Wrongful Death Verdicts & Settlements
New York Wrongful Death Verdicts and Settlements
Nothing is more devastating to a family than to lose a loved one unexpectedly because of someone else's negligence. At Powers & Santola, LLP, we understand the challenges families face as they try to move forward after a wrongful death. We help families obtain full and fair compensation while holding the responsible party accountable.
Below are a few examples of the wrongful death cases we have handled. Please note that past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in future cases. This information is provided to acquaint prospective clients with the scope and difficulty of cases we have handled in the past.
Learn more about our firm and how we can assist your family. Contact our office online to schedule an appointment with an experienced wrongful death 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,
- $900,000 recovery for the family of a 40-year-old man who died when he was struck by a CSX freight train at an improperly designed railroad crossing.
- $1.5 Million recovery for the death of a 62-year-old man from a brain herniation that resulted when a radiologist failed to diagnose an expanding brain abscess. The radiologist failed to perform a diagnostic study of the brain with gadolinium and/or contrast.
- $1.4 Million recovery for the death of a 43-year-old Canadian woman from DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulopathy) as the result of medical negligence on the part of hospital employees who failed to recognize that a femoral IV line had been dislodged during surgery.
- $1.25 Million recovery for the death of a 43-year-old woman who died of a heart attack two months after presenting to her primary care physician with complaints of tightness in her chest, a feeling like her throat was "trying to close," and a racing heart. The primary care physician failed to diagnose unstable angina and coronary artery disease.
- $1.2 Million recovery for the death of an 81-year-old man from sepsis as the result of his physicians' delay in diagnosing a gastric volvulus. The delay resulted in necrosis of the esophagus and stomach.
- $1.2 Million recovery for the widow of a carpenter who died when the private plane he was traveling in crashed as the pilot was attempting to land.
- $3.5 Million recovery from the State of New York for the death of 26-year-old civil engineer crushing to death because of the state's failure to provide a safe place to work at a road construction site as required by Labor Law §241(6).
- $1.525 Million recovery for parents after the death of a baby from severe perinatal asphyxia and cerebral anoxia that resulted from the rupture of the mother's uterus during an attempted vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC)Section (VBAC) .
- $1 Million recovery for the death from septic shock of a 50-year-old woman as the result of her physicians' failure to promptly treat a perforation of a pancreatic duct that occurred during a routine ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) procedure.
- $1.5 Million recovery for the family of two children who drowned as the result of the town creating a causeway to an island in a town park that became inaccessible at high tide. The children had walked onto the island at low tide and drowned when they were caught in the currents trying to leave the island at high tide.
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