SKETCHES OF COURT: Complex medical malpractice case requires larger courtroom
Lengthy List of Defendants
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Michelle Weston listens as plaintiff’s attorney Brian Schochet (standing), solo practitioner, questions a witness during a complicated lymphoma-related medical malpractice trial that has so many participants that it had to be moved to a larger courtroom.
Odette Thomas-Tella, as administrator of the estate of McPeace O. Tella, deceased, is the plaintiff. The defendants are Prem Goel, Hasan Rizvi, Gerry Rubin, Michael Gray, Francine DiMaria, Nicole Darrow, Michael Sacca, Adrianne Collins, William Engellenner, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, Progressive Oncology PC, South Shore Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine Consultant PC, South Shore Infectious Diseases PC, Great South Bay Surgical Associates and Vascular Lab LLP, Francine DiMaria DO PC, and Pathology and Laboratory Consultants of Long Island PLLC.
The lengthy list of defendants are represented by the team of attorneys pictured at left (seated, foreground to rear): Robert J. McHenry, of McHenry, Horan & Pilatsky, PLLC; Michael S. Kelton, of Abrams Fensterman; Neil S. Kornfeld, of Furman, Kornfeld & Brennan; Kerri E. Levy, of Kerley, Walsh, Matera & Cinquemani; Howard R. Snyder, of Fumuso, Kelly, DeVerna, Snyder, Swart & Farrell; Peter Kopff, of Peter C. Kopff LLC; and Henry M. Primavera, of Perry, Van Etten, Rozanski & Primavera. To the left of Judge Weston (seated) is court clerk Ken Simmond.