New York City Medical Malpractice Attorney
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If you believe that you or a loved one was injured by medical malpractice, the idea of filing a medical malpractice lawsuit can be overwhelming. Yet medical malpractice law is, in its essence, rather simple. If a doctor, hospital or other health care provider or facility fails to provide competent care, and injury results from this failure, they are liable for damages.
Medical malpractice usually results from the following types of negligence:
- Surgical errors
- Doctor misdiagnosis
- Improper or substandard medical care or treatment
- Failure to provide treatment
- A delay in providing treatment
- Failure to follow up properly
- Errors in prescribing medications
At the personal injury firm of Smiley & Smiley, LLP, we have handled over 1000 medical malpractice cases and are fully skilled and knowledgeable regarding the handling of these claims. We draw on decades of courtroom litigation skills and work with an established network of medical experts to analyze, and then prove liability and damages.
Recent Cases Illustrate Our Effectiveness in Handling Medical Malpractice Cases:
- Our client visited a doctor and received a "simple" in-office surgery which was performed incorrectly, resulting in a severing of our client's ulnar nerve and the loss of sensation and function of an arm. Just prior to jury selection the defendant agreed to settle the case for $1.2 million.
- Our client suffered permanent brain damage after doctors failed to diagnose and treat a brain aneurysm. We obtained an out-of-court settlement of $2.25 million.
- Our client's family member was just 39 years old when doctors failed to diagnose the family member's condition of sarcoidosis, which is a condition that affects the lungs. The doctors failed to follow procedure and perform a routine x-ray, leading to the preventable death of the patient. We obtained a $1.5 million award for our client.
Other recent cases include a $1.56 million settlement for the failure to diagnose a blood clot
and a $2.25 million award following a birth injury that caused an infant's blindness.
Contact Us
For more information regarding our firm and your rights following medical malpractice accidents, contact our firm for a no-charge consultation. The lawyers of Smiley & Smiley, LLP are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our office is conveniently located in Midtown Manhattan across from Grand Central Station at 1 Grand Central Place. Spanish interpretation services are available, and our staff includes speakers of Greek and Haitian Creole. To contact a New York City medical malpractice attorney, call 212-986-2022 or Toll Free 866-SMILEYLAW.
