NY Medical Malpractice Case Results

Failure to Diagnose Cancer
$2,750,000 jury verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County for a client who developed advanced stage prostate cancer as a result of a physician’s failure to make a timely diagnosis of his disease.

Failure to Diagnose Infection
$1,300,000 settlement in Supreme Court, New York County for a 28 year old woman that developed sepsis and permanent disfigurement as a result of her surgeon’s failure to timely diagnose an infection (necrotizing fasciitis).

Failure to Diagnose Cancer
$1,000,000 settlement in Supreme Court, Kings County for a client who developed advanced stage colon cancer as a result of a world renowned physician’s failure to biopsy a polyp during a routine colonoscopy.

Failure to Diagnose Cancer
$1,000,000 settlement in Supreme Court, New York County for a client who developed advanced stage bone cancer as a result of the failure of his doctor, one of the most famous bone cancer specialists, to properly treat the disease when diagnosed at its earliest stages.

Failure to Diagnose Cancer
Multi Million Dollar Structured Settlement for the family of a Long Island woman who passed away as a result of advanced stage breast cancer which was not diagnosed timely, while curable, at an earlier stage.

Failure to Diagnose Cancer
$2,000,000 + in settlements in Supreme Court, New York County for two women against a laboratory that misread their pap smear studies and thus delayed their diagnosis of cervical cancer.

Perforated Colon
$500,000 jury verdict in Supreme Court, Kings County for a man whose colon was perforated during a colonoscopy and biopsy removal.

Failure to Diagnose
$3,900,000 jury verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County for a man who developed severe bone infection which was not timely diagnosed following orthopedic surgery.

Failure to diagnose
$1,200,000 settlement in Supreme Court, New York County for failing to timely diagnose and treat an epidural hematoma following hip surgery.

Lap Band Surgery
$825,000 settlement for failing to timely diagnose and treat a perforation following lap band surgery.

Pulmonary Embolism
$500,000 settlement for failing to diagnose a pulmonary embolism.

Erb’s Palsy
Multi Million dollar structured settlement for infant who sustained nerve injury in arm as a result of traumatic delivery with excessive traction to the delicate nerves surrounding the brachial plexus.