Sunie Lasky v. Orthopedic Associates LLC

Summary

A Missouri state court jury has returned a defense verdict in favor of an orthopedist who faced accusations of not disclosing a bone fracture to a patient after hip replacement surgery.

The St. Louis County jury returned their verdict on April 11 shortly after hearing closing arguments in a four day trial. Plaintiff Sunie Lasky blamed Dr. Christopher Mudd of Orthopedic Associates LLC for allegedly not telling her about a post-surgical fracture while still prescribing physical therapy, but the defense successfully argued the conservative course of treatment Dr. Mudd prescribed or an unconfirmed fracture was consistent with the standard of care.

Outcome

Defense verdict

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Lasky, Sunie
Defense: Othropedic Associates LLC

Judge: Brian May
Jurisdiction: 21st Judicial Circuit of Missouri
Court: St. Louis County Court Building

Case Number: 23SL-CC01805
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Malpractice

Plaintiff

Lasky, Sunie

Represented By:
Wolff, Alvin ( Wolff & Wolff Trial Lawyers)
Wolff, Alexander ( Wolff & Wolff Trial Lawyers)

Defense

Othropedic Associates LLC

Represented By:
Sharp, Rodney (Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C.)
Van Hoy, Jillian (Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C.)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:48	General Case Activities
00:09:22	Opening Statement	Wolff, Alexander
00:24:28	Opening Statement	Sharp, Rodney
00:58:26	General Case Activities	Wolff, Alexander
01:19:21	Witness Direct Examination		Mudd, Christopher	Video Recording
01:33:58	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

16 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:21	Witness Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Santore, Dr. Richard	In Person
01:13:05	Witness Cross Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Santore, Dr. Richard	In Person
01:31:03	Break
01:53:14	Witness Cross Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Santore, Dr. Richard	In Person
02:20:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Santore, Dr. Richard	In Person
02:32:15	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Santore, Dr. Richard	In Person
02:37:47	Witness Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Katora, Daniel	In Person
02:46:51	Witness Cross Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Katora, Daniel	In Person
02:55:42	Witness Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Esson, Dianne "Maud"	In Person
03:00:37	Witness Cross Examination	Van Hoy, Jillian	Esson, Dianne "Maud"	In Person
03:02:58	Witness Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Veraldi, Elizabeth "Tina"	In Person
03:08:10	Witness Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Josephson, Katie	In Person
03:15:53	Witness Cross Examination	Van Hoy, Jillian	Josephson, Katie	In Person
03:19:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Josephson, Katie	In Person
03:21:53	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:26	Witness Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Trowbridge, Deborah	In Person
00:04:07	Witness Cross Examination	Van Hoy, Jillian	Trowbridge, Deborah	In Person
00:08:15	Witness Direct Examination		Sciortino, Dr. Robert	Transcript Reading
00:28:09	Witness Cross Examination		Sciortino, Dr. Robert	Transcript Reading
00:34:41	Break
00:44:13	Witness Cross Examination		Sciortino, Dr. Robert	Transcript Reading
00:47:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination		Sciortino, Dr. Robert	Transcript Reading
00:52:11	Witness Re-Cross Examination		Sciortino, Dr. Robert	Transcript Reading
00:53:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination		Sciortino, Dr. Robert	Transcript Reading
00:56:36	Break
01:24:14	General Case Activities	Wolff, Alexander
01:29:43	Witness Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Lasky, Sunie	In Person
01:39:52	Witness Cross Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Lasky, Sunie	In Person
02:19:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Lasky, Sunie	In Person
02:22:48	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Lasky, Sunie	In Person
02:25:21	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:39	Witness Direct Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Mudd, Christopher	In Person
01:31:04	Witness Cross Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Mudd, Christopher	In Person
01:51:27	Break
02:07:19	Witness Cross Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Mudd, Christopher	In Person
02:11:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Mudd, Christopher	In Person
02:20:11	End of Session
02:25:54	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Mudd, Christopher	In Person

APR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:54	Witness Direct Examination	Van Hoy, Jillian	Cizek, Dr. Greg	In Person
00:23:42	Break
00:46:21	Witness Cross Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Cizek, Dr. Greg	In Person
00:59:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Van Hoy, Jillian	Cizek, Dr. Greg	In Person
01:04:16	Break
01:10:42	Witness Direct Examination	Sharp, Rodney	Shinar, Dr. Andrew	In Person
01:58:43	Witness Cross Examination	Wolff, Alexander	Shinar, Dr. Andrew	In Person
02:58:03	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

APR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Sunie Lasky v. Orthopedic Associates LLC

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:58	Closing Statement	Wolff, Alexander
00:27:47	Closing Statement	Sharp, Rodney
00:58:23	Closing Statement	Wolff, Alexander
01:01:23	General Case Activities
01:02:26	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:33	Reading of the Verdict
		00:00:58	General Case Activities
		00:02:16	End of Session