New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month—a period that recognizes the struggles of breast cancer survivors and raises awareness for annual campaigns organized by breast cancer charities. This October, in light of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our firm is raising awareness by acknowledging the severity of a breast cancer misdiagnosis.    Below, our team outlines startling…

The more serious the car accident, the more serious the injuries that can result.    Physical trauma as a result of a severe car accident may lead to major surgeries and therapies to repair damage that occurred in the body. Below, the vehicle crash attorneys at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. details…

Since March of 2020, over 15,000 nursing home residents have died of COVID-19. In addition to grieving their losses, many of the deceased’s family members were barred from filing wrongful death lawsuits due a granted of  immunity to health care facilities. Now, families of COVID-19 victims who resided in nursing homes may have a remedy…

In a Queens court on September 1st, 2021, top trial attorney Eleni Coffinas secured a $3.6 million settlement on behalf of a woman who suffered an endometrial cancer diagnosis delay.    37-Year-Old Patient Diagnosis with Benign Fibroids, Actually Suffering from Endometrial Cancer   An otherwise healthy, 37-year-old flight attendant experienced an eight-month delay in receiving…

Medical devices are beneficial and sometimes even life-saving for individuals suffering from medical conditions—cardiac pacemakers keep the heart pumping when beats turn slow or irregular, hip replacements allow many people to be mobile without chronic pain, and surgical mesh is intended to prevent hernia patients from suffering future recurrences.   While these devices are meant…