Case Results: Medical Malpractice

Successfully litigated a claim in the Northern District of New York under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the Stratton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany for malpractice involving a failure to diagnose internal bleeding following surgery resulting in death of an elderly patient.

Pre suit settlement of claim against a nursing home for violation of the public health law resulting in a Stage 4 bedsore (decubitus ulcer) requiring surgical treatment.

Successfully negotiated a pretrial settlement for a client against an optometrist for failure to diagnose open angle glaucoma resulting in optic nerve damage and partial blindness.

$9.85 Million–Obstetric and Hospital malpractice, misreading ultrasound, failing to recognize fetal distress and timely deliver causing severe hypoxic brain injury and quadriplegia.

$14.5 Million-- Medical, surgical, and hospital malpractice leading to loss of small intestine.

$16 Million-- medical obstetric and hospital malpractice. Negligent use of cervical ripening medication, failing to recognize fetal distress, and delay in delivery causing leading to hypoxic brain injury and quadriplegia to the baby. Failure to recognize and properly treat post delivery hemorrhage leading to maternal death.

$18 Million-- products liability and pharmacy malpractice, negligent substitution of defective pharmaceutical product causing to a birth defect and paraplegia.

$5.25 million settlement. Failure to diagnose and treat kidney disease.