Peter Fazio to speak before the American Bar Association on Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation
Aaronson Rappaport is proud to announce that Peter J. Fazio will be speaking at the upcoming 2019 American Bar Association’s Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation seminar at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California. Peter will be presenting on Modern Event Data Recorders. The seminar begins April 3rd and concludes on April […]
Lawrence W. Rosenblatt obtains a medical malpractice defense verdict in Queens County
ARFD Partner, Lawrence W. Rosenblatt, and his stellar trial team represented an emergency medicine physician, a hospital and health care system in a medical malpractice action alleging a failure to timely diagnose and treat a pulmonary embolism in the hospital’s ER, resulting in the death of a 53 year old woman while still in the […]
Defense Verdict in Nassau County for Larry Bloomstein and his team
On March 26, 2019, trial partner, Larry Bloomstein and his trial team obtained a defense verdict in Nassau County on behalf of their hospital client in a wrongful death case involving plaintiff’s claims of a failure to timely diagnose a myocardial infarction. Mr. Bloomstein was successful on liability and causation by establishing that the cause of […]
Elliott Zucker participates in panel discussion “Let’s Talk Talc” at 2019 Annual Claims Litigation Management Conference
Aaronson Rappaport Partner, Elliott Zucker, will participate in a panel “Let’s Talk Talc” at the 2019 CLM Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, along with noted claims analysts from Swiss Re and Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. The panel will explore recent developments in litigation surrounding talcum powder and scenarios faced by property owners and managers, security […]
ARFD participates in Federal Civil Rules Committee Hearing in Washington, D.C.
Aaronson Rappaport Partner, Peter J. Fazio, testified on February 8, 2019, before the Federal Civil Rules Committee in Washington, D.C. in reference to the proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6). Currently, and in part, the proposed amendment would require the parties to confer in advance regarding the identity of the person who […]
Court of Appeals affirms Juni judgment setting aside plaintiff’s verdict on behalf of ARFD client
New York’s highest Court affirms the trial Court’s decision that plaintiff’s proof failed to establish a legally sufficient connection between the defendant’s products and the decedent’s alleged exposure to asbestos. In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation (Juni)
Philip Lerner participates in panel discussion on litigating medical malpractice trials at NYS Trial Lawyers Association
Aaronson Rappaport Partner, Philip Lerner participated in a discussion on litigating medical malpractice trials with a New York State Trial Lawyers Association panel moderated by Honorable Marsha Steinhardt of the Kings County Supreme Court. The panel discussion focused on jury selection and the creation of opening statements and summations.
Barbara Ryan moderates OPMC panel at NYS Bar Association Annual Meeting
Barbara Ryan was invited to act as panel moderator regarding OPMC-related issues at the annual NYS Bar, Health Law Division meeting on Jan. 16, 2019.
Kevin Denaro nominated to ARFD partnership
ARFD is pleased to announce that Mr. Kevin Denaro has been elected to the Partnership of Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP. Congratulations Kevin!
Robert Deutsch obtains discontinuance of defendant hospital in New York County after 4-week trial
Robert Deutsch represented the defendant hospital in a matter wherein the patient sustained a stroke as a result of an intra-operative complication, leaving the patient profoundly disabled. Plaintiff contended that the hospital failed to comply with the standard of care with regard to an intra-operative consult it was asked to provide, as well as with […]