Blog Posts in 2013
Posted on Nov 1, 2013 By Gerspach Law
GS LLP is happy to announce that Tom Gerspach has been named a New York Super Lawyer selectee for the seventh straight year. And we proudly add that Alex Sikoscow has been named a New York Super ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2013 By Gerspach Sikoscow
The defendant neurologist prescribed the beta blocker, Inderal, 160 mg Long Acting, for the 24-year-old plaintiff's benign essential hand tremor. When plaintiff complained of chest pain and not ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2013 By Gerspach Sikoscow
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained a discontinuance on behalf of a family medicine practitioner who was alleged to have negligently prescribed an antidepressant medication to the plaintiff’s decedent. ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2013 By Gerspach Sikoscow
Mr. Sikoscow obtained summary judgment on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon whose patient developed DVT, a pulmonary embolism, and expired following a hip resurfacing procedure. An autopsy disclosed ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2013 By Gerspach Sikoscow
The 35 year-old male plaintiff injured his right foot while running down steps and falling in May 2010. Initially diagnosed with a third metatarsal base fracture, he was placed in a splint and Cam ...
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Posted on May 7, 2013 By Gerspach Sikoscow
Ms. Halford succeeded in obtaining summary judgment for a pediatric emergency medical specialist who allegedly failed to diagnose and treat bacterial meningitis in a seven-month-old infant, resulting ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2013 By Gerspach Sikoscow
Ms. Halford successfully obtained summary judgment for a dermatologist who was alleged to have negligently failed to diagnose and treat a MRSA infection in the decedent prior to an elective valve ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2013 By Gerspach Sikoscow
In 2009, the 42 year old male plaintiff underwent surgical resection of a retroperitoneal mass that was later determined to be a schwannoma, a benign nerve sheath tumor. During the procedure the ...
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