​Christopher W. Hofmann (Associate-White Plains, NY) and Alan Friedberg (Senior Counsel-White Plains, NY) secured total summary judgment from the Westchester County Supreme Court on behalf of a large metropolitan hospital client in a medical malpractice action arising from the emergency department (ED) treatment of wrist fractures. The plaintiff alleged improper evaluation and treatment in the hospital’s ED, and that the codefendant orthopedic surgeon failed to timely and properly perform appropriate surgery to treat the wrist fractures, resulting in permanent disability, pain, and suffering.  Notably, plaintiff was an inmate at a New York maximum-security prison where Chris deposed him on two occasions. ​

Chris and Alan moved for summary judgment, arguing that the clinical examination and radiographic work-up of the plaintiff’s wrist injury in the ED was entirely appropriate, the ED providers properly and timely consulted orthopedics, and reasonably deferred treatment decisions to the consulting orthopedic surgeon regarding the management and treatment of the plaintiff’s wrist fracture. The motion was further supported by Board-Certified experts in emergency medicine and orthopedic surgery. The sufficiency of the underlying motion papers prompted the plaintiff’s counsel to move to be relieved as counsel. Unable to retain new counsel to oppose the motion, Wilson Elser’s motion for summary judgment was fully submitted and granted by the court.