ABOUT BARTLETT LLP OUR ATTORNEYS PRACTICE AREAS CONTACT US News ROBERT F. ELLIOTT WINS BIG IN HOSPITAL LIABILITY TBI CASE May 17, 2018 On May 16, 2018, following a twenty day trial in Queens County Supreme Court, Robert Elliott obtained a defense verdict on behalf of his hospital client. The case concerned allegations of a traumatic brain injury in a 52 year old male patient who had experienced an unwitnessed fall in the hospital. The patient had been admitted to the hospital 48 hours earlier for treatment of injuries to his head he had sustained following a severe beating. Although admitted with an altered mental status, following the unwitnessed fall he was observed to develop a significant deterioration in his mental status and subsequent imaging studies demonstrated a large brain bleed. He eventually recovered and was discharged to rehabilitation, however, he has since manifested signs of significant persistent traumatic brain injury, including a neurocognitive decline and a worsening of a preexisting seizure disorder. Ultimately, plaintiff’s experts opined that he was best placed in a long term residential traumatic brain injury facility. Based on his life expectancy, the cost of this was projected to be in excess of $10 million dollars. Those costs, coupled with significant pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life damages resulted in the plaintiff’s attorney requesting a total of $15,770,000.00 in damages from our client. Following a day of deliberations, the six person jury returned a verdict in favor of the hospital. * 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