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Defense Verdict in Favor of Emergency Medicine Physician in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen secured a defense verdict in favor of an emergency medicine physician following an eight day jury trial in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The patient was 18 years of age and the lawsuit was brought by his father. The patient had a history of...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of an Emergency Medicine Physician in Bucks County
Daniel F. Ryan, III and Brett M. Littman obtained a defense verdict in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of an emergency department physician in a medical malpractice action. In November 2002, the plaintiff presented to the emergency...
Dismissal of All Claims for Kidney Transplant Team in New Jersey
UPDATE: Third Circuit Upholds Dismissal on Appeal (See below) O’Brien & Ryan attorneys Dan Ryan, Anthony P. DeMichele, and Jeffrey P. Brien obtained a dismissal of all claims lodged against a kidney transplant team in New Jersey...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Neurologists and Nurse Practitioner in Philadelphia County
Daniel F. Ryan, III, Michael O. Pitt and Joann Giangiulio obtained a defense verdict in favor of defendant neurologists and a nurse practitioner in a medical malpractice action in Philadelphia County. In February 2009, plaintiff’s decedent, a...
UPDATE: Summary Judgment in US District Court on Behalf of Attorney in Legal Malpractice Case
UPDATE: Third Circuit Upholds Grant of Summary Judgment on Appeal Following the events described below, the legal malpractice insurer filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit affirmed the grant of summary...
Favorable Ruling from District Court in Bad Faith Action on Behalf of Insurance Company
Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently ruled for an insurance company represented by Dan Ryan and Jeffrey P. Brien in a breach of contract and bad faith action. The...
Successful Defense of MRI Facility & Technologist at Arbitration
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended an MRI facility and one of its technologists at arbitration in a matter involving claims of professional negligence. Plaintiffs were husband and wife and claimed that the husband was injured when he fell from a MRI table...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Family Physicians in Discrimination Case in District Court
Marshall L. Schwartz and Paul E. Peel recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of two family physicians and their medical group in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, who is deaf, alleged...
Superior Court Affirms Judgment of Non Pros on Behalf of Attorney
Marshall L. Schwartz and Jeffrey P. Brien recently prevailed in the Superior Court after the plaintiff failed to file a certificate of merit and a judgment of non pros was entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. The attorney...
Successful Defense of Attorney and Firm at Arbitration
Anthony P. DeMichele and Jeffrey P. Brien successfully defended an attorney and his firm at arbitration in a matter involving claims of professional negligence. The plaintiff was a musician and music producer who claimed that he entered into a...
Directed Verdict Obtained on Behalf of Orthopedic Surgeon
Heather Hansen and Stephanie M. Hohing recently obtained a directed verdict in favor of an orthopedic surgeon in the Superior Court of New Jersey-Atlantic County. The plaintiff had sustained a work-related knee injury and had an arthroscopy prior...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Internal Medicine Physician in Chester County
Dan Ryan and Christine N. Dantonio recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of an internal medicine physician in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in a case involving claims under the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts...
Superior Court Reverses Jury Verdict in Cardiologist’s Favor Following Appeal
Paul E. Peel recently prevailed on an appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from a judgment entered against an interventional cardiologist, his employer, and several affiliated entities. In Emery v. Groh, M.D., et al., the plaintiff’s decedent...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Thoracic Surgeon
Marshall L. Schwartz and Brett M. Littman recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a thoracic surgeon and hospital following a six-day jury trial. In June 2008, after being diagnosed with lung cancer, the patient...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Surgeon and Hospital
Marshall L. Schwartz and Brett M. Littman recently obtained a verdict on behalf of a surgeon and hospital in a four day jury trial involving allegations of negligence in the performance of a laparoscopic hernia repair. This case involved a patient who...

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