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New York Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Birth Lawsuit

April 10, 2021

The New York Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its opinion issued on March 24, 2021, held in a New York wrongful birth medical malpractice action, “The record demonstrates a triable issue of fact as to whether the child’s medical condition[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Granted To Some Medical Malpractice Defendants In Gallbladder Surgery Case

February 1, 2021

The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”), in its decision dated January 13, 2021, reversed the lower court’s granting summary judgment in favor of some of the New York medical malpractice defendants in a case involving gallbladde[...]

New York Appellate Court Finds No Private Cause Of Action Against Hospital For Violation Of Article 11 Of The Social Services Law

December 18, 2020

The New York Appellate Division, Second Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its decision dated November 25, 2020 in a case filed against a hospital for alleged physical abuse of a vulnerable 19-year-old special needs high school student during a multiple-day psychiatric stay [...]

New York Appellate Court Rules Referring Attorney For Medical Malpractice Case Was Not Entitled To A Referral Fee

October 16, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) stated in its Decision & Order dated September 16, 2020: “The plaintiff commenced this action to recover attorneys’ fees from the defendant law firm for a cl[...]

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 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 [...]

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 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.[...]

New York Appellate Court Holds Summary Judgment Inappropriate For Medical Malpractice Defendants, For Eye Injury During Hip Surgery

May 30, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Divison, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Appellate Court”) decided on May 4, 2018 that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the New York medical malpractice defendants in a case where a man suffered an unexplaine[...]

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