New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

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…

Medical malpractice attorney, Elizabeth Montesano, Esq., represented the four adult children of a 54-year-old man who died because of an egregious medical error when two different medical facilities failed to confirm his identity before administering an unnecessary dialysis treatment. Despite a number of medical conditions, the decedent maintained an independent and active lifestyle and was…

This office represented a 53-year-old man who was involved in a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident in New York that resulted in cervical spine disc injuries and neck pain. While he had pain in the neck area, he was able to walk into the hospital to undergo back surgery.  Unfortunately, he woke up from surgery with…

Our client felt a lump in her breast and reported it to her doctor. She was referred for a mammogram and sonogram which were correctly interpreted as negative. However, the doctor did not follow up with her to investigate the lump.  When it began to grow six months later, she returned for a mammogram which…