NY Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Failure of hospital emergency room doctors to diagnosis a heart attack, stroke, appendicitis, or aneurysm kills patients every day. Medical Malpractice is very serious but often are caused by what might seem like minor procedures such as nurse gives a patient the wrong medicine, or fails to consider how multiple drugs interact in a patient, it can severely compromise the patient’s recovery, even their life. When a doctor, or a surgeon, or a hospital, acts carelessly, or fails to act in time, it can result in serious injury and/or permanent disability and death. In fact, almost all incidences of medical malpractice are complicated matters that involve equally complex principles of science and engineering. Errors surgeons and anesthesiologists make in the operating room and post- operative negligence in hospital and clinical settings also cause harm to patients -- harm that leads to medical malpractice suits against the doctor, or institution responsible for your pain and suffering.

With degrees in engineering and biology hanging on walls right alongside our law diplomas, the New York medical malpractice lawyers at Gurfein Douglas are your Lawyers With An Edge when fighting negligent. At Gurfein Douglas, our Lawyers With An Edge are prepared to handle any challenge, no matter how complicated, and any adversary, no matter how tough they think they are, to get you the justice, and the compensation, you deserve.

Medical Malpractice Settlements and Verdicts

$7,400,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 60 year old woman who became paralyzed in both legs and one arm after her doctors failed to diagnose an infection in her spine.

$5,750,000 verdict on behalf of a 20 year old woman who was discharged from the hospital after giving birth to her second son, even though she had a very aggressive infection in her uterus and abdomen.

$5,500,000 settlement structured for a 6 year old who sustained brain damage during her birth causing cerebral palsy, mental retardation and spastic quadriplegia.

$2,750,000 settlement for a 15 year old girl diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease who lost her ovaries as a result of the negligence of the team administering radiation therapy.