New York Medical Malpractice Lawyers at Gair Gair Conason, Steigman & Mackauf
have more than 40 years experience in representing plaintiffs who have been injured or died as the result of medical malpractice.
Medical Malpractice is
professional negligence. A doctor, hospital or other healthcare provider is liable for
medical
malpractice if the alleged malpractice constitutes a departure
from proper and accepted medical practice and procedure and
results in the injury and/or death of a patient.
In addition to representing plaintiffs in personal injury accidents, the attorneys at GGCS&M have written articles in the area of
Medical Malpractice and have taught continuing legal education courses in the area of
Medical Malpractice.
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Medical Malpractice
Verdicts and Settlements
by Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf
A $17,250,000
verdictin for a man who was rendered partially incontinent as a result
of medical malpractice in failing to diagnose a spinal malformation.
A $1,950,000
settlement for a man in a medical malpractice case stemming from the
doctor's failure to diagnose bladder cancer.
A $1,750,000 verdict
in a medical malpractice case for a woman injured by a doctor's
negligent placement of an aortobifemoral bypass graft causing injury
to her bowel.
A $1,000,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a young boy whose doctors failed to
diagnosis an osteomyelitic infection of his hip.
A $1,000,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a man whose doctors failed to diagnose
prostate cancer.
A $2,000,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a young man whose wife died due to negligent
anesthesia care during a routine D & C.
A $1,000,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case for a man who developed severe bed sores due to nursing
home malpractice.
A $1,350,000 verdict
in a medical malpractice case for a man who suffered loss of vision in one eye and decreased
vision in the other eye as a result of his doctor's failure to treat
proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
A $3,500,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a man injured as a result of improper
administration of an anesthetic.
A $2,200,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case for a man whose physician caused a one day delay in
diagnosing a brain tumor.
A $4,000,000 verdict
in a medical malpractice case for a man who was negligently discharged from a medical center when
he was suffering from a psychotic episode. He was struck by a train
and suffered the loss of both legs.
A $5,500,000
settlement for a young child brain injured at birth due to medical
malpractice.
A $4,800,000 verdict
for a woman whose doctor treated her cancer with coffee enemas. Of
note is that this is one of the few medical malpractice cases in
which a punitive damage verdict was achieved.
A $103,000,000
verdict (one of the largest ever) in a medical malpractice case on
behalf of a baby brain damaged at birth.
A $4,000,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case for a man who was brain damaged because his
doctor failed
to diagnose a subdural hematoma resulting in brain damage.
A $2,300,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a woman whose doctors failed to timely
diagnose her breast cancer.
A $1,000,000
settlement (insurance policy limits) in a medical malpractice
case on behalf of a woman whose
husband died because his doctor failed to timely diagnose lung
cancer.
A $1,000,000
settlement (insurance policy limits) in a medical malpractice
case on behalf of a man whose
doctors failed to diagnose colon cancer.
A $5,000,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case for a woman injured by a drunk driver. She also suffered
partial paralysis as a result of the negligence of her treating
physicians.
A $3,000,000
settlement (insurance policy limits) in a medical malpractice
case for a woman who lost her leg as
a result of improperly performed arthroscopic surgery of her knee.
A $3,000,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case for the estate of a woman who died during childbirth as a
result of the physician's failure to diagnose internal bleeding.
A $1,750,000
settlement in a medical/dental malpractice case involving failure to
prevent
bacterial endocarditis.
$1,575,000 in a medical malpractice
case on behalf
of a woman whose doctors failed to make a timely diagnosis of her
breast cancer.
A $2,175,000 in a medical malpractice
case on
behalf of a man whose wife died because her doctors failed to
diagnosis her benign meningoma.
A settlement of
$1,000,000 (insurance policy limits) in a medical malpractice
case for a woman whose doctors
failed to properly reduce her fractured ankle.
A $1,800,000 in a medical malpractice
case for a
young boy who suffered an Erb's Palsy due to the doctor's negligence
during delivery.
A $900,000
settlement in a medical malpractice case for a young man who suffered a foot drop as a result of a
doctor's negligence in draining an infected hip.
A $1,450,000 in a medical malpractice
case for a
woman whose doctors were negligent in failing to diagnose her breast
cancer.
A $975,000
($1,000,000.00 insurance policy) in a medical malpractice
case for a woman whose doctors failed to
diagnose her breast cancer.
A verdict of
$1,600,000 in a medical malpractice case for a young man with a severe congenital hearing loss
whose doctors committed malpractice resulting in the loss of his
remaining hearing.
A verdict of
$2,125,000 for the estate of a man who died because of dental
malpractice.
A$6,000,000
settlement in Bergen County, New Jersey (one of the largest in state
history) in a combination motor vehicle accident/medical malpractice
case for a 61 year old woman who
sustained a herniated disc as a passenger in a motor vehicle
accident. She subsequently
underwent a neurosurgical procedure to remove the herniated disc
during which the surgeon
slipped and lacerated the dura of her spinal cord.
A $8,000,000
settlement on behalf of an 18-year old boy in a medical malpractice
lawsuit where a physician prescribed the medication Depakote without
monitoring the boy’s liver functions despite the known effects of
Depakote on the liver. As a result of the failure to monitor the
liver functions, the plaintiff sustained complete liver failure
requiring a liver transplant and a hepatic encephalopathy resulting
in brain damage.
A $90,939,857 jury
verdict in a medical malpractice case for a child whose cerebral palsy was due to the
failure of an obstetrician to diagnose placental abruption and who
thus delayed the
cesarean section that was necessary to rescue the baby who was
suffering from a lack of
oxygen.
A $9.5 million settlement
in a medical malpractice case for
brain damage to a professional young
woman who had
surgery for her uterine fibroids but then but then had her
endotracheal tube removed prematurely so that she stopped breathing on her way to the recovery
room.
A $4.75 million settlement in an
obstetrical malpractice case in which a baby’s
brain damage was due both to the obstetrician’s failure to diagnose
fetal distress during labor and to the pediatricians’ failure to resuscitate the newborn
baby properly.
A $3.9 million settlement
in a medical malpractice case for a
brain-damaged baby who was undergoing
abdominal surgery when the doctor ordered a medication which caused
the
baby to suffer from a respiratory arrest.
A $3,000,000.00,
settlement the available proceeds from the municipality in a medical malpractice
case for a
brain
damaged baby. Failure to recognize fetal distress, failure to perform a C
section.
Plaintiff, a 27 year old male was rendered paraplegic as a result of
defendants’ failure to diagnose an AVM (spinal cord vascular
malformation) which was evident on MRI studies
the case settled against the radiologists and treating neurologist
for $4,250,000.00 (the total coverage of the radiologists was
$4,000,000.00) in a medical malpractice case . The action will continue against two hospitals.
A $3.9 million in a medical malpractice
case for a
newborn rendered brain damaged, excessive drug
administration (Fentanyl)following surgery for intestinal obstruction (meconium
ileus) caused respiratory compromise; failure to timely resuscitate.
A $
4.75 million in a medical malpractice case for a brain damaged baby fetal distress and
failure to
properly resuscitate.
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