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21ppellate 3Bibigion:&etonb 3Bepartment
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PAUÙNE FARRELL, AppeHate
Plaintiff-Appellant
gainst- Docket Nos.
2019-07333
2019-07334
SONIA LICHTENBERGER, R.N., ELIZABETH LUBANSKY, R.N., 2019-07335
ZWANGER-PESIRI AADIOLOGY GROUP, LLP 2019-07341
- and .
ZWANGER-PESIRI-LIDI, LLP,
Defendants-Respondents.
RECORD ON APPEAL
DE C 0 3
VOLUME I OF II (Pages 1-526)
2020
LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT F. DANZI
MATTURO & AS SOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant
Attorneys for Defendants-Respondents 500 North Broadway, Suite 124
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology Group, LLP Jericho, New York 11753
and LLP · 228-4226
Zwanger-Pesiri-Lidi, (516)
1025 Old Country Road, Suite.110^ _ . christine@danzilaw.com
Westbury, New York 11590
(516) 742-2400
jkrasovsky@bknylaw.com
KERLEY, WALSH, MATERÂ & CINQUEMANÌ, P.C.
Attorneys for Defendants-Res'pondents ·.
Sonia Lichtenberger, R.N. c
and Elizabeth Lubanski, R.N.
2174 Jackson Avenue
Seaford, New York 11783 r
(516) 409-6200
klevy@ kerleywalsh.com
Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Index No. 012830/12
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§upreme Court of the State of fletu 19ork
Eppellate Bibition: econb Bepartment
PAULINE FARRELL,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
-against-
SONIA LICHTENBERGER, R.N., ELIZABETH LUBANSKY, R.N.,
ZWANGER-PESIRI RADIOLOGY GROUP, LLP
and ZWANGER-PESIRI-LIDI, LLP,
Defendants-Respondents.
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO CPLR 5531
1. Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Index No. 12830/12.
2. The full names of the parties are set forth above. The defendants were originally Sonia
Lichtenberger, R.N. and Elizabeth Lubansky, R.N. Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology Group, LLP
and Zwanger-Pesiri-Lidi, LLP were added to the caption by a Stipulation of
Discontinuance with Prejudice and Amendment of the Caption, dated January 5, 2018.
No other changes have been made.
3. Action commenced in Supreme Court, Suffolk County.
4. Action was commenced by the filingof a Summons and Complaint, dated April 23, 2012.
Action was joined by the filing of an Answer, dated August 29, 2012.
5. Nature of action:Medical Malpractice.
6. Plaintiff appeals to the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, from:
(i) the Short Form Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan, dated May 23, 2019,
entered in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk on May 28, 2019, and served with
notice of entry on May 30, 3019;
(ii) the Short Form Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan, dated May 13, 2019,
served with notice of entry May 17, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Suffolk County
Clerk on June 7, 2019;
(iii) the Bench Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan handed down on May 13,
2019, so-ordered on May 17, 2019, and entered in the Office of Suffolk County Clerk on
May 28, 2019; and
(iv) the Bench Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan handed down on May 8, 2019,
so ordered on June 7, 2019, and entered in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on
June 10, 2019.
7. Appeal ison the Record (reproduced) method.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Statement Pursuant to CPLR §5531 .........................................................................A
Notice of Appeal dated June 5, 2019.........................................................................1
Exhibit A - Appealed from Short Form Order,
dated May 23, 2019 Dismissing the Case........................................................3
Exhibit B - Appealed from Short Form Order,
Defendants'
dated May 13, 2019 granting Motion
to Preclude Medical Causation Witness ..........................................................5
Exhibit C - Appealed from 2019
May 13,
Transcript of Frye Hearing with Bench Order,
So Ordered May 17, 2019................................................................................7
Exhibit D - Appealed from 2019
May 8,
Transcript with Bench Order, unsigned.......................................................131
Informational Statement pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1250.3[a].......................167
Amended Notice of Appeal dated October 7, 2019...............................................173
Exhibit A - Appealed from Short Form Order,
dated May 23, 2019 Dismissing the Case with
Notice of Entry dated May 30, 2019............................................................177
Exhibit B - Appealed from Short Form Order,
Defendants'
dated May 13, 2019 granting Motion
to Preclude Medical Causation Witness with
Notice of Entry dated May 17, 2019............................................................184
Exhibit C - Appealed from 2019
May 13,
Transcript of Frye Hearing with Bench Order,
So Ordered May 17, 2019, Filed May 28, 2019..........................................191
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Exhibit D - Appealed from 2019
May 8,
Transcript with Bench Order, So Ordered
June 7, 2019 (Ordering Frye Hearing),
Filed June 10, 2019......................................................................................329
Certification dated August 15, 2018......................................................................364
Defendants'
Notice of Motion to Preclude,
dated August 15, 2018 ...........................................................................................366
Affirmation in Support of Kerri E. Levy, Esq.,
dated August 15, 2018 ...........................................................................................369
Exhibit A......................................................................................................376
Summons.................................................................................................377
Verified Complaint, dated April 23, 2012..............................................378
Certificate of Merit, dated April 23, 2012 ..............................................386
MRI Abdomen with and without contrast,
dated February 26, 2010 .........................................................................388
MRI Breast with and without contrast
bilateral, dated March 8, 2010................................................................390
Letter dated April 3, 2012 from Jarosloiz
and Joros to Zwanger-Pesiri ...................................................................392
Note dated February 28, 2012 by Stephen
Paget, MD ...............................................................................................393
Summons, dated July 24, 2012 ...............................................................397
Verified Complaint, dated July 24, 2012................................................398
Certificate of Merit, dated July 24, 2012................................................404
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MU Abdomen with and without contrast,
dated February 26, 2010 .........................................................................406
MRI Breast with and without contrast
bilateral, dated March 8, 2010 ................................................................408
Notice Regarding Availability of
Electronic Filing Supreme Court Cases,
dated July 24, 2012 .................................................................................410
Exhibit B......................................................................................................412
Stipulation of Discontinuance with
Prejudice and Amendment of the
Caption, dated January 5, 2018...............................................................412
Exhibit C......................................................................................................415
Certification Pursuant to NYCRR
Section 1301.1(c), dated August 28, 2012..............................................416
Verified Answer of Elizabeth Lubanski
s/h/a Elizabeth Lubansky, RN, dated
August 29, 2012......................................................................................418
Demand for Verified Bill of Particulars,
dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................423
Notice for Discovery and Inspection,
dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................428
Demand, dated August 29, 2012.............................................................432
Demand for Medical Expert Witness
Information, dated August 29, 2012 .......................................................434
Demand for Non-Medical Expert Witness
Information, dated August 29, 2012.......................................................438
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Notice for Discovery and Inspection of
Documents Pursuant to CPLR §3101(e),
dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................442
Demand for Collateral Source Information
Pursuant to CPLR §4545, dated August 29, 2012..................................444
Notice to Produce Medicare/Medicaid
Lien Information, dated August 29, 2012...............................................446
Notice for Discovery and Inspection of
Medicare/Medicaid Documents, dated
August 29, 2012......................................................................................451
Notice for Photographs and Videotapes,
dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................454
Social Networking Demand, dated August
29, 2012...................................................................................................456
Infant Demand Day in the Life, dated
August 29, 2012......................................................................................458
Adult Demand Day in the Life, dated
August 29, 2012......................................................................................460
Notice Pursuant to CPLR §2103(5), dated
August 29, 2012......................................................................................464
Notice to Take Deposition Upon Oral
Examination, dated August 29, 2012......................................................467
Verified Answer of Sonia Lichtenberger,
RN, dated August 7, 2012.......................................................................471
Verified Answer of Steven Mendelsohn,
MD, et al, dated May 24, 2012 ...............................................................476
Demand for a Verified Bill of Particulars,
dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................482
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Demand for Employment and Tax
Information, dated May 24, 2012 ...........................................................487
Demand for Collateral Source
Information, dated May 24, 2012 ...........................................................490
Demand for Disclosure of Medicare
Benefits Eligibility, dated May 24, 2012................................................492
Demand for Expert Information,
dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................495
Demand for Medical Information,
dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................497
Demand for Names and Addresses of
All Witnesses, dated May 24, 2012........................................................500
Demand for Names and Addresses of
All Attorneys, dated May 24, 2012.........................................................503
Demand for Pleadings, dated May 5, 2012.............................................505
Demand for Proof of Index Number,
dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................508
Demand for Party Statements, dated
May 24, 2012 ..........................................................................................510
Request for Supplemental Demand
for Relief, dated May 24, 2012...............................................................512
Demand for Authorizations, dated
May 24, 2012 ..........................................................................................514
Notice for Examination Before Trial,
dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................517
Notice to Preserve and Maintain, dated
May 24, 2012 ..........................................................................................519
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Notice of Rescission by Electronic
Means, dated May 24, 2012....................................................................520
Exhibit D......................................................................................................523
Order dated November 8, 2012 of
Hon. Hector D. LaSalle...........................................................................524
Exhibit E ......................................................................................................527
Plaintiff's Verified Bill of Particulars,
dated January 4, 2013 .............................................................................528
Plaintiff's Verified Bill of Particulars,
dated December 12, 2012 .......................................................................540
Verified Bill of Particulars, dated
June 11, 2012 ..........................................................................................552
Exhibit F.......................................................................................................561
Order Relieving Attorney, dated
June 9, 2014 ............................................................................................562
Exhibit G......................................................................................................563
Plaintiff's Expert Exchange Pursuant to
CPLR 3101(d), dated May 26, 2017, with
Attached CV of Stephen A. Paget MD,
FACP, FACR and Publications List.......................................................564
Exhibit H......................................................................................................581
Letter dated August 28, 2017 from Roger
Kunkis, Esq. to Furey Kerly Walsh, with
attachments: ............................................................................................582
February 28, 2012 report of Stephen Alan
Paget, MD, FACP, FACR................................................................583
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Note"
April 15, 2013 "Follow-up of Stephen
Alan Paget, MD, FACP, FACR.......................................................587
Exhibit I........................................................................................................590
Plaintiff's Affirmation of Stephen Cassons, MD,
dated August 14, 2018 ............................................................................591
Plaintiff's Affirmation in Opposition of Roger M.
Kunkis, Esq., dated September 19, 2018...............................................................595
Exhibit A......................................................................................................600
Affirmation of Stephen Alan Paget, MD,
in Opposition, dated September 19, 2018...............................................601
Exhibit 1...................................................................................614
CV of Stephen A. Paget,
MD, FACP, FACR, August 14,
2016 with Publication List........................................615
Exhibit 2...................................................................................629
Medical Records of
UMassMemorial
Healthcare.................................................................630
Exhibit 3...................................................................................645
List of Publications by
Jonathan Kay, M.D...................................................646
Exhibit 4...................................................................................648
Article: FDA Drug Safety
Communication, dated August
12, 2018 ....................................................................649
PDR.net September 9, 2010......................................653
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PDR.net July 27, 2015..............................................654
PDR.net May 22, 2017 .............................................655
Exhibit 5...................................................................................656
Case Report: A unique case
of nephrogenic systemic
fibrosis from gadolinium
exposure in a patient with
normal GFR, Lohoni et al,
BMI Case Rep. 2017.................................................657
Exhibit 6...................................................................................661
Gadolinium Deposition and
Chronic Toxicity, Ramalho,
MD and Ramalho MD,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Clin N. Am, 25 (2017) 765-778 ...............................662
Exhibit 7...................................................................................676
Gadolinium Deposition Disease:
Initial description of a disease
that has been around for a while,
Semelka, et al., Magnetic
Resonance Imaging, 24 (2016)
1383-1390.................................................................677
Affirmation in Reply of Kerri E. Levy, Esq., dated
September 24, 2018................................................................................................685
Plaintiff's Hearing Exhibit # 1 of 5/13/19.............................................................696
Curriculum Vitae of Stephen A. Paget,
M.D., FACP, FACR.................................................................................696
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Plaintiff's Hearing Exhibit # 2 of 5/13/19.............................................................710
UMassMemorial Medical Record
Certification, dated March 21, 2017........................................................711
List of Articles by Jonathan Kay, M.D....................................................713
UMassMemorial Report of Jonathan Kay,
M.D., dated July 2, 2013..........................................................................716
UMassMemorial Report of Jonathan Kay,
M.D., dated 4/12/2012.............................................................................720
UMassMemorial Laboratory Reports,
dated 3/21/17 physician name Jonathan
Kay, M.D..................................................................................................724
3"
"Exhibit Gadolinium Deposition Disease:
Initial description of a disease that has been
around for a while, Semelka, et al., Magnetic
Resonance Imaging, 24 (2016) 1383-1390..............................................730
FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA
identifies no harmful effects to date with
brain retention of gadolinium-based contrast
agents for MRIs; review to continue........................................................743
PDR.net 09/09/2010.................................................................................747
PDR.net 07/27/2015.................................................................................748
PDR.net 05/22/2017.................................................................................749
5"
"Exhibit Case Report: A unique case
of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis from
gadolinium exposure in a patient with
normal GFR, Lohoni et al, BMI Case
Rep. 2017.................................................................................................751
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"Exhibit Gadolinium Deposition
and Chronic Toxicity, Ramalho, MD
and Ramalho MD, Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Clin N. Am, 25 (2017) 765-778 ................................................755
Plaintiff's Exhibit 3 for Identification, May 13, 2019...........................................773
Article: Presumed Gadolinium Toxicity in
Subjects with Normal Renal Function:
A Report of 4 Cases, Semelka, et al,
Investigative Radiology 51(10) October
2016..........................................................................................................774
Article: Gadolinium - Induced Fibrosis,
Todd and Kay, Ann. Rev. Med. 2016, 67;
271-91 ......................................................................................................779
Email from Jonathan Kay MD, Professor
of Medicine and Population and Quantitative
Health Sciences, Peterson Chair in
Rheumatology, Director of Ethical Research,
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
dated May 6, 2019....................................................................................801
Article: Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents:
Why Nephrologists need to be concerned,
Leyba and Wagner, Curr. Opin. Nephral
Hypertens 2019 November 28(2): 154-162.............................................803
Article: Duplicate copy of Curr. Opin.
Nephrology, Hypertension 28(2): 154-162..............................................819
Email from / to Stephen Paget, MD,
dated May 9, 2019...................................................................................823
Article: Gadolinium Toxicity.com
October 12, 2014 NFS-Background
Page.pdf....................................................................................................826
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Article: Gadolinium Toxicity: Getting
Gadolinium Toxicity from Contrast
MRIs.........................................................................................................835
Article: Contrast Media Extravisation, Bell
and Radswiki et al, Radiopaedia.org .......................................................838
Article: Symptoms Associated with Gadolinium
Toxicity, gadoliniumtoxcicity.com..........................................................848
Article: Full Measure, dated June 12, 2017.............................................857
Article: Current Status of Nephrogenic
Systemic Fibrosis, Bershell, et al, Clinical
Radiology, 2014-07-01, 69(7): 661-668..................................................862
Article: Gadolinium Systemic Fibrosis,
Kay and Czirjah, Ann. Rheumatic Diseases,
69/11/1895 ...............................................................................................878
Article: FDA Panel Backs New Warning
for Gadolinium Contrast Agents, Firth,
September 11, 2017, Med Page Today....................................................887
Article: Background on NSF,
Gandoliniumtoxicity.com, October 12, 2014..........................................892
Article: Current Status, Duplicate of Clinical
Radiology, 2014-07-01, 69(7): 661-668..................................................900
'Nephrogenic'
Article: Systemic Fibrosis
is Mediated by Myeloid C-C Chemokine
Receptor 2, Do, et al, ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pubmed
30978353..................................................................................................905
Article: Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
Disorder Induced by Gadolinium
Exposure, Bernstein and Kay, Int J.
Advances Rheumatol. 2011;9(4): 123-133..............................................908
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Blog: AJKD, Wagner, 2018.....................................................................919
Email to Paget, dated May 5, 2019..........................................................924
Bulletin: re: "Gadolinium Clearance Times
for 135 Contrast MRI Cases, Including
Urine Test Results by Agent Administered
Cases,"
for 63 Unfounded December 5, 2018 .........................................925
Email dated May 8, 2019 with attached
articles and emails Presumed Gadolinium
Toxicity in Subjects with Normal Renal
Function, A report of 4 cases, and others ................................................929
Proceedings of FDA MIDAC Meeting,
September 8, 2017: An Overview on
Gadolinium Retention after CBCA use...................................................958
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New
warnings for using Gadolinium based
contrast agents in patients with kidney
dysfunction, December 2010 update .......................................................976
Consent to Change Attorneys (to Law Office of
Robert F. Danzi), dated May 29, 2019 ..................................................................981
Certification ...........................................................................................................982
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Sonia Lichtenberger, R.N. c and Elizabeth Lubanski, R.N. 2174 Jackson Avenue Seaford, New York 11783 r (516) 409-6200 klevy@ kerleywalsh.com Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Index No. 012830/12 DICK BAILEY SERVICE, Inc. · 1-800-531-2028 · dickbailey.com [REPRODUCEDON RECYCLEDPAPER] 1 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 A §upreme Court of the State of fletu 19ork Eppellate Bibition: econb Bepartment PAULINE FARRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, -against- SONIA LICHTENBERGER, R.N., ELIZABETH LUBANSKY, R.N., ZWANGER-PESIRI RADIOLOGY GROUP, LLP and ZWANGER-PESIRI-LIDI, LLP, Defendants-Respondents. STATEMENT PURSUANT TO CPLR 5531 1. Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Index No. 12830/12. 2. The full names of the parties are set forth above. The defendants were originally Sonia Lichtenberger, R.N. and Elizabeth Lubansky, R.N. Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology Group, LLP and Zwanger-Pesiri-Lidi, LLP were added to the caption by a Stipulation of Discontinuance with Prejudice and Amendment of the Caption, dated January 5, 2018. No other changes have been made. 3. Action commenced in Supreme Court, Suffolk County. 4. Action was commenced by the filingof a Summons and Complaint, dated April 23, 2012. Action was joined by the filing of an Answer, dated August 29, 2012. 5. Nature of action:Medical Malpractice. 6. Plaintiff appeals to the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, from: (i) the Short Form Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan, dated May 23, 2019, entered in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk on May 28, 2019, and served with notice of entry on May 30, 3019; (ii) the Short Form Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan, dated May 13, 2019, served with notice of entry May 17, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk on June 7, 2019; (iii) the Bench Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan handed down on May 13, 2019, so-ordered on May 17, 2019, and entered in the Office of Suffolk County Clerk on May 28, 2019; and (iv) the Bench Order of the Honorable Thomas F. Whelan handed down on May 8, 2019, so ordered on June 7, 2019, and entered in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on June 10, 2019. 7. Appeal ison the Record (reproduced) method. 2 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement Pursuant to CPLR §5531 .........................................................................A Notice of Appeal dated June 5, 2019.........................................................................1 Exhibit A - Appealed from Short Form Order, dated May 23, 2019 Dismissing the Case........................................................3 Exhibit B - Appealed from Short Form Order, Defendants' dated May 13, 2019 granting Motion to Preclude Medical Causation Witness ..........................................................5 Exhibit C - Appealed from 2019 May 13, Transcript of Frye Hearing with Bench Order, So Ordered May 17, 2019................................................................................7 Exhibit D - Appealed from 2019 May 8, Transcript with Bench Order, unsigned.......................................................131 Informational Statement pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1250.3[a].......................167 Amended Notice of Appeal dated October 7, 2019...............................................173 Exhibit A - Appealed from Short Form Order, dated May 23, 2019 Dismissing the Case with Notice of Entry dated May 30, 2019............................................................177 Exhibit B - Appealed from Short Form Order, Defendants' dated May 13, 2019 granting Motion to Preclude Medical Causation Witness with Notice of Entry dated May 17, 2019............................................................184 Exhibit C - Appealed from 2019 May 13, Transcript of Frye Hearing with Bench Order, So Ordered May 17, 2019, Filed May 28, 2019..........................................191 3 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. 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Levy, Esq., dated August 15, 2018 ...........................................................................................369 Exhibit A......................................................................................................376 Summons.................................................................................................377 Verified Complaint, dated April 23, 2012..............................................378 Certificate of Merit, dated April 23, 2012 ..............................................386 MRI Abdomen with and without contrast, dated February 26, 2010 .........................................................................388 MRI Breast with and without contrast bilateral, dated March 8, 2010................................................................390 Letter dated April 3, 2012 from Jarosloiz and Joros to Zwanger-Pesiri ...................................................................392 Note dated February 28, 2012 by Stephen Paget, MD ...............................................................................................393 Summons, dated July 24, 2012 ...............................................................397 Verified Complaint, dated July 24, 2012................................................398 Certificate of Merit, dated July 24, 2012................................................404 ii 4 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 MU Abdomen with and without contrast, dated February 26, 2010 .........................................................................406 MRI Breast with and without contrast bilateral, dated March 8, 2010 ................................................................408 Notice Regarding Availability of Electronic Filing Supreme Court Cases, dated July 24, 2012 .................................................................................410 Exhibit B......................................................................................................412 Stipulation of Discontinuance with Prejudice and Amendment of the Caption, dated January 5, 2018...............................................................412 Exhibit C......................................................................................................415 Certification Pursuant to NYCRR Section 1301.1(c), dated August 28, 2012..............................................416 Verified Answer of Elizabeth Lubanski s/h/a Elizabeth Lubansky, RN, dated August 29, 2012......................................................................................418 Demand for Verified Bill of Particulars, dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................423 Notice for Discovery and Inspection, dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................428 Demand, dated August 29, 2012.............................................................432 Demand for Medical Expert Witness Information, dated August 29, 2012 .......................................................434 Demand for Non-Medical Expert Witness Information, dated August 29, 2012.......................................................438 iii 5 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 Notice for Discovery and Inspection of Documents Pursuant to CPLR §3101(e), dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................442 Demand for Collateral Source Information Pursuant to CPLR §4545, dated August 29, 2012..................................444 Notice to Produce Medicare/Medicaid Lien Information, dated August 29, 2012...............................................446 Notice for Discovery and Inspection of Medicare/Medicaid Documents, dated August 29, 2012......................................................................................451 Notice for Photographs and Videotapes, dated August 29, 2012 ............................................................................454 Social Networking Demand, dated August 29, 2012...................................................................................................456 Infant Demand Day in the Life, dated August 29, 2012......................................................................................458 Adult Demand Day in the Life, dated August 29, 2012......................................................................................460 Notice Pursuant to CPLR §2103(5), dated August 29, 2012......................................................................................464 Notice to Take Deposition Upon Oral Examination, dated August 29, 2012......................................................467 Verified Answer of Sonia Lichtenberger, RN, dated August 7, 2012.......................................................................471 Verified Answer of Steven Mendelsohn, MD, et al, dated May 24, 2012 ...............................................................476 Demand for a Verified Bill of Particulars, dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................482 iV 6 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 Demand for Employment and Tax Information, dated May 24, 2012 ...........................................................487 Demand for Collateral Source Information, dated May 24, 2012 ...........................................................490 Demand for Disclosure of Medicare Benefits Eligibility, dated May 24, 2012................................................492 Demand for Expert Information, dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................495 Demand for Medical Information, dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................497 Demand for Names and Addresses of All Witnesses, dated May 24, 2012........................................................500 Demand for Names and Addresses of All Attorneys, dated May 24, 2012.........................................................503 Demand for Pleadings, dated May 5, 2012.............................................505 Demand for Proof of Index Number, dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................508 Demand for Party Statements, dated May 24, 2012 ..........................................................................................510 Request for Supplemental Demand for Relief, dated May 24, 2012...............................................................512 Demand for Authorizations, dated May 24, 2012 ..........................................................................................514 Notice for Examination Before Trial, dated May 24, 2012.................................................................................517 Notice to Preserve and Maintain, dated May 24, 2012 ..........................................................................................519 7 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 Notice of Rescission by Electronic Means, dated May 24, 2012....................................................................520 Exhibit D......................................................................................................523 Order dated November 8, 2012 of Hon. Hector D. LaSalle...........................................................................524 Exhibit E ......................................................................................................527 Plaintiff's Verified Bill of Particulars, dated January 4, 2013 .............................................................................528 Plaintiff's Verified Bill of Particulars, dated December 12, 2012 .......................................................................540 Verified Bill of Particulars, dated June 11, 2012 ..........................................................................................552 Exhibit F.......................................................................................................561 Order Relieving Attorney, dated June 9, 2014 ............................................................................................562 Exhibit G......................................................................................................563 Plaintiff's Expert Exchange Pursuant to CPLR 3101(d), dated May 26, 2017, with Attached CV of Stephen A. Paget MD, FACP, FACR and Publications List.......................................................564 Exhibit H......................................................................................................581 Letter dated August 28, 2017 from Roger Kunkis, Esq. to Furey Kerly Walsh, with attachments: ............................................................................................582 February 28, 2012 report of Stephen Alan Paget, MD, FACP, FACR................................................................583 vi 8 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 Note" April 15, 2013 "Follow-up of Stephen Alan Paget, MD, FACP, FACR.......................................................587 Exhibit I........................................................................................................590 Plaintiff's Affirmation of Stephen Cassons, MD, dated August 14, 2018 ............................................................................591 Plaintiff's Affirmation in Opposition of Roger M. Kunkis, Esq., dated September 19, 2018...............................................................595 Exhibit A......................................................................................................600 Affirmation of Stephen Alan Paget, MD, in Opposition, dated September 19, 2018...............................................601 Exhibit 1...................................................................................614 CV of Stephen A. Paget, MD, FACP, FACR, August 14, 2016 with Publication List........................................615 Exhibit 2...................................................................................629 Medical Records of UMassMemorial Healthcare.................................................................630 Exhibit 3...................................................................................645 List of Publications by Jonathan Kay, M.D...................................................646 Exhibit 4...................................................................................648 Article: FDA Drug Safety Communication, dated August 12, 2018 ....................................................................649 PDR.net September 9, 2010......................................653 vii 9 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 PDR.net July 27, 2015..............................................654 PDR.net May 22, 2017 .............................................655 Exhibit 5...................................................................................656 Case Report: A unique case of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis from gadolinium exposure in a patient with normal GFR, Lohoni et al, BMI Case Rep. 2017.................................................657 Exhibit 6...................................................................................661 Gadolinium Deposition and Chronic Toxicity, Ramalho, MD and Ramalho MD, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clin N. Am, 25 (2017) 765-778 ...............................662 Exhibit 7...................................................................................676 Gadolinium Deposition Disease: Initial description of a disease that has been around for a while, Semelka, et al., Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 24 (2016) 1383-1390.................................................................677 Affirmation in Reply of Kerri E. Levy, Esq., dated September 24, 2018................................................................................................685 Plaintiff's Hearing Exhibit # 1 of 5/13/19.............................................................696 Curriculum Vitae of Stephen A. Paget, M.D., FACP, FACR.................................................................................696 viii 10 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 Plaintiff's Hearing Exhibit # 2 of 5/13/19.............................................................710 UMassMemorial Medical Record Certification, dated March 21, 2017........................................................711 List of Articles by Jonathan Kay, M.D....................................................713 UMassMemorial Report of Jonathan Kay, M.D., dated July 2, 2013..........................................................................716 UMassMemorial Report of Jonathan Kay, M.D., dated 4/12/2012.............................................................................720 UMassMemorial Laboratory Reports, dated 3/21/17 physician name Jonathan Kay, M.D..................................................................................................724 3" "Exhibit Gadolinium Deposition Disease: Initial description of a disease that has been around for a while, Semelka, et al., Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 24 (2016) 1383-1390..............................................730 FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA identifies no harmful effects to date with brain retention of gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRIs; review to continue........................................................743 PDR.net 09/09/2010.................................................................................747 PDR.net 07/27/2015.................................................................................748 PDR.net 05/22/2017.................................................................................749 5" "Exhibit Case Report: A unique case of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis from gadolinium exposure in a patient with normal GFR, Lohoni et al, BMI Case Rep. 2017.................................................................................................751 ix 11 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 6" "Exhibit Gadolinium Deposition and Chronic Toxicity, Ramalho, MD and Ramalho MD, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clin N. Am, 25 (2017) 765-778 ................................................755 Plaintiff's Exhibit 3 for Identification, May 13, 2019...........................................773 Article: Presumed Gadolinium Toxicity in Subjects with Normal Renal Function: A Report of 4 Cases, Semelka, et al, Investigative Radiology 51(10) October 2016..........................................................................................................774 Article: Gadolinium - Induced Fibrosis, Todd and Kay, Ann. Rev. Med. 2016, 67; 271-91 ......................................................................................................779 Email from Jonathan Kay MD, Professor of Medicine and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Peterson Chair in Rheumatology, Director of Ethical Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, dated May 6, 2019....................................................................................801 Article: Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents: Why Nephrologists need to be concerned, Leyba and Wagner, Curr. Opin. Nephral Hypertens 2019 November 28(2): 154-162.............................................803 Article: Duplicate copy of Curr. Opin. Nephrology, Hypertension 28(2): 154-162..............................................819 Email from / to Stephen Paget, MD, dated May 9, 2019...................................................................................823 Article: Gadolinium Toxicity.com October 12, 2014 NFS-Background Page.pdf....................................................................................................826 12 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 Article: Gadolinium Toxicity: Getting Gadolinium Toxicity from Contrast MRIs.........................................................................................................835 Article: Contrast Media Extravisation, Bell and Radswiki et al, Radiopaedia.org .......................................................838 Article: Symptoms Associated with Gadolinium Toxicity, gadoliniumtoxcicity.com..........................................................848 Article: Full Measure, dated June 12, 2017.............................................857 Article: Current Status of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, Bershell, et al, Clinical Radiology, 2014-07-01, 69(7): 661-668..................................................862 Article: Gadolinium Systemic Fibrosis, Kay and Czirjah, Ann. Rheumatic Diseases, 69/11/1895 ...............................................................................................878 Article: FDA Panel Backs New Warning for Gadolinium Contrast Agents, Firth, September 11, 2017, Med Page Today....................................................887 Article: Background on NSF, Gandoliniumtoxicity.com, October 12, 2014..........................................892 Article: Current Status, Duplicate of Clinical Radiology, 2014-07-01, 69(7): 661-668..................................................900 'Nephrogenic' Article: Systemic Fibrosis is Mediated by Myeloid C-C Chemokine Receptor 2, Do, et al, ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pubmed 30978353..................................................................................................905 Article: Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Disorder Induced by Gadolinium Exposure, Bernstein and Kay, Int J. Advances Rheumatol. 2011;9(4): 123-133..............................................908 xi 13 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/08/2022 Blog: AJKD, Wagner, 2018.....................................................................919 Email to Paget, dated May 5, 2019..........................................................924 Bulletin: re: "Gadolinium Clearance Times for 135 Contrast MRI Cases, Including Urine Test Results by Agent Administered Cases," for 63 Unfounded December 5, 2018 .........................................925 Email dated May 8, 2019 with attached articles and emails Presumed Gadolinium Toxicity in Subjects with Normal Renal Function, A report of 4 cases, and others ................................................929 Proceedings of FDA MIDAC Meeting, September 8, 2017: An Overview on Gadolinium Retention after CBCA use...................................................958 FDA Drug Safety Communication: New warnings for using Gadolinium based contrast agents in patients with kidney dysfunction, December 2010 update .......................................................976 Consent to Change Attorneys (to Law Office of Robert F. Danzi), dated May 29, 2019 ..................................................................981 Certification ...........................................................................................................982 xii 14 of 220 FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 06/08/2022 04:31 PM INDEX NO. 012830/2012 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 110 RECEIVED NYSCEF: