Neil Kornfeld obtained a defense verdict in Supreme Court, Westchester County before Judge Mary Smith in a six week medical malpractice trial.12/22/08

Plaintiff alleged that the defendant psychiatrist failed to properly assess and evaluate a patient prior to allowing him to leave unaccompanied on a pass from an in-patient psychiatric facility. The 47 year-old patient never returned to the hospital and committed suicide later that day. He was survived by his wife and two teenage children. The plaintiff's economist testified to approximately $2 million in loss of earnings as a result of the death. FKB associate Kathryn Collins assisted Neil Kornfeld with the trial.

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