Medical Malpractice Cases in New York

If you think that you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice, we can help.  What went wrong? Was it medical malpractice?We can help you get answers. We can help you get justice and compensation for a wrong.

We understand the complexity of medical malpractice cases and how hard they can be on victims and victim’s families. We understand how sensitive a medical malpractice case can be and how devastating the results. Call us and we will do our best to help you.

Winning Medical Malpractice Cases Takes Experience and Commitment

Medical malpractice cases require special sensitivity to client needs and specific experience and expertise in the courtroom. Winning medical malpractice cases depend on the analysis of the medical records and the testimony of medical experts. We have two attorneys – Carol L. Schlitt and Martin Letowsky – working as a team on all our medical malpractice cases.

Carol and Martin work closely with our nurse reviewer to assemble and analyze the medical records and to bring in the best medical experts for your particular case.

We have won cases because we identified false entries in the medical record. We have won cases because we found small notes and indicators in the record that revealed malpractice. We understand that many medical malpractice cases are won or lost during depositions and we devote great focus and effort in making the most of those depositions. In the courtroom, we can make the most complex medical cases understandable to the jury.

We have cross-examined doctors in such a way that they reveal their own malpractice. We have won cases that other firms have rejected. And we have won cases when other firms turned to us for help.

If you have questions about potential medical malpractice in New York, we would like to help you. You can call us for a free consultation.

Please call us at 1-800-660-1466 or email MedicalMalpractice@SchlittLaw.com.

What is Medical Malpractice?

Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor or health care professional fails to provide a standard of care to a patient. Medical malpractice can take many forms:

Medical malpractice may occur due to a failure to diagnosis a patient’s condition. We have won cases where doctors failed to run basic test or misread test results, which delayed a diagnosis or treatment. A delay in diagnosing cancer or a cardiac condition can have devastating results. In one case, a failure to diagnose cancer in a salivary gland allowed the cancer to spread to a patient’s brain. In another, failure to diagnose a heart condition led to a patient’s death.

Medical malpractice may occur during an operation when a doctor makes an unacceptable error. A doctor may operate on the wrong body part or perform the procedure incorrectly.

In one case, a surgeon injured a nerve during a simple operation. In another, a doctor failed to sew a woman’s uterus after a cesarean section and the woman bled to death.

Medical malpractice may occur due to errors in a hospital or nursing home. For example, we won a case when a nursing home failed to insert a tracheotomy tube correctly and that led to a patient’s death. In another case, a patient received the wrong IV and that killed him.

Medical malpractice may occur due to a failure to monitor a patient in a hospital or a nursing home. Many cases with bed sores result from a failure to monitor and treat the bed sores.

In one case, a woman’s head got stuck in a hospital bed and she choked to death because the staff never checked on her condition. In another case, a nursing home staff ignored a patient’s call for help and she wound up falling and fracturing her hip.

Medical malpractice can happen after an operation due to a post-operative infection or medical error. In one case, a man underwent successful open heart surgery, but died when staff improperly removed his pacing wires. In another case, a man underwent a Whipple procedure but died of a post-operative infection.

Medical malpractice can happen due to a wrong prescription. We won a case where a doctor mis-prescribed a diet drug and then failed to monitor the patient’s health.

Medical malpractice can happen at birth and leave a patient with devastating results. As parents, mistreatment of children holds a special meaning for us. In one case, doctors ignored fetal distress for 70 minutes leading to brain damage and a $23 million structured settlement.

In another case, the failure to prescribe a standard treatment left an infant with neurological injury.

Medical malpractice can have a devastating impact on a person and a family. Not every bad outcome is a result of medical malpractice and in some cases it can be hard to tell if medical malpractice occurred. We want to help you. We can put your mind at ease. We can answer your questions. If we identify a case of medical malpractice, we will work to hold the person responsible accountable for their actions.

If you have questions about potential medical malpractice in New York, we would like to help you. You can call us for a free consultation.

Please call us at 1-800-660-1466 or email MedicalMalpractice@SchlittLaw.com.