On January 4, 2024, Steven Mutz, Esq. secured the dismissal of a lawsuit on summary judgment in Supreme Court, Suffolk County, before the Honorable Justice James F. Quinn. The plaintiff, on behalf of the deceased resident, commenced suit seeking damages for negligence, medical malpractice and statutory violations pursuant to NYS Read More…

In a Westchester County venued action, the plaintiff agency employee sued a rehabilitation facility where she worked as a per diem employee after she was injured when a footboard fell off a bed she was making. Sheeley LLP moved for summary judgment because the plaintiff was a “special employee” who Read More…

The Court granted our motion for summary judgment on behalf of our nursing home client in a slip-and-fall case where a visitor cut through snow-covered landscaping during a snowstorm instead of using an entrance walkway.  The plaintiff slipped on a tree root and sustained various injuries including a traumatic brain Read More…

On December 8, 2023, Steven Mutz, Esq. obtained summary judgment in Supreme Court, Kings County, before the Hon. Ellen Spodek in a case brought on behalf of a 69-year-old resident who the nursing home purportedly failed to assess, monitor, prevent, and treat the plaintiff’s decedent’s multiple pressure injuries.  It thus Read More…

On December 18, 2023, Andrew T. Sheeley, Esq. and Sooin (Anne) Lee, Esq. obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a nursing home client following a 2 week jury trial in Supreme Court, New York County, before The Honorable Justice Schlomo Hagler. Plaintiff, a then 68-year-old short term care Read More…

Congratulations to Adam Fischkelta and Elizabeth Dreisbach for obtaining dismissal on summary judgment for a skilled nursing facility in Richmond County, NY.  The plaintiff alleged our client’s staff failed to prescribe postsurgical anticoagulant medication causing her to develop a DVT, which led to a pulmonary embolism.  Although the Court found Read More…

Congratulations to Scott Singer and Adam Fischkelta on being elevated to Partner with the Firm effective January 1, 2023. Scott joined the Firm as Senior Associate in March 2020.  Since that time Scott has consistently demonstrated his commitment to lead and train younger teams of attorneys during a challenging time Read More…

A Brooklyn Judge granted summary judgment to our client, an internal medicine physician, dismissing him from a medical malpractice lawsuit.  Plaintiff claimed that our client failed to diagnose his liver cancer.  With the support of an expert oncologist, Partner Steven Mutz  and Senior Associate Scott Singer argued with great detail Read More…

On November 18, 2022, Scott S. Singer, Esq. obtained dismissal on summary judgment of a medical malpractice case on behalf of a dialysis center in Supreme Court, Kings County. The plaintiff alleged that an elderly patient was left unattended and fell causing the patient to die from a brain hemorrhage Read More…

On June 17, 2022, Wayne E. Cousin, Esq. obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a general dentist following a 3 week jury trial in Supreme Court, New York County. The plaintiff alleged Wayne’s client departed from accepted standards of  dental practice in failing to properly treat the patient’s Read More…

On October 28, 2022, Neil B. Ptashnik, Esq., obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a general surgeon following a 3 week jury trial in Supreme Court, Richmond County. The plaintiff alleged that Neil’s client departed from accepted standards of care for surgeons in failing to appreciate signs and Read More…

On October 25, 2021, Andrew T. Sheeley, Esq., obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a premier children’s hospital following a 6 week jury trial in Supreme Court, Queens County. Plaintiff, a then 16-year-old healthy high school student, suffered an anoxic brain injury following a prolonged episode of cardiac Read More…

On October 22, 2021, Neil B. Ptashnik, Esq., obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a spinal surgeon following a 3 week jury trial in Supreme Court, Kings County. The plaintiff alleged that the surgeon failed to obtain proper informed consent prior to performing spinal fusion surgery to correct Read More…

On December 17, 2020 Jon Lichtenstein, Esq. obtained an affirmance of a dismissal of a Public Health Law action against our client nursing home on the grounds that the action was time barred.  The initial dismissal was obtained following a prior dismissal of the case without prejudice.  Plaintiff had initially Read More…

On February 20, 2020, Wayne Cousin, Esq. obtained a defense verdict for a local podiatrist after a three-week jury trial in the New York Supreme Court. After only 90 minutes of deliberations, the jury rendered a unanimous verdict in favor of the defendant, finding that the physician was not negligent Read More…