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In January of 2019 Doug Perry obtained a defense verdict in Suffolk County on behalf of a large community hospital whose emergency room personnel were alleged to have deviated from the accepted standards of care in diagnosing and timely treating a pulmonary... Read More

In October of 2018, Doug Perry obtained dismissal of a claim in the Supreme Court Nassau County against his client, a Board Certified Ophthalmologist who is alleged to have failed to timely diagnose an impending stroke in the plaintiff who went on... Read More

Mr. Van Etten received a defense verdict on “causation” during a “Damages Only” trial in the Supreme Court, County of Kings on July 13, 2018. Plaintiff, a 56 year old plumber who had been granted summary judgment under Labor Law, Section 240(1)... Read More

Jeffrey Van Etten participated as a Speaker/Presenter for the Defense Association of New York in association with the New York County Lawyers Association Trial Skills/Techniques CLE Session II, presenting on Expert Cross Examination, Jury Charges and Jury Verdict Sheets on September 17,... Read More

In June of 2018, Geoffrey H. Pforr obtained a defendant’s verdict in Supreme Court, Kings County on behalf of a cardiologist. It was claimed that the cardiologist departed from the standards of care in inadequately anti-coagulating a patient with atrial fibrillation leading... Read More

Summary judgment was obtained on behalf of our client dismissing plaintiff’s claims for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a slip and fall on water in the vestibule area of an apartment building. This incident occurred well after regular business hours, at 12:00... Read More