ABOUT BARTLETT LLP OUR ATTORNEYS PRACTICE AREAS CONTACT US News PAT TONER WINS SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION! June 20, 2019 Senior Associate, Patrick G. Toner, recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of our client, a physician and a resident in internal medicine, in a medical malpractice and wrongful death action. Plaintiff had alleged that the defendant negligently prescribed Haldol and Seroquel, two antipsychotic medications, to an elderly female patient with dementia, allegedly resulting in cardiac arrhythmia and death, following the decedent’s discharge from the hospital. Mr. Toner’s motion argued that the physician, acted, at all times under the direction and supervision of an attending physician with regard to her care and treatment of the decedent during the hospital admission. The motion further argued that the medications ordered by the physician were necessary and appropriate under the circumstances and that the decedent’s autopsy and toxicology records established that there was no causal nexus between the medications prescribed and the decedent’s death following her discharge from the hospital. In a decision dated June 6, 2019, the court in Supreme Court, Nassau County, held that the defendant had established a prima facie entitlement to summary judgment, as a matter of law. The Court held that the plaintiff failed to file timely opposition to defendant’s motion and further failed to demonstrate the existence of a triable issue of fact , or offer expert opinion necessary to defeat defendant’s prima facie entitlement to summary judgment. Attorney advertising. Prior successful results do not guarantee a similar outcome RECENT CASES CIVIL RIGHTS Robert F. Elliott, Robert G. Vizza and Sam Baharvar Achieve Important Dismissal of Civil Rights and Misdiagnosis Suit On Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Immunity APPEALS Appellate Practice Team Garners Two Wins in One Day MALPRACTICE Defendant’s Verdict For Glen Pewarski In Queens County MALPRACTICE Another Defense Verdict for Scott Schneider in Nassau County! GENERAL LIABILITY Gerald Murphy Wins Summary Judgment! MISCELLANEOUS NEWS Bartlett LLP Instructs Its Staff In CPR And The Use Of The Automated External Defibrillator Brian E. Lee Wins Reversal of Justice Center Finding of Abuse and Neglect Against Two Nurses Bartlett LLP 2017 Super Lawyers Announced! Nicholas Switach and the Labor Team Succeed in Adding an Additional Class of Employee to Union Bartlett Sponsors The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association Latest News MAY. 13, 2021 Robert F. Elliott, Robert G. Vizza and Sam Baharvar Achieve Important Dismissal of Civil Rights and Misdiagnosis Suit On Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Immunity SEP. 2, 2020 Appellate Practice Team Garners Two Wins in One Day OCT. 29, 2019 Defendant’s Verdict For Glen Pewarski In Queens County © 2020 Bartlett LLP | Privacy and Disclaimer Notice