Verdicts

Supreme Court, Dutchess County

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant gynecologic surgeon injured her bladder during a laparoscopic hysterectomy. The patient developed a post-operative hole in the bladder that

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Supreme Court, Ulster County

This trial concerned the nursing care of a hospitalized patient who had experienced respiratory failure, renal insufficiency, hypotension and pericardial tamponade after bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, and

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Supreme Court, Columbia County

The plaintiff sued two ophthalmologists, alleging negligence in the performance of surgery for cataract removal and placement of an intraocular lens, resulting in postoperative retinal

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Supreme Court, Ulster County

While the defendant obstetrician-gynecologist was performing a laparoscopic tubal ligation on the plaintiff, he inadvertently perforated the small bowel. While the plaintiff did not claim

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Supreme Court, New York County

The plaintiff/patient alleged that he received negligent hospital care and orthopedic treatment for a compound bi-malleolar ankle fracture. The patient claimed that he began to

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Supreme Court, Orange County

Plaintiff alleged Erb’s palsy / brachial plexus injury during obstetric delivery. Shoulder dystocia was not detected during delivery. Pre-trial, certified nurse-midwife’s trial counsel successfully opposed

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Supreme Court, Orange County

The plaintiff’s decedent was admitted to the hospital after she became jaundiced. She had already been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. The defendant gastroenterologist

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Supreme Court, Sullivan County

The plaintiff alleged failure by radiologist to detect abnormalities and testicular cyst in a scrotal sonogram of 4-year-old patient. A testicular cyst was diagnosed two

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Supreme Court, Ulster County

This wrongful death action arose out of a motor vehicle accident wherein the decedent fractured a cervical vertebra and was placed in a halo at

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Supreme Court, Dutchess County

The plaintiff alleged that she fell and sustained a fractured hip and subsequently required two total hip replacements due to the defendant hospital’s negligence in

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Supreme Court, Dutchess County

In a personal injury action based on premises liability, the plaintiff alleged that she fell and sustained a fractured shoulder and subsequently developed paraplegia as

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Supreme Court, Orange County

The defendant orthopedic surgeon performed a closed reduction and casting of the plaintiff’s Colles fracture. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant should have performed an

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Supreme Court, Bronx County

The plaintiff claimed that she sustained a dislocated hip, peroneal nerve palsy, foot drop, the amputation of two toes and the inability to live independently

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Supreme Court, Bronx County

In a two-and-a-half-week trial, the plaintiff alleged negligence against a nursing home and its staff in connection with severe injuries and death sustained by his

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Supreme Court, Dutchess County

The plaintiff claimed that just prior to cataract surgery by the non-party ophthalmologist the globe of his right eye was perforated by a needle that

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Supreme Court, Orange County

The plaintiff’s fractured distal tibia and fibula were reduced by the defendant orthopedic surgeon, who according to the plaintiff’s expert, failed to achieve proper alignment,

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Supreme Court, Greene County

In a seven-day trial, the plaintiff X-ray technician alleged that he sustained a severe electrical shock as the result of alleged defects in and improper

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Supreme Court, Orange County

The defendant orthopedic surgeon was alleged to have improperly reduced open, segmental fractures of the distal tibia and fibula, and to have failed to properly

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Supreme Court, Dutchess County

In a medical malpractice action, the plaintiff pleaded numerous departures by hospital personnel in connection with the post-operative treatment of a patient who allegedly sustained

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Supreme Court, Orange County

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant orthopedic surgeon had improperly reduced her intertrochanteric hip fracture which resulted in a one inch shortening of the leg,

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Supreme Court, Westchester County

In a 17-day trial, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant pediatricians improperly treated hypoxia and acidosis of the newborn and allegedly failed to recognize or

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Supreme Court, Dutchess County

In a wrongful death action, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant physicians had failed to diagnose myocarditis secondary to staphylococcus aureus septicemia in her 19-

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Supreme Court, Dutchess County

In a six-day trial, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant physicians, an internist and a rheumatologist, negligently failed to detect signs and symptoms of lung

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Supreme Court, Ulster County

In this three-week trial the plaintiff alleged that the defendant emergency room physician and physician’s assistant had failed to diagnose and treat a ruptured arteriovenous

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Supreme Court, Ostego County

The plaintiff contended that the defendant physicians failed to recognize signs of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus prior to the death of the plaintiff’s

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Supreme Court, Ulster County

The 39-year-old female plaintiff claimed to have sustained traumatic carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve neuropathy and a partial rotator cuff tear in her dominant upper

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Supreme Court, Orange County

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant pediatrician negligently failed to treat severe metabolic acidosis in a newborn, thereby causing permanent and severely debilitating brain damage,

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Supreme Court, Columbia County

The 12-year-old female plaintiff was treated by the defendant in the emergency room following an automobile accident resulting in a “seat belt sign” on her

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Supreme Court, Ulster County

The plaintiff alleged that hospital staff committed malpractice by failing to provide necessary emergency treatment for a newborn who ultimately was diagnosed with extensive brain

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Supreme Court, Kings County

In a premises liability action, the plaintiff alleged serious injuries after a slip and fall at defendant’s nursing home. The plaintiff was a phlebotomist from

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