Gerard Kenneth Ryan

Gerard K. Ryan, Jr. joined the firm of Kelner and Kelner in 2000 working effectively in the Medical Malpractice Department as well as on complex negligence matters.

Gerry Ryan's training has provided him with the ability to prepare and try medical malpractice cases in all areas of medicine as well as the field of general negligence. He has obtained many substantial verdicts and settlements for the clients he has represented. He has recently avchieved a settlement in the amount of $7,000, in a case involving the death of a 38 year old father of three who was killed in a work related accident. Among his verdicts has been an award of $1.8 million in a case involving an the death of a 52 year old woman due to a delay in diagnosing lung cancer. He also obtained a $1.5 million verdict for a woman due to a delay in diagnosing endocarditis. He has also been instrumental in preparing cases which have resulted in substantial settlements including $3.3 million for a woman injured when a her vehicle collided with a truck in Nassau County and $2.65 million for the death of a 42 year old father of two who died as a result of an motor vehicle accident where the defendant argued the lack of a seatbelt contributed to his death. He was also part of the team which won 2.1 million dollars against the Ford Motor Company in Richmond Couty.

Gerry Ryan served as co-counsel for the firm with Robert Kelner in the successful defense of Liza Minnelli in the matter of Gest v. Minnelli.

Gerry has also authored and argued numerous appeals in the various Appellate Courts in New York and was lead counsel in the seminal cases of Tran v. New Rochelle Hospital, 99 N.Y.2d 383, 786 N.E.2d 444 (2003) and Del Terzo v. Hospital for Special Surgery, 95 A.D.3d 551, 944 N.Y.S.2d 79 (1 Dept. 2012).