Christopher W. Hofmann (Associate-White Plains, NY) and Alan Friedberg (Senior Counsel-White Plains, NY) obtained a Decision and Order from the Bronx County Supreme Court, New York, granting total summary judgment in favor of Wilson Elser’s clients, a Bronx hospital and its Chief of Orthopedic Surgery. The action arose from a left total hip replacement procedure in which the plaintiff allegedly sustained subsidence and periprosthetic fractures requiring revision surgery, hospitalization, and extensive rehabilitation. The plaintiff claimed the injury was caused by our client’s aggressive and forceful implant insertion and/or the use of an improper prosthetic. In seeking summary judgment, Chris and Alan demonstrated that the implants were properly sized, post-operative imaging showed no fractures, and the plaintiff’s complications were instead attributable to undiagnosed primary hyperparathyroidism – an endocrine condition associated with weakened bone and heightened fracture risk – subsequently diagnosed at a treatment facility. Their motion, supported by an expert Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, persuaded the Court, which found that the plaintiff’s anatomy, not any improper medical practice, caused the subsidence and fractures, therefore granting judgment in the clients’ favor.