(914) 220-1086The 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 […]
Medical Malpractice
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 […]
