Michael Grady (Partner-White Plains, NY), assisted by Patricia Lacy (Of-Counsel-White Plains, NY) and Kierra Greenwood (Associate-White Plains, NY), obtained a unanimous jury defense verdict in Supreme Court, Westchester County on behalf of a neurologist. The plaintiff was a 51-year-old woman who came to the firm’s client with a sudden onset of speech difficulty and right upper extremity weakness. After several tests, a 2.5 cm lesion was revealed consistent with a brain tumor according to the consulting neurosurgeon. The second defendant neurosurgeon recommended a biopsy rather than surgery, and during the procedure, the plaintiff suffered a significant hemorrhagic bleed that left her with severe paralysis on the right side and profound neurologic, speech and cognitive impairment, an unfortunate risk that was explained to the plaintiff prior to the biopsy. The biopsy result was consistent with a TDL, a rare presentation of multiple sclerosis, which would have gone away with time. Mike, Patricia and Kierra argued that the doctors’ prioritization of what was thought to be an ominous brain tumor precluded a “wait and see” approach. The demand prior to trial was $6.5 million. After testimony from two defendant physicians and five experts, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict for both defendants, though the codefendant paid $750,000 in a hi low agreement reached with plaintiff during deliberations.