DHD Trial Victory – Mark Petraske Secures 10th Consecutive Defense Jury Verdict

Mark Petraske secured another defense verdict after a 7-week trial in Camden County. Mr. Petraske represented an Emergency Room physician in a significant personal injury case brought on behalf of a 54-year-old woman who died after presenting to the Emergency Room with necrotizing fasciitis and severe sepsis. Plaintiff alleged that the surgical team delayed in bringing the patient to the operating room by doing unnecessary imaging and engaging in poor decision making and that the Emergency Room doctor delayed in starting antibiotics and fluid resuscitation and failed to communicate with the surgical team in a timely manner which delayed the patient from receiving timely surgical intervention. Mr. Petraske defended the allegations against the Emergency Room physician on both liability and causation grounds and, while the orthopedic attending was found negligent, the Emergency Roon physician was determined to be not negligent by the jury.

Mark Petraske is the Co-Chair of DHD’s Medical Malpractice Defense Department. Mr. Petraske is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and throughout his distinguished career has successfully represented healthcare professionals and institutions in professional negligence cases. Since March 2022, Mr. Petraske has started 16 trials, and secured 10 defense verdicts. Three cases involved mistrials due to plaintiff-related issues, one has been retried to a defense verdict. Three matters settled during trial for the initial offers. Two of the cases have resulted in published appellate decisions, along with two unpublished Appellate decisions in cases where he had secured dismissals on behalf of DHD’s clients.