Top Trial Attorney Eleni Coffinas Recovers $1,500,000 in Kings County Medical Malpractice Case
November 19, 2021 in Medical Malpractice
In a Kings County court on September 30th, 2021, firm Partner and top trial attorney Eleni Coffinas obtained a settlement amounting to $1,500,000 for a woman whose breast cancer metastasized after a six-month delay in her radiation treatment.
Surgical Injury Delays Plaintiff’s Radiation Therapy By Six Weeks, Cancer Recurs
The plaintiff was a 40-year-old single mother of three children under the age of 18. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she underwent a left breast mastectomy. During the procedure, she suffered an injury that resembled a burn; this complication delayed her radiation treatment for six weeks, as her doctors asserted that the injury needed to heal. The plaintiff later went on to experience a cancer recurrence—her cancer ultimately metastasized, resulting in a Stage 4 diagnosis.
Coffinas Successfully Recovers $1,500,000 Settlement
The plaintiff sought out legal representation through SPBMCC, and top medical malpractice attorney Eleni Coffinas took on the case. During the litigation, Coffinas argued that the six-week delay in starting treatment put her plaintiff at a higher risk of recurrence. The defendant argued that the plaintiff had triple-negative breast cancer, a very aggressive form of cancer that carries a serious prognosis, and asserted that no malpractice was committed during the surgery as the injury was a risk of the procedure.
Ultimately, during the defendant’s Examination Before Trial, both sides agreed to settle the case for $1,500,000, which would go towards the plaintiff’s pain and suffering.
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