Patrick J. Brennan and Jennifer Y. Gutterman win summary judgment in a medical malpractice action alleging failure to diagnose cervical cancer. FKB represented a large diagnostic laboratory in a case where the plaintiff alleged a failure to diagnose cervical cancer by misreading a pathology slide. The plaintiff sued the laboratory after the 2 ½ year […]

FKB’s Neil S. Kornfeld and Tracy S. Katz obtained a Defense Verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County in a dental malpractice action. The case involved allegations that the defendant dentist failed to diagnose oral cancer. Plaintiff alleged that she had a suspicious lesion in her mouth for approximately six months and that the defendant failed […]

FKB’s Andrew S. Kowlowitz and Stefanie A. Singer recently published an article entitled “Reducing Legal Malpractice Risks: Preserving a Statute of Limitations Defense” in the June 2015 Law Practice Management Issue of the New York State Bar Association Journal. The article analyzes recent case law addressing how and when a court will apply the “continuous […]

Patrick J. Brennan won summary judgment in a medical malpractice action alleging negligently performed preoperative clearance. FKB represented an internist, who treated the plaintiff for several months as a primary care physician. When the plaintiff was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he needed surgery, and went to the internist for preoperative clearance, which the internist gave. […]

Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP is proud to announce that Mike Furman and Neil Kornfeld are selected as 2015 New York Metro Area “Super Lawyers.” Mr. Furman is the immediate past chair and a current member of the executive committee of the Trial Lawyers Section of the New York Bar Association and an incoming member […]

FKB recently obtained dismissal of a counterclaim complaint alleging violations of Judiciary Law §487, negligent misrepresentation and various intentional torts. Click here to view In response, the Counterclaim Plaintiffs moved under CPLR 3025(a) for leave to amend their counterclaim complaint against FKB’s client, asserting a new claim sounding in fraud. In opposition, FKB argued that: […]

Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP successfully defended an appeal by a conglomeration of individual regional carpenter unions affiliated with employee benefit funds throughout the State of New York, who claimed that their attorneys’ negligent representation caused them to suffer substantial losses as a result of the Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Bernard L. Madoff and Bernard […]

Recent Legal Malpractice Appellate Division Decisions. Dear Clients & Colleagues: Please see the attached FKB Client Advisory addressing three legal malpractice Decisions of note issued this past week by New York’s Appellate Division: · 4/30/15 (1st Dept) regarding statute of limitations/tolling where certain derivative claims survived as being truly derivative; · 5/5/15 (1st Dept) res […]

FKB’s Florence N. Lishansky Lectured at the 2015 Annual Professional Fiduciary Association of California (PFAC) Conference at San Francisco/Burlingame, California. The Conference took place from April 22-25. FKB’s Florence N. Lishansky hosted two 1-hour Lunchtime Lectures focusing on Top Techniques for Effective Risk Management for professional fiduciaries. Topics discussed included: suggested methods for avoiding claims, […]

FKB’s succesfully obtained pre-answer dismissal on a Motion to Dismiss from Justice Jaffe in New York County Supreme Court. The Claimant alleged breach of fiduciary duty and specific performance arising out of FKB’s Attorney/Client’s role as Escrow Agent over an account containing $10.3M, which account is the subject of highly contentious/protracted/pending other litigation. The Attorney […]