Karen T. Grottalio

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Karen T. Grottalio: Attorney with Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP
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Biography

Karen Grottalio is a Senior Trial Partner and a member of the Executive Committee at Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy and Bach. She specializes in Medical Malpractice and regularly represents and defends healthcare practitioners and major medical centers in medical liability litigation matters. She also handles nursing home and mixed medical/general negligence cases. Karen is a seasoned trial lawyer and has tried multiple complicated medical malpractice cases to verdict in many of the lower New York State venues. She regularly defends clients in high exposure, complex cases that involve neurologically impaired infants and adults and claims of catastrophic injuries. In addition to defending clients at trial, she is highly experienced in all phases of pre-trial proceedings in both state and federal court, mediating cases and in counseling clients on risk management issues. Karen is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Bronx Bar Association. She has lectured at our firm’s in-house seminars and at the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, specifically in seminars that are geared toward young lawyers. She has been at the firm since 1998, a partner since 2003.

Areas of Practice (2)

  • Medical Liability Defense
  • General Liability & Commercial Litigation

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
SUNY at Albany, B.A., cum laude, 1989
Law School Attended:
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1992
Year of First Admission:
1992
Admission:
1992, Connecticut; 1993, New York; United States District Court, Eastern District of New York; United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Reported Cases:
Verdicts & Cases:Upstate AHRMNY Conference; We were honored to attend this year's Upstate AHRMNY Conference in Binghamton, NY. Partner Cynthia...; Summary Judgment Discontinuance; HPM&B... ; Congratulations to the 2026 Best Lawyers - United States; Summary Judgment Dismissal; HPM&B... ; Congratulations to the 2026 Best Lawyers - United States; Voluntary Dismissal: HPM&B recently obtained a voluntary dismissal at the conclusion of discovery for an...; Summary Judgment Dismissal; HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a New York City attending anesthesiologist and a major teaching Hospital. This Supreme Court, New York County case involved allegations of negligent positioning while the patient...; Summary Judgment Dismissal ...; HPMB Obtains Summary Judgment on behalf of Hospital and Emergency Room Physician on Appeal: HPMB Obtains Summary Judgment on behalf of Hospital and Emergency Room Physician on Appeal Reversing a lower court, the Appellate Division, First Department awarded summary judgment in favor of a major NY metropolitan area hospital and an...; Defense Verdict in New York County; Karen Grottalio and Ana Vizzo obtained unanimous defense verdict in a medical malpractice case involving allegations that the defendant gastroenterologist should have included lymphoma in the differential diagnosis and... Grottalio and Murphy Receive A Favorable Decision In Potential Malpractice Case; Karen T. Grottalio, with the assistance of associate Laura S. Murphy, Esq., successfully obtained a decision denying plaintiff's order to show cause why she should not be permitted to file a late notice of claim on behalf... Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case; In September, 2007, Karen T. Grottalio obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a municipal hospital involving an alleged negligent intubation while plaintiff's treating physicians were... Defense Verdict in New York County; In On January 17, 2013, Karen T. Grottalio obtained a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of a prominent colon and rectal surgeon who practiced at a major metropolitan medical center.Plaintiff, a... Three Cases Dismissed In Favor of HPM&B Clients; In September, HPM&B attorneys gained summary judgment dismissals in two high exposure cases that were venued in The Bronx and another summary judgment dismissal by the Appellate Division, Second Department in a Brooklyn case involving the...
ISLN:
910304182

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