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The latest posts for Defense Verdict are listed below.

Brooklyn Jury Finds in Favor of Bariatric Surgeons In Staple Line Leak Case
A 52 year-old female underwent a laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy (LVSG) and paraesophageal (Type 3) hiatal hernia repair by the two defendant bariatric surgeons in June 2013. The indications ...
Jury Clears Neurosurgeons In Cerebellar Stroke Case
A 45 year-old school nurse presented to the ER with complaints of severe headache, syncope and photophobia. CT scan showed a hyperdensity which was suspicious for hemorrhage. MRI did not show an ...
Westchester County Jury Exonerates EM Doctor in Wrongful Death Action
A 64 year-old male presented to the emergency department concerned that he had vomited blood after eating that day. The patient had a history of liver cirrhosis and gastric varices bleed, for which he ...

The latest posts for Firm News are listed below.

Gerspach, Sikoscow and Guzman Recognized by Super Lawyers
We are proud to announce that Tom Gerspach, Alex Sikoscow and Alex Guzman are once again recognized by Super Lawyers. Mr. Gerspach receives this honor for the tenth year. Mr. Sikoscow has been named ...
Gerspach Part of Faculty at ASMBS Annual Convention
Mr. Gerspach participated in a program entitled “Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Case“ along with noted medical experts in the fields of bariatric surgery, nursing and ICU care at the ...
Gerspach Presents at Brooklyn Bar Association CLE
The Brooklyn Bar Association hosted a Continuing Legal Education seminar on June 27 with Justice Ellen Spodek titled "Jury Selection in a 'New' Brooklyn: Hipsters, Transplants and ...

The latest posts for Motion Practice are listed below.

Supreme Court, New York County grants summary judgment to an internist who allegedly failed to prevent deterioration of pressure ulcers and a fatal wound infection
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained summary judgment and a complete dismissal of the claims pending against its client, a board-certified internist, in Supreme Court, New York County. The case involved ...
Appellate Division, Second Department Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment to Paramedics
In December 2018, Supreme Court, Richmond Country granted Gerspach Sikoscow's motion for summary judgment on behalf of its clients, emergency medical technicians employed by a local hospital. ...
Gerspach Sikoscow obtains discontinuance in action involving tourniquet-related femoral nerve palsy
In November 2020, Gerspach Sikoscow filed a summary judgment motion on behalf of its client, an orthopedic surgeon, in Richmond County Supreme Court. The 61-year-old plaintiff claimed that she ...

The latest posts for Pre-Trial Dismissal are listed below.

Discontinuace Obtained in Wrongful Death Action
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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