Experience

• Attained a defense verdict in Bucks County in a one week trial involving a plaintiff who is a physician and developed vertigo. The Otolaryngologist that Suzanne represented diagnosed the plaintiff with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) and sent her for vestibular physical therapy, which cured the BPPV after two visits. Four months later, the plaintiff developed a migraine and went to the Emergency Department, where she was diagnosed with a meningioma (brain tumor). Plaintiff alleged a delay in diagnosis that led to the development of epileptic seizures after removal of the tumor.
• Attained a defense verdict for a Family Practice Physician who allegedly delayed diagnosis of Prostate Cancer in a 65-year-old man with an elevated PSA level. The two-week trial was held in Montgomery county. Plaintiff alleged that, by the time of diagnosis, he had an aggressive Stage IV, metastatic cancer and died before the date of trial.
• Attained a defense verdict as the only remaining defendant, representing a Psychiatrist who evaluated a 29-year-old man that was admitted to the Step Down Unit of the hospital with hallucinations, delusions, erratic behavior, and a very high ammonia level when brought to the ER. Six hours after the psychiatric exam, the plaintiff got up from the bed where he was lying with his girlfriend, ran across the hall, and jumped through a 4th story window, landing on the 2nd-floor roof. He survived, but with many injuries. All other parties settled before and during the trial, which took two weeks to complete.