New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

Firm Partner Elizabeth Montesano recently recovered a substantial settlement to support a victim of medical negligence. Her spinal surgeon’s error left her with permanent paralysis in her leg and foot. Surgeon’s Error Leaves Woman Paralyzed After Corrective Spinal Surgery In June 2015, a healthy woman arrived at a hospital for corrective spinal surgery to replace…

Firm Partner Elizabeth Montesano recently represented the family of a man who died as a result of mistreated diverticulitis. Ms. Montesano helped obtain $17.25 million for the decedent’s family in the ensuing medical malpractice case. Patient in Medical Malpractice Case was Mistreated for His Chronic Diverticulitis In December 2014, the decedent consulted with a colorectal…

SPBMC trial attorney James Wilkens recently obtained a significant settlement in a medical malpractice suit. The case involved a widowed man with two children on the autism spectrum whose wife died suddenly on June 15, 2015. The plaintiff ultimately received a $3.3 million settlement. Lawsuit Helps Protect Vulnerable Family that Lost a Wife and Mother…

Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest talc product manufacturer, faces a criminal probe by the U.S. Department of Justice concerning the company’s denial that asbestos fibers were found in its talc-containing products. Here, the New York product liability attorneys at Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. discuss the latest events surrounding the federal…

After a three-week trial, a Brooklyn jury has awarded $9.7 million to the two children of a 33-year-old woman who bled to death in Wyckoff Hospital. We proved that several doctors practicing at the hospital had examined her when she was admitted for a cesarean section to give birth to her second child. Several hours…