In December 2009, we wrote, here, about Diarassouba v. Urban, a fascinating and long-winding medical malpractice case of a 32 year old math professor at Manhattan Community College who ended up with nerve damage and RSD (a chronic, painful neurologic condition often presenting as a burning sensation) affecting his right leg after unrelated extensive surgery in… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Nerve Damage
Dental Malpractice Pain and Suffering Verdict for $450,000 Upheld on Appeal
Posted in Medical MalpracticeOn August 9, 2006, an electrical fire broke out destroying oral surgeon Gideon Kay’s offices in a house on Utopia Parkway in Flushing, Queens. Here is the actual home of the dental practice as it appeared shortly after the fire: Within days, Dr. Kay sent letters to his patients advising them of the fire and… Continue Reading
$562,000 Appeals Court Award for Pain and Suffering from Thoracic Nerve Injury Causing Scapular Winging and Disabled Arm
Posted in Arm Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Shoulder InjuriesHe was a tough 47 year old steel cutter employed for many years at the Goodyear-Dunlop plant in Tonawanda, New York (the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area) when in 2004 he noticed his right arm was swelling. After visits to a local ER and his primary care doctor, Richard Winiarski ended up seeing a vascular surgeon… Continue Reading
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Saga in NY: After 13 Years, Doctors Lose Two Trials, Fail to Enforce a Favorable Settlement Agreement and Must Pay $1,405,000
Posted in Knee Injuries, Medical MalpracticeIt’s not an uncommon situation in the ever-uncertain world of jury deliberations in personal injury and medical malpractice cases in New York and nationwide. After years of litigation, months of trial preparation and weeks of trial testimony, the jury is deliberating and each side again assesses its strengths and weaknesses. A settlement is finally discussed and appears… Continue Reading
Jury Awards $7,000,000 in Cervical Fusion Case – Judge Denies Defendants’ Post-Trial Motion to Set Aside $5,000,000 Portion of the Verdict for Pain and Suffering
Posted in Neck InjuriesOn December 26, 2003, a 37 year old nurse was involved in a car accident at an intersection in the Bronx when a Salvation Army van slammed into her car causing a herniated disc in her neck andnerve damage to her right arm. It wasn’t this van but probably one similar: The van driver, Anita Peterson, claimed she had… Continue Reading
Pain in the Back – $810,000 Verdict Upheld Despite Lack of Surgery
Posted in Back InjuriesOn April 13, 2003, Sergeant Michael Lauro of the New York City Police Department was performing a station-house security check at his precinct when he slipped and fell in a puddle of water. After minor treatment, he was diagnosed with a rib fracture (which healed) and back pain. Unfortunately, the back pain never got better,… Continue Reading
Jury Finds Doctors Did Not Commit Malpractice But New York’s Highest Appeals Court Orders New Trial Because Trial Judge Did Not Poll the Jury
Posted in Surprising Damage VerdictsNine years after the fact and 2 1/2 years after the jury verdict, all of the parties in a medical malpractice case have been ordered back to court for a retrial because of the trial judge’s error in refusing to ask the jurors individually whether in fact their unanimous, individually signed written jury verdict exonerating… Continue Reading