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Personal Injury Success Stories - NY
Medical Malpractice Cases
- $19.6 million verdict in a medical malpractice action in which a surgeon failed to properly monitor a female patient following gynecological surgery, resulting in brain damage and visual impairment.
- $11 million settlement against a New York City hospital and obstetrician for failing to properly manage the pre-natal, birth and neonatal periods, resulting in brain damage and cerebral palsy; immediately following his birth, the infant involved in this case developed hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which was not timely diagnosed nor treated, causing bleeding in his brain with seizures, brain damage and cerebral palsy.
- $3.5 million settlement with an anticipated total payment of more than $12 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit for a brain damaged baby.
- $3.125 million settlement against a New York City hospital for failing to properly monitor a five-month-old baby who was being treated for burns sustained from excessively hot water in his apartment; due to the failure to monitor his condition, the baby became dehydrated and suffered multiple organ failure; he now has a very limited life expectancy.
- $2.5 million settlement for a 25-year-old male whose leg was amputated above the knee when his doctor failed to timely diagnose post-operative complications after a calf implant surgery.
- $2.5 million settlement reached during trial in Supreme Court, Rockland County, for a male who suffered a fracture of his cribriform plate, a bone located in the head just below the brain, due to an improperly performed deviated nasal septum surgery.
- $2.2 million settlement for a child who suffered brain damage due to the hospital’s failure to timely diagnose and treat the infant’s medical condition.
- $2 million settlement for a medical technician who was accidentally stuck by an improperly disposed needle that had previously been used on an HIV-positive patient; although this medical technician never developed the HIV virus, he suffered an allergic reaction called Stevens Johnson Syndrome to the medication he was required to take to prevent the development of the HIV/AIDS virus, ultimately causing him to become legally blind.
- $1.9 million settlement for the wrongful death of a nine-year-old girl due to receiving a blood transfusion that was contaminated with the HIV virus in 1984, before blood testing for the HIV virus became available.
- $1.85 million settlement for the failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.
- $1.5 Million settlement for a man who was accidentally pricked by a needle containing the HIV virus but fortunately did not contract the virus himself.
Personal Injury Cases
- $26.2 million verdict in an automobile accident case for the death of a husband and father of three children and for serious injuries suffered by his wife.
- $21 Million verdict for three children who suffered lead poisoning due to the presence of lead - based paint in their Bronx apartment.
- $6.6 million verdict in the Court of Claims for a student at Brooklyn College who sustained second- and third-degree thermal burns over 22% of his body when the clothing he was wearing caught on fire while he was using a welding torch during an independent study class.
- $4.4 million settlement for a 32-year-old male whose leg was amputated below the knee after being run over by a forklift.
- $2.9 million verdict for a worker who was injured while working on a defective elevator, resulting in a crush injury to his heel.
- $2.6 Million settlement for a passenger in a 2 car accident who broke both of her legs.
- $2.6 million settlement with an anticipated total payment of more than $3.75 million in a car accident lawsuit for a young woman who suffered a broken leg and required surgery.
- $2.26 Million verdict in Supreme Court, Bronx County in a lawsuit for a construction worker who fell off a scaffold and suffered a broken right leg and right elbow with surgery.
- $2 million verdict in Supreme Court, Kings County, for a 28-year-old female who was injured as a front seat passenger in a motor vehicle accident resulting in brain damage and multiple facial lacerations.
- $1.975 million settlement for two children who sustained lead poisoning in a city apartment.
- $1.05 million verdict in an automobile accident for a pedestrian who was crossing a major roadway and was struck by a motor vehicle.
- $810,000 settlement for 8 year old boy who fell out of a 3rd floor window. No window guards were installed as required by law.
