Florina Altshiler Presents a DRI Webinar: Unintentionally False Eyewitness Testimony
Florina Altshiler Presents a DRI Webinar on Unintentionally False Eyewitness Testimony on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Click here for more information.
Stephen Toner Wins Defense Verdict In Month Long Medical Malpractice Trial In Westchester County
On October 24, 2017, Stephen Toner, won a defense verdict in Forte v Galeno & Phelps Memorial Hospital, Index No.: 60621/12 (Supreme Court, Westchester County). The case involved a then 55-year old, 350 pound man who underwent a decompressive laminectomy, and spinal fusion surgery from L3 through S1, with insertion of 8 pedicle screws and titanium rods, in his lower back. The plaintiff claimed that as a result of the misplacement of pedicle screws during that surgery he suf