On January 4. 2008, Antonio Molina III was admitted to Westchester Medical Center after being diagnosed with pleural fluid in his lungs. Two days later, Mr. Molina, then 35 years old, suffered a heart attack while in the hospital’s care.
Tests later that day found that a heart vessel was completely obstructed. The
On September 8, 2015, Alan Rosenthal sought medical treatment from Danny Sperling, M.D., an interventional radiologist specializing in the treatment of prostates. Mr. Rosenthal, then 60 years old, had a history of an enlarged prostate, he’d been recently diagnosed with two tumors in his prostate and he was concerned he might have prostate cancer.
Dr.
On September 28, 2010, Bei Yang’s obstetricians delivered her child at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. An episiotomy was performed during the vaginal delivery that allegedly caused a fourth-degree laceration that was improperly repaired resulting in a rectovaginal fistula.
Ms. Yang retained The Pagan Law Firm to pursue medical malpractice claims against her doctors. They sued
On November 22, 2013, Dorian Wilson went to the emergency department at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn complaining of stomach and flank pain. She reported that she’d taken a home pregnancy test the day before, which was positive. After various tests at the hospital, Ms. Wilson, then 25 years old, was diagnosed with an
On April 1, 2016, Jamie Hawkins went to her dermatologist at New York Dermatology & Mohs Surgery Group in Commack to check out a skin lesion on her head. She was seen by a physician’s assistant who found nothing suspicious and advised her it was nothing to be concerned about.
On May 19, 2017
In August of 2014, while traveling in France, Lourdes Ameziani thought she was pregnant. She bought a home pregnancy test and the result was positive. She called her obstetrician in New York who told her to come to the office for a more definitive blood test. She flew home but woke up on the next
On September 2, 2012, Joseph Stewart was admitted to New York Hospital Queens complaining of persistent headaches. Blood tests revealed abnormally high leukocytes indicating an infection. Ten days later he was transferred to a rehabilitation facility but had to be returned to the hospital after his leukocyte level kept climbing and he was exhibiting
On December 8, 2001, Miguel Nesbitt was sent to a jail on Rikers Island in New York City to await trial on several felony charges. Earlier that year, while in Florida prison on federal marijuana charges, he tested positive for tuberculosis and was promptly placed on an antibiotic known as Isoniazid (“INH”).
Mr. Nesbitt’s INH
On August 10, 2012, Audrey Appleyard underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in her knee. The surgery was performed properly and uneventfully and Ms. Appleyard, then 59 years old, was discharged home that evening. A week later, though, she presented to the emergency rom at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie complaining of
In March 2009, Rakefet Grullon was admitted to a hospital in Manhasset following the sudden onset of symptoms, including shortness of breath, fatigue and swelling of the neck. A CT scan revealed a very large mass, and a biopsy of the mass confirmed the diagnosis of lymphoma.
Ms. Grullon, then 33 years old, was treated