Hootnick v. Wideroff M.D.

Summary

In this medical malpractice litigation proceeding, plaintiff Jacob Hootnick alleged Jonathan Wideroff, M.D. of negligence by failing to rapidly diagnose and treat popliteal aneurysm which resulted in the unnecessary mid-thigh amputation of Mr. Hootnick's leg. At the time of the incident Mr. Hootnick was 87 year old and suffering from diabetes when he was admitted to an emergency room in November 2003. According to the defense, Mr. Hootnick had a raging infection that had become septic, Mr. Hootnick would have died had the doctors attempted to perform "cowboy surgery" on a critically ill man.
The plaintiff was represented by attorney Donald Korman. The defendant in this case, Jonathan Wideroff, M.D. was represented by attorney Rose Marie Antonacci-Pollock.

The jury found in favor of all three defendants.

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Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hootnick, Jacob
Defense: Wideroff, Jonathan

Judge: David Crow
Jurisdiction: 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Palm Beach County Courthouse

Case Number: 2006CA003850
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Malpractice, Negligence, Tort Law

Plaintiff

Hootnick, Jacob

Represented By:
Korman, Donald (Bazinsky, Korman, Baker)

Defense

Wideroff, Jonathan

Represented By:
Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie (Falk,Waas,Hernandez,Cortina,Solomon, Bonne)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:47	Opening Statement	Korman, Donald
00:57:42	Break
01:06:37	Opening Statement	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie
02:13:19	Break
02:19:22	Opening Statement	Bobo, A. Russell
02:56:50	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Hootnick, Anna	In Person
00:32:21	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Hootnick, Anna	In Person
01:09:40	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Hootnick, Anna	In Person
01:33:19	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Hootnick, Anna	In Person
01:38:35	Break
01:41:46	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Hootnick, Mr. Jacob	In Person
02:00:20	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:00:30	Witness Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Novell, Anna	In Person
00:33:34	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Novell, Anna	In Person
00:39:10	Witness Cross Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Novell, Anna	In Person
00:49:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Novell, Anna	In Person
00:53:54	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Campbell, Mrs. Cheryl	In Person
01:20:32	Break
01:33:36	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Campbell, Mrs. Cheryl	In Person
01:36:52	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Campbell, Mrs. Cheryl	In Person
01:51:57	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Campbell, Mrs. Cheryl	In Person
01:52:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Campbell, Mrs. Cheryl	In Person
02:06:26	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Kaplan, Dr. Peter	In Person
00:39:39	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Kaplan, Dr. Peter	In Person
00:45:45	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Kaplan, Dr. Peter	In Person
00:55:15	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Kaplan, Dr. Peter	In Person
01:02:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Kaplan, Dr. Peter	In Person
01:07:01	General Case Activities		Kaplan, Dr. Peter	In Person
01:09:59	Break
01:41:39	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Hootnick, Dr. David	In Person
02:23:42	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Hootnick, Dr. David	In Person
02:34:34	Witness Cross Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Hootnick, Dr. David	In Person
03:19:23	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Hootnick, Dr. David	In Person
03:28:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Hootnick, Dr. David	In Person
03:29:37	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Schwartz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:07:28	Break
01:19:42	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Schwartz, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:23:38	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Schwartz, Dr. Robert	In Person
00:54:41	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Schwartz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:30:58	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Schwartz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:41:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Schwartz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:46:23	Break
02:04:51	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Parry, Dr. Michael	In Person
02:22:39	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Parry, Dr. Michael	In Person
02:48:53	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Parry, Dr. Michael	In Person
02:52:59	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Parry, Dr. Michael	In Person
02:54:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Parry, Dr. Michael	In Person
02:59:39	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Stoddard, Dr. Marcus	In Person
00:23:13	Witness Cross Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Stoddard, Dr. Marcus	In Person
01:00:34	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Stoddard, Dr. Marcus	In Person
01:15:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Stoddard, Dr. Marcus	In Person
01:26:05	Break
01:37:00	General Case Activities
01:38:11	Witness Direct Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
02:15:36	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:13:11	Witness Direct Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
01:55:44	Break
02:13:43	Witness Direct Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
03:23:08	Witness Cross Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
03:44:22	Break
03:45:25	Witness Cross Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
03:55:07	General Case Activities
03:55:17	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:28:49	Witness Cross Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
00:51:57	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
00:56:31	General Case Activities
00:58:19	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
02:40:15	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:08:18	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
01:15:00	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
01:22:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
01:26:18	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
02:03:07	General Case Activities
02:25:05	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
02:57:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
03:03:39	General Case Activities
03:07:15	General Case Activities		Lieberman, Howard	In Person
03:11:15	General Case Activities
03:13:05	General Case Activities
03:14:08	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

12 Chapters

FEB

PM Session

Verdict

5 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Hootnick v. Wideroff M.D.

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Opening Statement	Warren, Monty
00:41:11	Witness Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Wolner, Rina	In Person
01:17:14	Witness Cross Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Wolner, Rina	In Person
01:24:10	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Wolner, Rina	In Person
01:39:38	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Wolner, Rina	In Person
01:44:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Wolner, Rina	In Person
01:48:30	Break
01:59:24	Witness Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Hootnick, Anna	In Person
02:25:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:00:29	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
00:58:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Wideroff, Dr. Jonathan	In Person
01:23:40	General Case Activities
01:24:10	Break
01:49:40	General Case Activities
01:50:03	Witness Direct Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Stern, Michael	Transcript Reading
02:41:45	General Case Activities
02:42:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:35:42	General Case Activities
00:36:30	Witness Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Kelman, Chad	In Person
01:32:20	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Kelman, Chad	In Person
01:49:50	Witness Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Kelman, Chad	In Person
01:52:00	Break
02:00:15	Witness Cross Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Kelman, Chad	In Person
02:23:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Inigio, Karina	Kelman, Chad	In Person
02:28:50	General Case Activities
02:29:03	General Case Activities
02:30:25	General Case Activities
02:31:25	General Case Activities
02:31:50	Witness Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
02:57:38	General Case Activities
02:57:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:23:24	General Case Activities
00:24:23	General Case Activities
00:26:53	General Case Activities
00:27:27	Witness Direct Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Rollins, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
01:40:17	General Case Activities
01:40:24	Break
01:49:08	Witness Cross Examination	Buigas, Hector	Rollins, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:10:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Korman, Donald	Rollins, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:15:12	General Case Activities
02:15:35	End of Session
02:34:36	General Case Activities
02:35:00	Witness Direct Examination	Buigas, Hector	Klancke, Tim	In Person
03:15:00	General Case Activities
03:15:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:11:11	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Lieberman, Howard	In Person
01:34:12	General Case Activities
01:34:29	Break
01:57:20	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Rollins, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:10:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie	Rollins, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:36:54	General Case Activities
02:37:13	General Case Activities
02:47:32	General Case Activities
02:48:01	Witness Direct Examination	Buigas, Hector	Weizman, Paul	Transcript Reading
02:58:07	General Case Activities
02:59:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:36:15	General Case Activities
00:37:10	General Case Activities
00:37:44	Witness Direct Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Darouiche, Rabih	In Person
01:36:37	Witness Cross Examination	Inigio, Karina	Darouiche, Rabih	In Person
01:43:05	General Case Activities
01:44:00	Witness Cross Examination	Inigio, Karina	Darouiche, Rabih	In Person
01:46:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Darouiche, Rabih	In Person
01:52:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Warren, Monty	Darouiche, Rabih	In Person
02:20:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bobo, A. Russell	Darouiche, Rabih	In Person
02:22:46	General Case Activities
02:33:33	General Case Activities
02:34:38	General Case Activities
02:35:00	Witness Direct Examination	Buigas, Hector	Klancke, Kim	In Person
03:15:00	General Case Activities
03:15:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:15:52	Witness Direct Examination	Buigas, Hector	Klancke, Kim	In Person
00:43:33	Witness Cross Examination	Korman, Donald	Klancke, Kim	In Person
01:23:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Buigas, Hector	Klancke, Kim	In Person
01:26:01	General Case Activities
01:26:26	General Case Activities
01:28:48	General Case Activities
01:29:40	General Case Activities
01:31:07	General Case Activities
01:32:44	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:17:10	General Case Activities
00:18:28	General Case Activities
00:29:45	General Case Activities
00:30:27	Opening Statement	Korman, Donald
01:55:17	General Case Activities
01:56:44	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:12:38	General Case Activities
00:12:38	General Case Activities
00:12:38	General Case Activities
00:13:01	Closing Statement	Antonacci-Pollock, Rose Marie
01:21:10	Opening Statement	Bobo, A. Russell
02:06:58	Break
02:15:13	Closing Statement	Buigas, Hector
02:56:04	Closing Statement	Korman, Donald
03:17:15	General Case Activities
03:31:02	Break
04:43:37	General Case Activities
04:47:49	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:10:29	Reading of the Verdict
		00:11:08	Reading of the Verdict
		00:12:06	General Case Activities
		00:12:51	General Case Activities
		00:15:28	End of Session