Recent Posts in Motion Practice Category
Posted on Mar 2, 2023 By Gerspach Law
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained summary judgment and an outright dismissal on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon who performed an open reduction and intramedullary fixation of a right intertrochanteric hip ...
Continue reading "Supreme Court, Rockland County grants summary judgment to orthopedic surgeon in case involving non-union and hardware failure in a surgically repaired hip" »
Posted on Jul 5, 2022 By Gerspach Law
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained summary judgment and an outright dismissal on behalf of a neurosurgeon who performed an L5 – S1 discectomy and L5 nerve root decompression on a 38-year-old male. In ...
Continue reading "Supreme Court, Richmond County grants summary judgment to neurosurgeon who allegedly failed to obtain biopsy of paraspinal mass, resulting in a delayed diagnosis of diffuse large B cell lymphoma" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2022 By Gerspach Law
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained summary judgment and a complete dismissal of the claims pending against its clients, a board-certified neurosurgeon and a multispecialty healthcare group, in Supreme Court, ...
Continue reading "Supreme Court, Richmond County grants summary judgment to neurosurgeon who was alleged to have negligently performed an L3 kyphoplasty, resulting in bone cement leakage and nerve root entrapment" »
Posted on Aug 19, 2021 By Gerspach Law
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained a pre-trial dismissal of all claims against a vascular surgeon who was alleged to have negligently performed lower extremity angioplasty procedures, failed to appreciate ...
Continue reading "Supreme Court, Queens County grants summary judgment to a vascular surgeon alleged to have caused leg amputation" »
Posted on Mar 4, 2021 By Gerspach Law
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 ...
Continue reading "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" »
Posted on Feb 24, 2021 By Gerspach Law
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. ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2021 By Gerspach Law
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 ...
Continue reading "Gerspach Sikoscow obtains discontinuance in action involving tourniquet-related femoral nerve palsy" »
Posted on Oct 19, 2020 By Gerspach Law
In a lawsuit brought by the wife of a deceased nursing home resident alleging that medical malpractice caused him to fall, suffer head injuries, and die, it was discovered that the decedent’ ...
Continue reading "Dismissal of Wrongful Death Action Based Upon Seldom Utilized Doctrines of Election of Remedies and Judicial Estoppel" »
Posted on Apr 16, 2019 By Gerspach Law
GS LLP obtained summary judgment and dismissal on behalf of its client, a board-certified pain management specialist, in a case involving an alleged failure to diagnose spinal osteomyelitis in a ...
Continue reading "Summary Judgment Granted to Pain Management Specialist in Spinal Osteomyelitis Case" »
Posted on Mar 13, 2019 By Gerspach Law
In 2014, Supreme Court, Richmond County dismissed the Complaint in an action in which it was claimed that our client, an orthopedic surgeon, negligently performed a right MTP fusion. Plaintiff's ...
Continue reading "Appellate Division, Second Department Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Orthopedic Surgeon" »
Posted on Mar 5, 2019 By Gerspach Law
GS LLP obtained summary judgment on behalf of its client, an OB/GYN practice, in a lawsuit alleging a negligent failure to diagnose breast cancer. It was alleged that the defendant negligently failed ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2019 By Gerspach Law
GS LLP obtained summary judgment on behalf of its client, a New York City Hospital, in a case concerning the alleged wrongful death of an eight-year-old girl secondary to asthma. Plaintiff alleged ...
Continue reading "Supreme Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant Hospital in Wrongful Death Case" »
Posted on Aug 16, 2017 By Gerspach Law
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained summary judgment and dismissal on behalf of a primary care physician who was alleged to have negligently failed to diagnose and treat diabetes mellitus in an elderly ...
Continue reading "Internist Wins Summary Judgment in Case Involving an Alleged Failure to Diagnose and Treat Type 2 Diabetes" »
Posted on Aug 11, 2017 By Gerspach Law
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained summary judgment and dismissal on behalf of a board-certified neurosurgeon who performed a surgical resection of a left cerebellar cavernous hemangioma (a benign capillary ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2016 By Gerspach Law
GS LLP successfully appealed the Supreme Court’s denial of summary judgment, and obtained summary judgment for its neurologist client after oral argument in the Appellate Division, Second ...
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Posted on May 6, 2015 By Gerspach Law
GS LLP successfully obtained summary judgment for its orthopedic surgeon client. Plaintiff had alleged that he suffered a foot drop and muscle contracture as a result of an open reduction and internal ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2015 By Gerspach Law
Gerspach Sikoscow obtained summary judgment and dismissal on behalf of an orthopedic surgeon, who allegedly left a k-wire within the plaintiff's left shoulder during a laparoscopic labral repair ...
Continue reading "Summary Judgment Granted to Orthopedic Surgeon on Statute of Limitations Grounds" »
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 ...
Continue reading "Summary Judgment won for Orthopedic Surgeon Regarding Postoperative DVT Prophylaxis" »
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 ...
Continue reading "Summary Judgment Granted in Brain-Damaged Infant Case" »
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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