(914) 220-1086A Bronx, NY jury recently awarded $20 million in a medical malpractice case to a 43 year-old unemployed man whose colon was damaged during a colonoscopy. However, due to a high/low agreement entered into by the parties, plaintiff will receive $850,000. Plaintiff Edgar Gonzalez developed peritonitis that necessitated removal of some of his colon and […]
Medical Malpractice
New York Hospital Ordered To Pay $1.5 Million For Anesthesiologist’s Error In Medical Malpractice Matter
A New York County jury recently awarded $1.5 million to a woman who claimed that she suffers permanent dysfunction of her jaw as a result of an anesthesiologist’s error during surgery. The matter stems from an April 2004 procedure in which plaintiff Caridad Cuevas underwent removal of a stone from a salivary gland. Cuevas claimed […]
New York Birth Injury Attorney Report: $485,000 Verdict In Erb’s Palsy Case
A New York jury awarded $485,000 in a medical malpractice lawsuit to a 4-year-old child who suffers from a mild palsy as a result of an injury that occurred at birth. Jayden Bennet sustained an Erb’s palsy of his right arm during the first two years of his life. The condition limited the arm’s strength […]
Upstate New York Jury Awards $1.7 Million Due To Improper Injection
A New York jury recently awarded a female home-care nurse from Syracuse $1.7 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Community General Hospital. Plaintiff, Tina Holstein, claimed that she was improperly administered an injection after giving birth to her third child. Due to complications during the delivery, a nurse reportedly gave Holstein an injection “too […]
New York Medical Malpractice Attorney Report: $5.2 Million Settlement Approved In Case Involving Death Of Mother During Childbirth
A $5.2 million settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving the wrongful death of a woman during childbirth was recently approved by the New York State Supreme Court. The woman died from internal bleeding after a poorly performed Caesarean procedure. The decedent, Diane McCable, was admitted Albany Medical Center Hospital in labor on September 3, […]
63 Year-Old NYC Retiree Recovers $2 Million In Failure To Diagnose Cancer Lawsuit
The family of Anthony Leone, a 63 year-old retiree collecting disability benefits, recovered $2 million in a settlement of a Brooklyn (NYC) medical malpractice lawsuit against his doctor and a hospital. Anthony Leone died in June 2006, about 2.5 years after a New York Methodist Hospital radiologist detected a suspicious mass in an X-ray. Leone […]
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Westchester Medical Center Involving Death Of 6 Year-Old Croton Boy Settles For $2.9 Million
The family of a 6-year boy who was struck in the head by an oxygen tank causing his death at Westchester Medical Center has reached a settlement of $2.9 million in a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit. The horrifying incident happened when a hospital staffer brought an oxygen canister into the MRI’s magnetic field […]
NY Medical Malpractice Attorney Report: Infant Awarded $77 Million In Birth Injury Lawsuit In New York County
Diego Baizan, an infant, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in New York County through his parents for the alleged failure of an OBGYN and staff at St. John’s Riverside Hospital to properly monitor the fetal heart rate and perform a timely Caesarean section. Diego is now 3 years old and suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Dr. […]
New York Medical Malpractice Attorney Report: Second Department Reduces Verdict In Birth Injury Case
In Abdelkader v Shahine, a Kings (Brooklyn) County jury found the defendant obstetrician liable for injuries, namely an Erb’s Palsy suffered by the infant-plaintiff, Laila Abdelkader. Erb’s palsy is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the the arm’s main nerves at spinal roots C5-C7. The injury allegedly resulted from the medical malpractice […]
Medical Malpractice And Wrongful Death At Bronx Hospital Yields $4.5 Million Settlement For NY Family
Jacobi Medical Center, a hospital located in Bronx, NY, recently settled a medical malpractice and wrongful death case for $4.5 million. The case involved a 28 year-old woman, Sherille Rankin, who died 10 days after undergoing bariatric surgery. The lawsuit was commenced on behalf of the 28 year-old’s family, including her four young children. Under […]
Plaintiff Awarded $2.2 Million After Bedsores Develop At Westchester County Hospital
A Westchester County jury returned a $2.2 million dollar verdict against Westchester Medical Center located in Valhalla, NY and one of its physicians for allowing Eric Trainor, a 30 year-old quadriplegic and former contractor, to develop bedsores (pressure sores, decubiti) that progressed to Stage IV. Mr. Trainor was involved in a car accident on the […]
Exposing The Medical Malpractice Myth
Tom Baker is a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and author of “The Medical Malpractice Myth”. In an August 31, 2009 interview with Anne Underwood of the New York Times, Professor Baker explains, in understandable language, why tort reform would NOT reduce the costs of medical […]
