Vincent L. Gallo, Jr., joined the firm in 1999 and became a Partner in 2002. Vincent handles a wide array of the firm's medical, healthcare, and professional liability clients. He defends individual physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals in medical malpractice cases, and major teaching hospitals in New York. He also handles general liability and product liability matters.
He also participates in risk management lectures and mock trials for the firm and its clients, utilizing his significant experience in the defense of hospitals.
He is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.
Verdicts
Summary Judgment Obtained in Westchester County
HPM&B recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of an obstetrician/gynecologist and the hospital where plaintiff claimed that as a result of the negligence of the defendants, her daughter suffered brain damage.
Directed Verdict in New York County
On November 13, 2013, HPM&B received a directed verdict in the Supreme Court, New York County, on behalf of a urologist affiliated with a major academic center in Manhattan.
Summary Judgment in Westchester County
HPM&B recently obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of an obstetrician/gynecologist and a hospital where plaintiff claimed that as a result of the negligence of the defendants, she was forced to undergo a dilation and evacuation procedure while pregnant, followed by a total hysterectomy because of extensive bleeding.
Summary Judgment in Westchester County
HPM&B recently obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of a Medical Clinic located in Westchester County in a case involving the alleged failure to provide anticipatory guidance to the plaintiff-mother relative to lead paint exposure resulting in alleged neurological deficits to the infant-plaintiff. The child had been a pediatric patient of the clinic since the time of his birth. The records documented the fact that anticipatory guidance was given to the plaintiff-mother beginning at 9 months relative to the risk of lead paint exposure and the child also had a normal lead level at the age of one year. The child was not brought back for his routine well baby visits in either 15 months, 18 months and 24 months of age. However, the child had several sick visits between the ages of 1 and 2. A lead level obtained at 26 months was severely elevated and the child was diagnosed with cognitive deficits.
Summary Judgment Dismissal Obtained on Behalf of Pediatrician
Vincent L. Gallo successfully obtained summary judgment dismissal on behalf of a New York County pediatrician in a case in which plaintiffs alleged that HPM&B's client failed to diagnose a congenital hip dislocation.
Defense Verdict in New York County
Vincent Gallo recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a gastroenterologist who is affiliated with a major medical center in New York City . The claims arose from an alleged failure to diagnose a appendiceal carcinoid with liver metastasis. Plaintiffs alleged that the defendant ignored various findings on a CT report and other clinical symptoms.Suit Against Hair Transplant Surgeons Dismissed on Statute of Limitation Grounds
HPM&B attorney Vincent Gallo successfully moved to dismiss a lawsuit commenced against two physicians specializing in hair transplant surgeries. ...Defense Verdict in New York County
Vincent Gallo recently obtained a defense verdict in New York County on behalf of two vascular surgeons who evaluated a patient following a vein-stripping and ligation surgery.Gallo Wins Summary Judgment in Augmentation Case
HPM&B attorney Vincent L. Gallo obtained a summary judgment in a penile augmentation case on June 30, 2005 in the Bronx County Supreme Court....Defense Verdict in New York County
Vincent Gallo won a defense verdict in favor of a plastic surgeon in New York County. The case involved allegations that the plaintiff had developed numerous contour irregularities following liposuction procedures to her thigh. More specifically, plaintiff argued that the defendant plastic surgeon negligently performed touch-up liposuction procedure resulting in further contour irregularities.
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