan Administrator in Supreme Court, Kings County
In a hotly contested action involving our client, a Managed Long Term Care Plan Administrator and a co-defendant Home Health Agency that was contracted to deliver services to our client's enrollee, Partner Juan C. Gonzalez recently prevailed on summary judgment in...
Dismissal of Malpractice Case
Another win for Rubin Paterniti Gonzalez Rizzo Kaufman LLP, thanks to the hard work of our talented Associate Krista Tenney, who today obtained a hard-fought dismissal on behalf of a major New York metropolitan-area hospital client involving multiple co-defendants in...
Win in Appellate Division, Second Department
On May 1st, Partner Juan C. Gonzalez, secured an important victory for our client in a complex medical malpractice action, and yet another in a string of recent victories for the Firm. Following a plaintiff's verdict, and a successful post-trial motion to set aside...
Obstetrical Malpractice Defense Win
Partner John Paterniti (with assistance from associate Evan Schnittman) earned a hard-fought defense verdict in a medical malpractice action involving allegations of Obstetrical malpractice resulting in Erb’s Palsy to the infant-plaintiff. Plaintiff contended that...
Partner Steve Rubin Obtains Defense Verdict
On January 22, 2019 after eight days of trial, partner Steve Rubin obtained a defense verdict (after 2 ½ hours of deliberation) in Supreme Court, Queens County on behalf of a nuclear medicine attending physician who allegedly failed to diagnose endometrial cancer in...
Defense Verdict Win
Partner Roy Kaufman, acting as local counsel in Supreme Court, Suffolk County with the assistance of Appellate Counsel Jim Tuffin – of counsel to the firm – received a defense verdict on behalf of their client after a two-week trial. Their client was a General Surgeon...
Medical Malpractice Defense Win
Partner Jeff Gralnick obtained a Defendant’s Verdict on behalf of his client, a dermatologist, who was facing an allegation that she committed medical malpractice in failing to diagnose ear cancer in a 64-year-old man. As a result of the alleged malpractice, it was...
