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The family of Kay Cregan and their New York Medical Malpractice Lawyers had filed a multi million-dollar lawsuit against Dr. Michael Sachs. Cregan had come to New York City in March 2005 to have a face-lift, nose job and chin augmentation. She had left Ireland and told her family she would be visiting friend in Dublin, but actually went to Dr. Sachs’s office in New York City. Her family brought a lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court against the plastic surgeon who performed the surgery, the anesthesiologist and the nurse. The suit alleges that after administering the anesthesia, the anesthesiologist did not stay to regulate Cregan’s blood pressure. After the surgery, Cregan’s blood pressure dropped and she passed out. The suit further brought by a New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer alleges that the nurse failed to intubate Cregan or to call an ambulance in a timely manner. Dr. Sachs settled with Cregan’s family out of court for an undisclosed amount. The family is still suing the anesthesiologist and nurse. Sach’s medical license was taken away in 2008.
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A man in Salt Lake City fatally shot his wife in a church parking lot in 2008. He had been under a doctor’s care and was taking mood-altering drugs. However, according to the children who have filed the suit on his behalf, the doctor and nurse practitioner did not monitor the man’s behavior properly. New York Malpractice Lawyers report that the man shot his wife thirteen times.

In this particular case, the man later pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and was sentenced to prison. The malpractice suit is looking to get a jury trial and unspecified damages to compensate the couple’s two children.

This particular suit names the physician, the nurse practitioner and the medical clinic where the man was receiving treatment. As with most psychological disorders, carefully monitoring is advised. New York Malpractice Lawyers indicate that the attorney for the defendants was not available to comment on the case.

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A forty-seven year old man suffering from diabetes and chronic pancreatic has finally reached a settlement for the pain and suffering he has endured at the hands of a medial malpractice action. The man was originally admitted into the hospital for complications from pancreatic disease. A nurse is said to have inserted an IV and then administered the drug phenergan to combat nausea and Demerol, which is a painkiller. The man’s condition was evaluated shortly after and he was determined to be all right. New York malpractice lawyers indicate that when he was checked 45 minutes later, something was obviously wrong.

The physician checked on the man approximately nine hours later and decided that the medication had leaked into his hand and into the surrounding tissue. The patient was then transferred to another hospital where an orthopedic surgeon performed surgery on his wrist but was unable to save the man’s thumb. New York Malpractice Lawyers indicate that the plaintiff asked for between $1.2 and $1.6 million.

Unfortunately for this man, he lost his thumb and in addition feels he deserves to be compensated the amount in which he would have been able to earn had he not suffered at the hands of malpractice. New York Malpractice Lawyers indicate that he was awarded $1.5 million for his suffering.

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A back surgeon was on the verge of being sued by a 55 year old man who had undergone numerous surgeries on his back. But, before hat could even happen, the state filed its own compliant alleging malpractice reports New York Malpractice Lawyers. The man is said to be in worse physical shape now than he was prior to his surgeries almost seven years ago.

Thus far the suit is requesting that the Florida Board of Medicine order penalties from remedial education to probation and possible revocation of his license to practice medicine. New York Malpractice Lawyers report that the man had already undergone four surgeries in the previous four months.

In this case, the plaintiff alleges that the man’s pain was misdiagnosed and that tests were inaccurately interpreted as well. In addition to this, the plaintiff in this case indicated that the surgeon failed to have a strict surgical plan that would resolve the problems he was having.

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A mother in Illinois has settled a cerebral palsy malpractice suit for $9.5 million dollar. The mother indicated that the hospital, doctor and midwife left her and her unborn son vulnerable during the birth. The baby is now 14 and suffers from severe injuries sustained during birth reports New York Malpractice Lawyers.

The case stemmed from the mother giving birth with a nurse midwife. The midwife was supposed to be working under a sponsored physician that would be available if needed. New York Malpractice Lawyers report that there was not a doctor on duty when the boy was born. The problems initially stemmed from the umbilical cord being compressed during the birthing process.

Many malpractice lawsuits for cerebral palsy are filed each year as a result of a series of mistakes that are said to occur during the prenatal care or delivery of babies.

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A woman whose baby developed cerebral palsy has, with the aid of a New York medical malpractice lawyer, been able to establish that the failure by her physician to perform certain tests during pregnancy was a substantial factor in contributing to the infant’s condition. The woman, while pregnant, was admitted to the hospital; at the time of her admission, she was suffering from chorioamnionitis, gestational diabetes, and sepsis. The infant subsequently contracted sepsis during delivery, and the contraction of sepsis was a major contributing in the development of the cerebral palsy.

When the woman was first admitted to the hospital, her physician failed to administer either a Gram’s stain test or an amniotic glucose test. Said a New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer “had the two tests been administered, both the chorioamnionitis and the gestational diabetes would have been diagnosed.” Had the conditions been diagnosed, the delivery could have been advanced. An earlier delivery, even as little as 24 hours earlier, would have prevented the infant from contracting sepsis.

In ultimately ruling in favor of the woman and her baby, the court first reviewed the law, stressing that a plaintiff (the woman in this case) must establish that a doctor’s actions deviated from accepted medical practice and that the deviation was the cause of the injury, that the plaintiff usually presents expert testimony on the doctor’s deviation from the requisite standard of care in order to satisfy this requirement, and that to establish cause the plaintiff must present “sufficient evidence from which a reasonable person might conclude that it was more probably than not” that the doctor’s deviation was a substantial factor in causing the injury to the infant. The court then stated that, because the woman presented evidence from which the jury could infer that the doctor’s conduct diminished the baby’s chances for a better outcome or increased the injury, she had met her burden.

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Georgia just recently overturned a cap on non-economic damages, which are available to residents. And, the first jury to award compensation since that cap was overturned reached out and awarded $1.5 million over the amputation of an individuals thumb.

The man was originally filed after nurses were accused of making a medical mistake when providing intravenous medication through a needle in the man’s wrist. New York Malpractice Lawyers report that a nurse did remove the IV hours later but did not make any efforts to get additional care for the man.

The case indicates that nine hours passed before his doctor checked on him and found that the mediation had leaked into his hand. This was the reason why the man was forced to lose his thumb report New York Malpractice Lawyers. And, even though the man underwent several operations to save the hand, his thumb was eventually amputated.

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A woman whose Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy was misdiagnosed has recovered over two million dollars thanks to the efforts of a New York medical malpractice lawyer. The problem began when the woman went to her family physician because she was experiencing pain and swelling in her right wrist. The family physician thought the problem might be carpel tunnel syndrome, even though the nerve condition studies were normal. The family physician proscribed a conservative course of treatment and, when that did not relieve the symptoms, referred her to an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in musculoskeletal conditions of the wrist and hand. The surgeon diagnosed the condition as de Quervain’s Disease, which is condition that occurs when the tendons along the thumb side of the wrist are compressed by the tendon sheath that encircles them, which in turn creates pain and diminishes the useful function of the wrist and hand. The surgeon attempted to treat the condition with a course of anti-inflammatory medications and splinting, but this was unsuccessful. At that point the surgeon performed a surgical release of the tendon sheath and tendons; during the course of that procedure he discovered that the tendons were normal. A New York Car Accident Lawyers has convenient locations throughout the NY area including Baldwin, NY. Our attorneys can give you advice about personal injury caused by another’s negligence. Without a NY Car Accident Lawyer you will not be cognizant of all your rights and could be at a great disadvantage.

“>New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer said that when the woman’s condition did not improve the family physician referred her to a rheumatologist, who diagnosed the problem, correctly, as reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

Ultimately, a jury determined that the surgeon departed from good and accepted medical practice by proceeding without having obtained all of the medical records from the family physician, by misdiagnosing reflex sympathetic dystrophy as de Quervain’s Disease, and by failing to follow up with further testing after the surgical procedure showed that the woman was not suffering from de Quervain’s Disease. The jury further found that if the surgeon had, at the very least, obtained the complete records from the family physician, the records would have showed him detailed symptoms consistent with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and other information that supported a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy as the correct one.

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A woman who lost her baby after complications resulting from a breech birth has been helped by a New York medical malpractice lawyer. The problems began when the woman, at the time approximately 30 weeks pregnant, began experiencing lower abdominal pain, headache, and fever. She went to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center and was admitted for six days. During this stay, she was placed on a fetal monitor, treated with a drug that relaxes the uterine muscles and is used to stop premature labor, given an antibiotic after a group B strep culture was taken, and ultimately diagnosed with cervicitis. A week later, she began experiencing the same symptoms, and returned to Wyckoff. This time the hospital staff concluded that she was suffering from a urinary tract infection, gave her another antibiotic, and sent her home without admitting her. The next day, still feeling discomfort, she returned to the hospital. She had a brief triage admission, during which a midwife determined that she was not in labor, and she was again sent home. The woman went back to the hospital a few hours later, and this time hospital personnel gave her a prescription for Tylenol with codeine, and again sent her home. The next day, while at home, she went into precipitous labor. An ambulance was called, but the baby was nonetheless born at home, foot first. Then, the baby’s head became lost in the birth canal, and, ultimately, did not survive.

The death certificate for the baby stated that, at the age of approximately one hour, the baby died of asphyxia, and that the asphyxia was caused by the unattended breech delivery during which the baby’s head becoming wedged in the birth canal. Ultimately, a jury determined that the premature footling breech of the baby, at home and without medical attention, could have been prevented if the woman had been readmitted to the hospital, and that this failure to readmit was a departure from the standard of reasonable and appropriate medical practice.

If you or a loved one has been injured because of a failure of a hospital to admit, or by any act of medical malpractice, you may need a New York medical malpractice lawyer.

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A baby injured during childbirth has recovered against the obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) who performed the delivery. The delivery was done at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY. As soon as the baby was delivered, it was apparent that she was suffering from weakness in her right arm. The condition turned out to be Erb’s palsy, which is a mild paralysis of the affected area. The mother claimed that the baby’s delivery was complicated by dystocia, a potentially fatal condition that happens when the mother’s pubic bone entraps one of the baby’s shoulders, and that the OB/GYN should have (but did not) detected the condition. If the condition had been detected, it could have been relieved by performing what is known as a McRoberts maneuver, or by the application of what is known as suprapubic pressure. Instead, the OB/GYN exerted too much force in trying to deliver the baby, and this excessive downward pulling caused an injury to the baby’s brachial plexus (an area of nerves that go to the arm and shoulder). In addition, the mother claimed that she suffered from gestational diabetes and other conditions, and that these conditions were known causes of dystocia and having a big baby, all of which should have led the OB/GYN to perform a Caesarean Section that would have prevented any injury to the baby. At present, the baby still suffers from Erb’s palsy in her right arm, has a 25% loss of her right arm’s ability to go into a supine (flat) position, and suffers what is know as a permanent residual alteration of the posture of the arm. A New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer says a judge found that the delivery deviated from the accepted medical standard, and awarded the baby $800,000 for her past pain and suffering.

If you or a loved one has had a baby who suffered an injury during an injury, you need a New York medical malpractice lawyer.

The firm of Stephen Bilkis & Associates and its New York Medical Malpractice Lawyers with convenient locations in the New York Metropolitan Area, including Flatbush, NY, can be of invaluable assistance to you if you find yourself a victim of medical malpractice. Enduring pain, disfigurement and financial anguish without professional representation is not the path you should choose.

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