Schiavetti, Corgan, DiEdwards & Nicholson, LLP

We have been involved in many of the most significant decisions affecting the law in New York State. Some of our most notable decisions include the following:
 
Adams v. Bobb-McKoy, 245 A.D.2d 474, 666 N.Y.S.2d 701 (2d  Dep’t 1997)
            (action dismissed for failure to comply with General Municipal Law §50-d(2) and §50-d)
Aglira v. Julien & Schlesinger, 214 A.D.2d 178, 631 N.Y.S.2d 816 (1st Dep’t 1995)
            (insurance carrier not liable for defective annuity)

Anderson v. Lamaute & Moise, 306 A.D.2d 232, 761 N.Y.S.2d 87 (2d Dep't 2003)
            (summary judgment where plaintiff failed to establish proximate cause)
Banks v. Barkoukis, 231 A.D.2d 598, 647 N.Y.S.2d 814 (2d Dep’t 1996)
            (surgeon not vicariously liable for ordinary acts of negligence of nurse not in his employ)
Benjamin v. Holder, 204 Fed. Appx. 979 (2d Cir 2006)
            (summary judgment of plaintiff prisoner's §1983 claim affirmed)
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center v. Wiznia, 284 A.D.2d 265, 726 N.Y.S.2d 847 (1st Dep’t 2001)
            (summary judgment affirmed as to liability on employment law claims)
Carman v. Abter, 751 N.Y.S.2d 483, 2002 N.Y. Slip Op. 09557 (1st Dep’t 2002)
            (summary judgment properly granted)
Crucen v. Leary, --- N.Y.S.2d ---, 55 A.D.3d 510 (1st Dep’t 2008) (malpractice case properly dismissed for                 failure to comply with requirements of National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act)
Cordero v. Kaiser Organization, Inc., 288 A.D.2d 424, 733 N.Y.S.2d 234 (2nd Dep’t 2001)
            (Labor Law §241(6) claim correctly dismissed)
DiSalvo v. Ordway, 208 A.D.2d 798, 618 N.Y.S.2d 564 (2d Dep’t 1994)
            (plaintiff fails to prove jurisdiction over defendant; dismissal affirmed)
Dweck v. Bridge Transportation, 12 A.D.3d 560, 786 N.Y.S.2d 189 (2d Dep’t 2004)
            (summary judgment precluded in property damage and subrogation action)
Fichter/Vesperman v. Wormser, 283 A.D.2d 637, 725 N.Y.S.2d 361 (2d Dep’t 2001)
            (co-defendant properly denied summary judgment based on issue of fact and vicarious liability)
Giampino v. Ricci, 160 Misc.2d 326, 609 N.Y.S.2d 134 (Sup. Westchester 1994)
            (Article 50-B is constitutional in wrongful death cases)
Gilroy v. McCarthy, 254 A.D.2d 325, 678 N.Y.S.2d 644 (2d Dep’t 1998)
            (waiver of physician-patient privilege properly found)
Ginsberg v. North Shore Hospital, 213 A.D.2d 592, 624 N.Y.S.2d 257 (2d Dep’t 1995)
            (hearsay properly redacted from medical records at trial; defense verdict affirmed)
Napoleoni v. Union Hosp., 207 A.D.2d 660, 616 N.Y.S.2d 38 (1st Dep’t 1994)
            (court orders disclosure of mother’s confidential drug treatment record)
Perez v. County of Westchester, 83 F.Supp.2d 435 (SDNY 2000), aff’d 242 F.3d 367 (2d Cir. 2000)
             (affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s civil rights complaint)
Peterson v. Stratford, 253 A.D.2d 744, 677 N.Y.S.2d 492 (2d Dep’t 1998)
            (protective order granted with respect to questions seeking privileged information)
Pol v. Tabaddor, 2008 WL 1902749, 2008 N.Y. Slip Op 04149 (1st Dept. 2008)
            (granting judgment notwithstanding $9,792,412 verdict; plaintiff failed to establish proximate cause)
Quinones v. Waltz, 258 A.D.2d 420, 685 N.Y.S.2D 726 (1st Dep’t 1999)
            (medical malpractice and products liability; partial summary judgment properly granted)
Schel v. Roth, 242 A.D.2d 697, 663 N.Y.S.2d 609 (2d Dep’t 1997)
            (summary judgment as to lack of informed consent claim improperly denied)
Shkolnik v. Hosp. for Joint Diseases, 211 A.D.2d 347, 627 N.Y.S.2d 353 (1st Dep’t 1995)
            (consent obtained by treating physician insulates referring physician from liability, complaint dismissed)
Teitel v. County of Westchester, 277 A.D.2d 309, 716 N.Y.S.2d 76 (2d Dep’t 2000)
            (affirming dismissal of complaint based on untimely service of notice of claim)
Tran v. New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center, 291 A.D.2d 121, 740 N.Y.S.2d 11 (1st Dep’t 2002);
             rev'd 99 N.Y.2d 383, 756 N.Y.S.2d 509 (2003)(granting plaintiff right to review surveillance tape)
Volpe v. Good Samaritan Hosp., 213 A.D.2d 398, 623 N.Y.S.2d 330 (2d Dep’t 1994)
            (complaint properly dismissed at trial where plaintiff attempted to prove theories not plead)
Winant v. Carras, 208 A.D.2d 618, 617 N.Y.S.2d 487 (2d Dep’t 1994)
            (plaintiff may not cross-examine defendant physician with PDR)
Zasso v. Maher, 226 A.D.2d 366, 640 N.Y.S.2d 243 (2d Dep’t 1996)
            (legal malpractice; summary judgment improperly denied)