Plaintiff, Kathleen Groce, in a medical malpractice case in Kings County (NYC) Supreme Court was recently awarded $300,000 based on claims that her podiatrist’s error resulted in the amputation of part of one of her toes. The surgeon, Dr. Bryan Makower, reportedly applied a tourniquet to Groce’s ankles in order to create a bloodless operative […]
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 […]