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Recent Cases and Results
 
Sanocki Newman & Turret, LLP, Lawyers in New York


$6,800,000.00 - Failure to timely resuscitate newborn resulting in fetal compromise and brain injury.

$6,150,000.00 - Automobile accident - Pedestrian struck by vehicle resulting in crushed leg injuries.

$5,850,000.00 - Failure to adequately monitor a patient while receiving anesthesia resulting in severe brain damage.

$5,200,000.00 - Automobile accident - Wrongful Death - Pain and Suffering - two passengers.

$5,000,000.00 - Failure to timely perform a cesarean section as necessitated by preeclampsia resulting in intracranial bleed and death.

$4,800,000.00 - Failure to diagnose impending stroke resulting in quadraparesis.

$4,542,857.00 - Failure to timely diagnose and correct spinal cord ischemia post-operatively resulting in paraplegia.

$3,550,000.00 - Negligently performed right frontal craniotomy for excision of a meningioma resulting in partial blindness (Verdict).

$3,264,000.00 - Contraindicated renal bypass procedure resulting in clotting, circulatory compromise and loss of limb (Verdict).

$3,000,000.00 - Failure to diagnose cancer (Hodgkin's Lymphoma) - Wrongful Death (Settled during trial).

$3,000,000.00 - Defective Product - Truck exploded causing injuries and death to driver (Settled prior to trial).

$3,000,000.00 - Failure to perform cesarean section resulting in fetal compromise and brain injury.

$2,900,000.00 - Incorrectly diagnosing eye cancer resulting in unnecessary removal of an eye.

$2,350,000.00 - Failure to adequately treat pneumonia resulting in wrongful death.

$2,250,000.00 - Failure to diagnose impending stroke resulting in right sided paralysis and requirement of a ventilator.

$2,200,000.00 - Failure to diagnose meningitis resulting in paresis (Settled prior to trial).

$2,000,000.00 - Failure to diagnose and treat post-operative infection (Verdict).

$2,000,000.00 - Failure to diagnose infection in newborn causing dehydration, stroke, and brain damage.

$2,000,000.00 - Failure to diagnose lung cancer (Settled prior to trial).

$1,977,000.00 - Failure to diagnose and treat infection in mother during prenatal period and delivery resulting in infection in infant and short bowel syndrome requiring removal of a portion of the infant's colon, a feeding tube, and liver transplant.

$1,975,000.00 - Failure to timely diagnose endometrial cancer resulting in metastasis and wrongful death.

$1,950,000.00 - Failure to perform cesarean section; delay in delivery of newborn resulting in fetal compromise and brain injury (Settled prior to trial).

$1,900,000.00 - Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.

$1,700,000.00 - Negligently performed termination of pregnancy procedure; negligently monitored anesthesia resulting in cardio-respiratory arrest and death (Settled prior to trial).

$1,650,000.00 - Negligently performed termination of pregnancy procedure; failure to advise plaintiff that she was still pregnant resulting in birth of infant in respiratory distress and consequential brain injury (Settled prior to trial).

$1,600,000.00 - Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer resulting in wrongful death (Settled prior to trial).

$1,500,000.00 - Negligently performed sigmoidoscopy causing 79 year old man to suffer perforation of intestine, infection, shock and respiratory distress (Settled prior to trial).

$1,450,000.00 - Failure to diagnose and properly treat an impending stroke (Settled prior to trial).

$1,200,000.00 - Negligently performed colostomy reversal resulting in permanent ileostomy.

$1,196,555.70 - Jury Verdict - Failure to diagnose coronary artery disease resulting in a police officer forfeiting retirement benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law §207 (k) [The Heart Bill].

$1,000,000.00 - Failure to monitor antibiotic medication (Gentamicin) resulting in toxicity and loss of balance (Settled prior to trial).

$975,000.00 - Failure to properly safeguard hotel window resulting in the fatal fall of an intoxicated hotel guest.

$900,000.00 - Improper delivery resulting in Erb's Palsy (Nerve injury affecting upper extremity in infant (Settled prior to trial).

$900,000.00 - Failure to timely diagnose and treat infection leading to septic arthritis of the hip (Verdict).

$895,000.00 - Negligently performed laparoscopic hernia repair resulting in bowel perforation and death.

$600,000.00 - Laparotomy pad left in a patient's abdomen during the performance of a cesarean section resulting in an unnecessary additional surgery.

 

SOME OF OUR PAST RESULTS INCLUDE:

$9,000,000.00 -
Failure to properly treat neurological symptoms causing stroke resulting in quadriplegia (Verdict).

$2,700,000.00 - Products liability – Negligently designed lawnmower crushes grounds-keepers right hand (Verdict).

$2,000,000.00 - Failure to properly monitor and treat a spinal condition following surgery.

$1,000,000.00 - Failure to diagnose and treat post-operative infection necessitating additional surgeries.

$600,000.00 - Failure to diagnose and treat meningitis in 11-year-old resulting in partial loss of vision (Verdict).
 
RECENT APPELLATE RESULTS

Twersky v. Busche, 37 A.D.3d 704 (2nd Dep't 2007), where decedent remained conscious for only 2 ½ hours after being struck by a van, the Appellate Court found that jury award of $1,000,000.00 for conscious pain and suffering was not excessive.

Golding v. Gottesman, 41 A.D.3d 430 (2nd Dep't 2007), where Appellate Court upheld Trial Judge's determination that evidence presented by plaintiff at non-jury trial established he had made a series of loans rather than gifts to the defendant.  Judgment entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $194,065.47 was affirmed.

Perlin v. King, 36 A.D.3d 495 (1st Dep't 2007). On plaintiff's post verdict motion, plaintiff successfully persuaded Trial Court to increase the jury's award of $5,000 for past pain and suffering damages to $25,000.00 and of $27,500.00 for future pain and suffering damages to $175,000.00.  On defendant's appeal, Appellate Court upheld jury verdict on  liability since plaintiff's counsel presented expert testimony that the defendant dentist failed to diagnose plaintiff's congenital tooth and jawbone disorders and that child's pain and suffering could have been alleviated had proper dental treatment been instituted. Trial Judge's decision to increase damages found to be proper, but amount of increase of future damages should be $127,500.00 rather than $175,000.00.
 
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