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Mr. Van Etten received a defense verdict on a Labor Law, Section 241(6) case involving a 38 year old union electrician who was claiming to have fallen on a debris pile in a passageway/hallway while carrying a 60 lb. pipe. Plaintiff had... Read More

This action, which was tried by Mr. Pforr in Supreme Court, Queens County, in December 2016, involved a claim that our client, an orthopedic spine surgeon, departed during post-surgical follow-up care. The plaintiff’s sole contention was that our client departed from the... Read More

In May of 2017, Geoffrey H. Pforr obtained a defendant’s verdict against a prominent plaintiff’s attorney in an action venued in Supreme Court, Suffolk County. The infant plaintiff, who was 16 years old at the time of trial, claimed that when he... Read More

In May of 2017, Doug Perry obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Hospital and their employed Psychiatrist who it is alleged prematurely discharged a psychiatric patient who, following discharge, murdered his wife and committed suicide thereby leaving infant children. The... Read More

Appellate Division, First Department unanimously affirmed (April 4, 2017) lower court decision, Jeffrey Van Etten & Elizabeth Kastner on the law, which granted summary judgment to premises owner of a mixed use building, in a well reported wrongful death case. The plaintiff-decedent... Read More

In May of 2016, Doug Perry obtained a defense verdict in Queens County, New York on behalf of his clients, a large tertiary care facility and general surgeon in a case involving a claim by the Estate of a patient who it... Read More