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Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital in a New York medical malpractice case involving an 82-year-old female admitted for aortic valve replacement.  She was discharged to a sub-acute rehab (SAR) facility but was readmitted seven days later for dehiscence of the sternal incision and anemia.  During this admission, she developed incontinence associated dermatitis (IAD) of the buttocks and later wounds in the gluteal cleft, described by the nursing staff as Stage 2 pressure ulcers. She adamantly refused to be discharged to another SAR, opting to return home with a v

Obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice action against a bariatric surgeon. The plaintiff had initially named the anesthesia and nursing teams as defendants; however, they were all dismissed before trial. The surgeon client performed a second revision gastric bypass procedure on the plaintiff. Following the 12-hour operation, the plaintiff was diagnosed with a brachial plexus injury that left her with deficits in her left arm and hand. Through her experts, the plaintiff alleged that the brachial plexus injury was caused by the plaintiff's arms being overe

Obtained a defense verdict in an aggravated assault by motor vehicle trial held in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. The truck driver client was involved in a serious accident with a passenger vehicle. He was approaching a red traffic signal when he realized that he could not apply the brakes in time to stop the tractor-trailer without jack-knifing. He activated his air horn in an attempt to notify other drivers at the intersection that he was unable to stop. There were two vehicles on either side of the intersection.  One of those drivers was a 19-year-ol

Obtained two defense verdicts from a Lancaster County arbitration panel in two separate neighbor dispute cases involving the same parties. In the first of the two cases, the plaintiff claimed that his neighbors had damaged his concrete driveway while using a boom lift on his property to install an air conditioning unit on the roof of their home. The plaintiff sued for trespass. At the arbitration, pre-loss photos established that the cracks in the driveway were pre-existing and were not caused by the boom lift. The arbitration panel unanimously ruled in favor of the

Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a homeowners association and its management company in a jury trial in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff claimed she fell on ice and snow in a common area in a residential community where she lived. The plaintiff suffered sacral fractures and a foot fracture and underwent surgery to remove sacral Tarlov Cysts, which she claimed were asymptomatic prior to the fall.

Obtained summary judgment for a police officer accused of malicious prosecution. A municipal police officer received a complaint that an unknown male attempted to lure a 15-year-old female into his car. A day later, the victim and her mother went to the police department and advised the same officer that the victim saw the suspect car and followed it to a local business. When the driver exited the vehicle the victim viewed him and was adamant that he was the individual who had attempted to lure her into the same car the previous day.

Successfully defended a large Pennsylvania transportation authority in litigation surrounding a claimant's alleged lumbar spine disc aggravation injury that allegedly occurred during the course and scope of his employment. The claimant originally sustained a low back injury in 1999.

Successfully prosecuted a termination petition on behalf of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. The claimant sustained an injury in her role as a standardized patient for the Commission. A student rigorously examined her, causing injuries to her abdomen, among other areas. The claimant treated for years while collecting partial disability payments for reduced work hours, allegedly due to the injury.  The defense presented a Board Certified internal medicine expert who specializes in traumatically induced abdominal injuries and sports injuries, inclu

Successfully represented an investment professional before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). In a matter venued in Chicago, the defense succeeded on a motion to dismiss based upon FINRA's six-year eligibility rule. The investments at issue were made in 2004, but the claim was not filed for binding arbitration with FINRA until 2014. The applicable FINRA rule states that "[n]o claim shall be eligible for submission to arbitration...where six years have elapsed from the occurrence or event giving rise to the claim." However, FINRA does not provid

Secured the dismissal of a disciplinary matter against our client, a lawyer, brought by his former client. The claimant filed a complaint with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC), alleging that our client coerced and forced her into agreeing to a settlement she never wanted to accept. The ODC issued a formal request for our client's position on the complaint, suggesting that the allegations, if true, would constitute a violation of RPC 1.2(a), which mandates that matters of settlement are ultimately up to the client. The defense argued that, while our client had cert