Medical Malpractice Verdicts & Settlements
New York Medical Malpractice Verdicts and Settlements
The personal injury attorneys at Powers & Santola, LLP, work tirelessly to help the victims of medical malpractice obtain full and fair compensation for their injuries and to help grieving families find recovery. Below are a few examples of medical malpractice cases we have handled. Please note that past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in future cases. This information is provided to acquaint potential clients with the scope and difficulty of cases we have handled in the past.
To learn more about our firm and how we can assist you, contact our office online to schedule an appointment with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer.
- $5.2 Million recovery for the family of a 32-year-old mother who bled to death from an undiagnosed maternal hemorrhage following a Caesarean section. In addition to being one of the largest cash settlements in New York State for the a death of a mother during childbirth, the Court ordered the hospital to fund a lecture series on patient safety in the woman's name for twenty years and to purchase equipment for use in training its obstetrical and delivery staff.
- $4.5 Million recovery for an infant who suffered permanent brain injury at the age of 4 weeks when a nurse inadvertently administered heparin, an anticoagulant, to the baby. As a result, the baby began to bleed and that bleeding went undetected by the medical staff for several hours. The bleeding was so extensive that the baby's brain was deprived of oxygen, resulting in permanent brain damage.
- $3.25 Million recovery for a 49-year-old man who suffered brain damage as a result of a neurosurgeon's negligence while performing surgery to drain an arachnoid cyst. When placing the tip of a stent between the basilar artery and the brain stem, he caused a brainstem infarct and permanent brainstem damage.
- $2.75 Million verdict in a wrongful birth case for a 26-year-old mother who delivered a son with Down syndrome after a medical geneticist failed to give the mother correct genetic counseling during her pregnancy.
- $2 Million recovery in a surgical malpractice case for a 46-year-old woman whose surgeon severed her common bile duct while performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The malpractice resulted in chronic and recurrent liver infections.
- $1 Million recovery for the family of a 50-year-old woman who died from septic shock as a result of her physicians' failure to promptly treat a perforation of a pancreatic duct that occurred during a routine ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) procedure.
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