New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

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…

Our client had a 7-month-old baby and was three months pregnant with her second child when her husband died following complications of undiagnosed Dengue fever. The fever was the result of a mosquito bite in the Dominican Republic. Two days after returning from that country, our client’s husband, a 31-year-old diabetic, went to the emergency…

Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. recently obtained a  $4.55 million settlement for a delay in delivering an infant plaintiff and inadequate monitoring of fetal monitoring strips.  The mother of the plaintiff presented to the hospital with decreased fetal movement. She was observed and allowed to be removed from the monitor to walk…