Posted January 21, 2015
The settlement averted a jury trial that had been scheduled to take place in New York Supreme Court, Bronx County. The complaint filed in 2000 by Ms. Koss alleged that the dentist had exposed her to dangerous levels of mercury vapor during the unsafe removal of an existing amalgam filling and replacement with a new one. Further, she alleged that her injuries were due to numerous deviations from the acceptable standard of care in 1998, the most significant being the use of liquid mercury rather than a pre-encapsulated form of dental amalgam. Read more.