Christopher J. Peticca (Associate-White Plains, NY) and Alan B. Friedberg ​(Senior Counsel-White Plains, NY)  obtained summary judgment in Supreme Court, Bronx County, dismissing the case against our clients, two urologists in Westchester County who treated plaintiff in December 2018 and January 2019 for urinary retention. The plaintiff, a Bronx resident​, claimed that the urologists, who together treated him on four separate occasions, failed to diagnose an infection that led to sepsis and a non-ischemic heart attack (Torsade de Pointes) resulting in the need for cardiac shock treatment and a two-week hospitalization. The plaintiff claimed that the urologists failed to timely diagnose and treat the infection that became severe, causing sepsis, which led to the resulting heart attack, hospitalization, and severe physical and emotional trauma. Christopher and Alan’s motion was based on the argument that the plaintiff suffered an acute septic reaction to a kidney stone, independent of his urinary retention, resulting in an acute bout of sepsis, which in fact did cause his non-ischemic heart attack. The summary judgment motion pointed out that the treatment to plaintiff’s retention was within the standard of care and met the American Urological Association guidelines for treatment of the plaintiff’s condition. The plaintiff’s expert was not able to adequately refute the claims of a lack of departure from standard of care and the lack of causation based on the diagnosis during the hospitalization for the acute kidney stone that caused plaintiff’s sepsis and resulting heart attack.