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New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

February 26, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memoradum and Opinion dated February 7, 2020: “we conclude that “‘[t]he conflicting opinions of the experts for plaintiff and defendant[s] with respect to .[...]

New York Judge Strikes $10M Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Against Doctor For Patient’s Suicide

January 12, 2020

A New York trial judge has stricken the almost $10 million medical malpractice verdict against a prominent primary care physician that a jury had determined breached the standard of care in his treatment of his patient, which led to the patient’s suicide during the night of June 6 to June 7, 2[...]

$5 Million New York City Nursing Home Neglect Verdict

January 3, 2020

On December 12, 2019, a New York City nursing home neglect jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5,032,281 ($2,980,281 awarded in compensatory damages and an additional $2,052,000 in statutory interest) against a New York City nursing home for its alleged neglect of an elderly resident that ul[...]

New York Appellate Court Discusses Continuous Treatment Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Suicide Case

December 20, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated December 4, 2019, discussed the application of the continuous treatment doctrine in a New York medical malpractice case and held in a split-decisio[...]

New York Appellate Court Discusses Summary Judgment Burden-Shifting In Medical Malpractice Case

December 11, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated in its Memorandum And Order dated November 15, 2019 in a New York medical malpractice case: “we conclude that the burden that O’Shea places on a plaintiff[...]

New York Appellate Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Impermissible Habit Testimony

October 28, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its decision filed on October 16, 2019, stated: “The issue on this appeal is whether a physician performing a surgical procedure who has no written record nor[...]

$55.9M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Quadraplegia Following Neck Surgery

September 29, 2019

A New York medical malpractice plaintiff obtained a $55.9 million medical malpractice verdict after a five-month jury trial regarding the laminectomy performed on her in 2009 at a New York hospital following her complaints of pain and tingling in her neck, arms, and hands. During the surgery, her sp[...]

$5M Brooklyn Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Diagnose Ongoing Urine Leak Following Kidney Transplant Surgery

August 29, 2019

On July 17, 2019, after a month-long New York medical malpractice trial, a Brooklyn medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman’s estate in the amount of $5 million. The woman had died at age 39 in 2000, one and a half years after she underwent kidney transplant surgery d[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defendant Not Entitled To Summary Judgment Where Plaintiff Suffered Blindness

August 20, 2019

The New York Appellate Division, First Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on July 30, 2019, affirmed the trial court’s denial of summary judgment to the defendant, stating “The motion court correctly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the ma[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Anesthesiologist In Delayed Rendering Of Anesthesia Claim

August 14, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum and Order entered on June 7, 2019: “We reject plaintiffs’ contention that the affidavit of their expert raised triable issues of fact suff[...]

New York Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Reversed Due To Faulty Jury Instruction

July 21, 2019

In its Memorandum And Order entered on June 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated “the [New York medical malpractice] jury verdict [in favor of the defendant] is against the weight of [...]

New York Appellate Court Says Opioid Prescribing Doctor Must Face Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim

June 16, 2019

The June 13, 2019 Decision and Order of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated that the New York medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiff’s theory of liability is that the defendant doctor prescribed high-dose opioid pai[...]

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