Michael Grady (Partner-White Plains, NY) obtained a defense verdict on behalf of two physician clients (Critical Care and Hospitalist) in a three-week jury trial conducted in the Supreme Court of Westchester County. The case involved a 67-year-old who presented to the Emergency Department vomiting blood, weakness and fullness in her abdomen. She was admitted to the ICU under the care of our client for an upper GI bleed. A GI consult attempted but aborted an endoscopy procedure after five minutes as the volume of blood in the esophagus and stomach obfuscated the source of the bleed. A surgery consult ruled out a surgical option given the patient’s instability and unknown location of the bleed. Interventional radiology then performed an angiogram and embolized two identified sources of bleeding. The patient coded upon return to the ICU. Life support was removed several hours later, approximately 15 hours from her presentation to the Emergency Department. There was no autopsy. At trial, plaintiffs’ counsel argued that consults were not timely obtained, that a central line should have been placed as the four peripheral lines did not provide sufficient resuscitation with fluids and blood products, causing the patient to bleed out. Expert testimony was provided for both sides during the trial. The demand before trial was $2.7 million. The jury returned a unanimous defense verdict for both of our physician clients and the hospital within two hours. Mike was ably assisted by Patricia Lacy (Of-Counsel-White Plains) and Kierra Greenwood (Associate-White Plains).