Alan Friedberg (Senior Counsel, White Plains, NY) and Nicole Holland ​​(Of Counsel-White Plains, NY) obtained a defense verdict after an 11-day trial in Supreme Court, Westchester County. Our client, an orthopedic surgeon, performed a total knee replacement on the plaintiff, and eight months later, plaintiff underwent a revision at the Hospital for Special Surgery during which the prosthetic components placed by our client were replaced with smaller components. At trial, plaintiff claimed the femoral component of the knee replacement was negligently placed, causing an overhang and impingement, which caused excessive pain and required a revision due to excessive scarring that formed from the inability to do physical therapy. At trial, Alan and Nicole were able to produce a musculoskeletal radiologist who demonstrated that the soft tissues in the knee were easily visualized on a MRI before the revision procedure even with the presence of artifact from the metal implants. This expert clearly demonstrated that there was no impingement and no inflammation. Further, the plaintiff claimed permanent injury, as his left leg and knee cramp up and lock. There was also testimony that he experienced excessive atrophy in the leg after the revision due to inability to participate in PT after the first surgery. Nicole presented our independent medical examining expert, who demonstrated that there was no atrophy, the cramping was from long-standing peripheral vascular disease, and that plaintiff, in fact, had an “excellent result” from the revision surgery performed at the Hospital for Special Surgery. The jury came back with a unanimous  verdict in less than 1 hour and 10 minutes of deliberation.