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$5M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Radiologists For Failure To Diagnose Chiari Malformation

May 20, 2019

On April 8, 2019, a New York medical malpractice jury in Queens County, New York announced its unanimous verdict in the amount of $5 million in favor of the plaintiff against two radiologists whom the plaintiff alleged had failed to report an abnormality on two successive MRI scans of the brain (Chi[...]

New York Appellate Court Orders Defendant Hospital To Produce Audit Trail

May 10, 2019

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated in its Decision & Order dated March 20, 2019: “[a]though [the defendant hospital] argued that the audit trail may contain information that would not be[...]

$6M Staten Island Verdict Against Nursing Home For Fall From Wheelchair Leading To Hip Fracture

May 5, 2019

On April 17, 2019, after two hours of jury deliberations, a Staten Island, New York jury hearing a nursing home negligence lawsuit involving a resident’s hip fracture resulting from a fall from his wheelchair determined that the defendant nursing home was negligent and awarded $6 million in co[...]

$110M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Properly Treat Asthma Attack

April 26, 2019

On April 12, 2019, a New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $110.6 million in favor of a 48-year-old New York medical malpractice plaintiff who suffered a massive brain bleed that left her with slurred speech and confined to a wheelchair due to the defendants’ [...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Bariatric Surgeon For Negligence That Occurred In The ICU

April 10, 2019

In its Order dated March 28, 2019, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (“New York Appellate Court”) affirmed summary judgment granted to the defendant bariatric surgeon in a New York medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff sought to hold the defendant[...]

$3.6M New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Torn Urethra During Cystoscopy

March 31, 2019

A New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a New York medical malpractice case in which he alleged that the defendant urologist negligently tore his urethra during a cystoscopy. The New York medical malpractice jury awarded the man a total of $3.6 million, [...]

New York Medical Malpractice Arbitrator Awards $140M Settlement To 255 Medical Malpractice Victims

February 23, 2019

A New York medical malpractice arbitrator has issued a $140 million settlement award to 255 New York medical malpractice victims of former New York orthopedist Spyros Panos. After the arbitrator’s award is approved by the court, the awards to individual New York medical malpractice plaintiffs [...]

“Butt Butcher” Cosmetic Surgeon Has His New York Medical License Revoked

January 30, 2019

On January 9, 2019, the New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct revoked the medical license of a 55-year-old Brooklyn, New York gynecologist who performed liposuction and other cosmetic surgery procedures on patients at night in his Manhattan office. The doctor was[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Physician Assistant In Failure To Diagnose Stroke Medical Malpractice Case

January 28, 2019

In its December 21, 2019 Memorandum And Order, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Circuit (“New York Appellate Court”) reversed summary judgment granted in favor of the defendant physician assistant (“PA”) and the other defendants, [...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms High Interest Rate Charged In Lawsuit Funding Agreement

January 4, 2019

The New York Appellate Division, First Department (“New York Appellate Court”) determined in its decision filed on December 6, 2018 that a lawsuit funding company’s charge of an “Annual Percentage Rate” of 45.93%, in exchange for the inured party’s agreement that [...]

New York Appellate Court Grants New Trial To Medical Malpractice Plaintiff, Stating Emergency Doctrine Did Not Apply

December 29, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department held in its Decision & Order dated December 12, 2018: “[u]nder the circumstances presented, we disagree with the Supreme Court’s determination to instruct the jury on the emergency doctrine. The em[...]

$13M Manhattan Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Colorectal Surgeon

December 14, 2018

A Manhattan medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant colorectal surgeon at the conclusion of trial in mid-November 2018, awarding the surviving family of a stay-at-home mother and wife to a police officer, who died as a result of medical negligence, a total of $13 million.[...]

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