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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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