Congratulations to Aaronson Rappaport trial partner, Neil Brenes, and his trial team, Rupa Banik and Susan Formosa, who received a unanimous defense verdict in Queens County on July 30, 2019, on behalf of their client, a gynecologic surgeon. Plaintiff claimed that the surgeon took the wrong approach to surgery by performing a closed laparoscopy, rather than an open laparotomy, during a bilateral partial salpingectomy that allegedly resulted in an intra-abdominal hemorrhage, requiring an emergent laparotomy, in addition to the need for a hysterectomy due to vaginal prolapse and severe pain, causing infertility. At the close of the case, plaintiff’s counsel recommended

Aaronson Rappaport is proud to announce that Peter J. Fazio has been selected as a faculty member at the 47th Annual International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy held at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, California. The IADC Trial Academy is the preeminent defense trial advocacy training program that provides an opportunity for lawyers looking to practice fundamental trial skills or those seeking to take their advocacy techniques and tactics to the next level. The seven-day intensive program blends faculty instruction and demonstration with individual student participation. More than 4,000 students have completed the program since 1973. The Trial

Aaronson Rappaport’s associate attorneys, Daniel Milstein and Daniel Oresajo, successfully petitioned Judge Peter O’Donoghue of the Queens County Supreme Court for summary judgment on behalf of their client, a consulting plastic surgeon, by arguing to limit the duty owed by their client during a vascular surgery that was performed to restore blood flow to the hand of the 78 year old plaintiff, who, ultimately, required an above-the-elbow amputation. The Court granted summary judgment, emphasizing that, in the case of a consulting physician, “Although physicians owe a general duty of care to their patients, that duty may be limited to those medical

Last week, Lawrence Rosenblatt and his trial team were able to successfully argue at the close of plaintiffs’ case for a directed verdict on behalf of a urologist in a wrongful death action. It was claimed the patient, a diabetic, deteriorated and died from the effects of septic shock five days after a prostate biopsy and that the death was as a result of the failure to properly place the patient on antibiotics following the procedure and  a failure to appreciate the significance of the patient’s fever after the biopsy.  After the plaintiffs rested, a motion was made to dismiss.  It

Aaronson Rappaport celebrates another win for a happy client! Partner, Daniel Nessim, and his trial team received a defense verdict in New York County for their physician client operating an independent gastroenterology practice.  The case involved claims that there was a failure to diagnose celiac disease leading to malabsorption syndrome, overall weakness and nephropathy, requiring the 47 year old plaintiff to use a walker and wheelchair for mobility and need the assistance of a home health aide. In closing, plaintiff asked the jury to aware $10 Million in damages.