Category: Medical Malpractice Defense

Russell Pierce, Jr. recently preserved an appellate ruling in our clients’ favor in response to a petition for writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. In March 2025, Joe Mavodones and Devin Deane prevailed in the Law Court in Hogan v. Lincoln Medical Partners, et al., 2025 ME 22, 331...

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy is proud to announce that Lyndsey Mattus has joined the firm as an Associate in our litigation group focusing primarily on professional malpractice defense. Lyndsey recently served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard W. Mulhern and James F. Martemucci of the Maine Superior Court. In her role as...

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, recently decided the case of Carol Cutting v. Down East Orthopedics.  The Court affirmed a judgment on a defense verdict obtained by JD Hadiaris and Mark Lavoie after a ​seven-day medical malpractice trial.  The Law Court’s decision is the culmination of nearly nine years of...

JD Hadiaris successfully defended an orthopedic surgeon from Maine, obtaining a unanimous defense verdict in a jury trial at Androscoggin County Superior Court. The case arose from the orthopedic surgeon’s repair of a femoral neck fracture (combined with a femoral shaft fracture), which occurred in a snowmobile crash. The plaintiff alleged that the surgeon was...

NHD trial attorneys JD Hadiaris and Mark Lavoie recently secured a defense verdict for a Maine surgeon in a medical malpractice jury trial at the York County Superior Court. At trial, the Plaintiff claimed that the surgeon failed to obtain valid informed consent for a cervical lymph node excisional biopsy, which had been recommended in...

Mark Lavoie recently secured a defense verdict in a seven-figure contract case involving a Maine hospital system. The Plaintiff, a vendor providing Medicare and Medicaid billing services, claimed that a third-party association had negotiated a contract for a “success fee” (essentially a contingent fee arrangement), so it would receive a percentage of any additional federal...

Devin Deane and Mark Lavoie successfully defended a local hospital and surgeon against a claim of medical malpractice resulting in significant injuries.  The case involved complicated issues of pathology and infectious diseases and was vigorously defended in the two-week jury trial in York County Superior Court.  The surgeon and the hospital were confident in their...

Business Today named Mark Lavoie, Chris Taintor, Jonathan Brogan and JD Hadiaris to the “Top 10 Most Influential Maine Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense Lawyers 2023.” Mark Lavoie was noted as: “Excelling in medical malpractice litigation, including critical work pertaining to the opioid crisis.” Chris Taintor was described as:  “An expert in medical malpractice, with...

Chambers and Partners released their 2023 Rankings, and Norman, Hanson & DeTroy was listed as the top firm (Band 1) for Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense.  Four Maine firms were listed in Band 2.  We are proud of our reputation in the legal and business community, and look forward to providing unparalleled service to...

Chambers & Partners USA 2023 has recognized Norman, Hanson & DeTory as a Top Firm in the categories of  Litigation: General Commercial  and Medical Mapractice & Insurance Defense. Additionally, the following NH&D attorneys have received the “Ranked Lawyer” distinction in the publication: Mark G. Lavoie – Maine Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense James D....

Devin Deane and Mark Lavoie successfully tried a complex medical malpractice case to a defense verdict after two-week jury trial in Cumberland County Superior Court.  Devin and Mark represented an outstanding neurosurgeon against a claim of malpractice resulting in paralysis.  The trial was hard-fought and well-presented by both sides, but the neurosurgeon’s case was supported...