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Defense Verdict at Trial of Medical Malpractice Action in New York County Involving Orthopedic Spine Surgery
On February 14, 2022, Partner John Paterniti, assisted by Senior Associate Bridget Dahle and Associate Kerrianne Russo, earned a jury verdict in favor of his client an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon. In this case, plaintiff claimed that during the course of a complex lumbar...
Summary Judgment Granted-Kings County Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death Case Dismissal for all of Our Clients, Two Surgeons, an Intensivist and the Surgical Practice
Congratulations to Partner Gerald Murphy for obtaining summary judgment in a complex high exposure medical malpractice in favor of our clients, two attending surgeons, an attending intensivist and the surgical practice. Following an endo-mucosal resection polypectomy...
Favorable Result in Municipal Employment Discrimination Case
Congratulations to Partner Craig Rizzo, assisted by Senior Associate Joseph Fitzgerald, in obtaining a finding of NO PROBABLE CAUSE in a discriminatory complaint in the Division of Human Rights (“DHR”). In this matter, Claimant charged the Municipality with unlawful...
Defense Verdict for Partner John Paterniti in Failure To Diagnose Sepsis Action in Nassau County
Congratulations to Partner John Paterniti and his team for securing a unanimous defense verdict in a medical malpractice action where plaintiff asserted that our clients – an urgent care practice and family medicine physician – failed to properly assess and manage...
Pre-Depositions Summary Judgment Granted in Premises Liability Action in New York County
Another victory for team RPGRK and, in particular, Partner Juan Gonzalez and Associate Hara Prager, for prevailing on a summary judgment motion in an action in which plaintiff allegedly sustained serious personal injuries as a result of an alleged trip and fall on...
Defense Verdict for Partner Steven Kraus in Obstetrical Malpractice Action in Westchester County Supreme Court
On July 6, 2021, Partner Steven Kraus secured a defense verdict for our client, the then Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a leading metropolitan New York teaching hospital, in an obstetrical malpractice case involving a neonate death after 58...
Voluntary Discontinuance Obtained as to All Parties in High Exposure, Complex Medical Malpractice Action Following Insureds’ Deposition
Another SIGNIFICANT victory for the firm and its clients in a medical malpractice action out of Suffolk County. This victory came in the form of a voluntary discontinuance immediately following our client cardiologist’s deposition obtained by Partner P. Bruin Hays,...
Summary Judgment Granted-NY County Case Dismissed for Primary Care Doctor
Congratulations to Senior Counsel Steven Horowitz, arguing a motion drafted by retired Appellate Counsel James W. Tuffin, who obtained summary judgment in a complex medical malpractice action involving allegations that the only defendant in the case, a board certified...
Rubin Paterniti Gonzalez Kaufman is now Rubin Paterniti Gonzalez Rizzo Kaufman
Congratulations to Partner Craig V. Rizzo, Esq. on his elevation to membership in the Firm. Rubin Paterniti Gonzalez Kaufman, LLP, is pleased to announce the elevation of Craig V. Rizzo to membership in the Firm as a named partner. Effective January 1, 2021, the...
Victory for Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility
Congratulations to our Associate Hara Prager, who working closely with Partner Juan Gonzalez, recently secured a significant victory for our client, a nursing and rehabilitation facility, who was sued by one of its employees for a serious accident that occurred on the...
