The HPMB New York City legal defense team secured a complete dismissal of a federal civil rights action in the Southern District of New York, with Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald granting a motion to dismiss filed by Rosalie Tanis. In a 23-page decision, the Court rejected plaintiff’s § 1983 deliberate indifference claims, finding no ...

On March 4, 2026, a motion for summary judgment by Matthew Messina was granted by the Hon. Charles M. Troia, Supreme Court, Richmond County.  This case involved claims of emotional distress arising from the stillbirth of an infant. The labor and delivery was managed by a private physician, but plaintiffs attempted to keep the Hospital in the case by claiming ...

HPMB is proud to share another summary judgment victory—granted in its entirety.  In this case, plaintiff alleged improper performance of an ORIF for a left displaced hip fracture and failure to diagnose and properly treat postoperative complications. Although the allegations largely targeted the codefendant hospital, plaintiff alleged that our hospital was vicariously liable via a theory ...

HPMB obtained a voluntary discontinuance for an internationally renowned spine surgeon and a premier orthopedic institution. Plaintiff alleged improper performance of surgery to address scoliosis, resulting in the need to undergo a revision procedure. After completing discovery, the defendants moved for summary judgment.  Collectively, the defendants’ experts opined that the scoliosis surgery was performed ...

HPM&B recently obtained a complete case dismissal with prejudice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  HPM&B successfully defended a major teaching hospital in Westchester County and two of its individual attending physicians in a complex ...

HPM&B obtained a voluntary discontinuance for a major academic medical center in New York. This was a wrongful death case brought by the spouse of a 58-year-old man who required a liver transplant. Plaintiff claimed that the hospital staff negligently failed to properly screen and evaluate the donor’s liver for melanoma prior ...

HPM&B Partners Karen Grottalio, Laura Del Vecchio, and Alexandra Lopes, recently obtained a  discontinuance after moving for summary judgment on behalf of a major tristate area hospital system in a case in which Plaintiff alleged Defendants failed to diagnose the decedent’s ischemic stroke.  In its moving papers, HPM&B established that while a stroke was not ...

HPM&B Attorneys Karen Grottalio and Natalie Hermon recently secured summary judgment dismissal in favor of our clients, a cardiologist, a neurologist, and a major metropolitan hospital.  Plaintiff alleged our clients failed to recognize and timely treat a stroke, leading to significant deficits.  Ms. Grottalio and Ms. Herman moved for summary judgment dismissal, and their motion ...

Congratulations to HPM&B Attorneys Gabrielle DeYoung and Natalie Hermon for obtaining summary judgment dismissal in a case involving a pedestrian automobile accident.  Plaintiff alleged a pothole in the roadway was created by our client, which caused him to pull over to the side of the road to check his tires.  While he was leaning into ...

Congratulations to HPM&B Attorneys Rachel Bloom, Adam Kaufman and Joseph Randazzo on securing summary judgment dismissal  in favor  of a prominent plastic surgeon and his practice in a medical malpractice case venued  in Bronx County Supreme Court. Plaintiff claimed our client failed to properly treat an ankle fracture, resulting in wound dehiscence,  scarring,  and other ...