Suffolk County

Published on: November 29, 2011

Hospital allegedly gave Wrong Medicine to Child

by Stephen Bilkis

A three year old child who died at a clinic in Kolsewadi, Kalyan is the subject of a medical malpractice suit. The parents of the child claim that the child died because he did not receive the necessary treatment. They have recently filed a report at the local police station.

The family was in the city at an engagement party. After some time the child starting vomiting violently. This was enough to concern the parents and take him straight to the emergency room of the nearest doctor. The doctor did treat the child. However, by morning the child had died. This was obviously a very upsetting time for the parents.

The parents have alleged that the reason for this boy’s death is because the hospital failed to correctly diagnose the cause of the symptoms. This meant that they prescribed the wrong medicine which did nothing and ultimately lead to his death. The parents are adamant that the child’s death was preventable, and is something that shouldn’t have been allowed to happen.

Published on: November 24, 2011

Pain clinic sued for overprescribing narcotics resulting in two deaths

by Stephen Bilkis

The last place one would expect to have narcotics for pain over prescribed would be in a pain clinic. Unfortunately, that is what happened in this egregious medical malpractice case. It was such a bad situation, that when the medical records of the clinic were subsequently checked prior to trial, it was discovered that other patients had experienced problems with this same clinic; problems that included addiction to medications and overdosing.

Four patients of the clinic that managed to survive their deadly drug regime chose to file a wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against the clinic for over prescribing narcotics to clinic patents and causing addiction, withdrawal and two deaths.

The facts of the claim indicated the nurse practitioners went way overboard in prescribing narcotics and completely ignored the warning signs that two patients were demonstrating; two patients who ultimately died. The other two patients who sought compensation suffered severe addiction and devastating withdrawal symptoms. Evidently, there were also another six overdose deaths in 2007 and 2008.

Published on: November 4, 2011

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Laws in Jeopardy

by Stephen Bilkis

Laws that have been in place since 2003 in West Virginia are now coming under attack. In 1986 lawmakers approved a cap of $1 million in awards made by juries in medical malpractice cases. The $1 million limit was only on non-economic damages, which left juries the ability to award other malpractice funds when damages could be proved. According to a New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer, in 2003 lawmakers in the state went further and placed a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages, unless death, permanent disability or the loss of limbs were involved, and then the cap was $500,000.

In both 1991 and 2001, Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the $1 million cap. Now, however, the lower cap is being appealed because of a lawsuit involving the City Hospital of Martinsburg and a physician at that hospital.

A Spokesperson stated that in the case, the jury has found negligence was involved while treating the plaintiff or misdiagnosis, however, the jury has award the plaintiff an amount exceeding the cap by over $1 million.

Published on: October 5, 2011

Couple Sees Embryos Destroyed Without Permission, says New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

They had hoped that science could give them what nature had denied: children. The couple was in their mid thirties and late fifties respectively and after years of trying to conceive naturally they turned to their local hospital in a last ditch effort to find the love and joy that a child brings. Their doctor recommended in vitro fertilization, a procedure by which eggs are extracted from the mother to be, fertilized by the father to be’s sperm, and then implanted in the mother, said a New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer. The desperate couple agreed and underwent the treatment.

In total, 16 of 18 eggs were successfully fertilized. A month after the procedure two of the eggs were implanted in the woman. It did not work and the children did not come to term. Two months after that they tried again and again fate’s cruel hand denied them the gift of life. Their frustrations grew as the couple found themselves without child. They finally decided that they had had enough and were going to try a different doctor. The two contacted their first doctor and were told to arrive at the clinic to pick up the embryos. When they arrived, after being made to wait an hour, they were told that due to a “mix up” their embryos had been destroyed, noted a Lawyer. Hospitals all over, including Nassau and Suffolk Counties, should take note of this situation.

The woman says it felt as if her children had been killed and she has been crying for months. The only explanation the doctor’s office can give is that there was some sort of “misunderstanding” said a New York City Medical Malpractice Lawyer. A misunderstanding that has compounded the cruel reality facing the couple. They have now filed suit, alleging medical malpractice of misdiagnosis.

Published on: September 2, 2011

Malpractice Suit Blames Botched Colonoscopy

by Stephen Bilkis

A woman in Virginia claims a 2009 colonoscopy caused her a number of medical problems. The 29-year-old woman is suing both the doctor and his employer for medical malpractice. New York Medical Malpractice Lawyers have learned she wants a jury trial and $5 million in damages.

The doctor, a gastroenterologist, performed the colonoscopy on June 23, 2009, investigating his patient’s complaints of persistent diarrhea, according to the complaint.

“[The doctor] knew before the colonoscopy that [the plaintiff] had great difficulty tolerating the ‘prep’ to clean out her colon and that she had severe left lower quadrant abdominal pain, abdominal cramping, nausea and vomiting,” NY Medical Malpractice Lawyers read in the complaint. “He prescribed Demoral for her pain and decided to proceed with the colonoscopy without first evaluating what was the cause of her severe pain.”

Published on: June 4, 2011

New Trial against Silver Hill Hospital Ordered by Court

by Stephen Bilkis

A New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer explains that a court ordered a new malpractice trial against Silver Hill Hospital on Monday. The reason for this is because the judge did not ask the jurors whether they read the newspaper story and were influenced by it. This meant that the verdict of the jury was less reliable.

The New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer explains that the original suit was filed against the psychiatrist and the hospital when a middle aged woman died. The patient committed suicide by hanging herself at the medical facility where she was undergoing treatment. She was being treated for a personality disorder and clinical depression.

The Silver Hill Hospital is a very well-known medical facility which has been open for over 80 years. Many famous people have visited the center for psychiatric treatment over the years and it has a very good reputation.