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A bad outcome is not automatically malpractice — medicine has risks even when everyone does everything right. Malpractice is when care falls below the accepted standard and that failure causes harm: the scan nobody read, the symptom charted and ignored, the wrong-site surgery. Our malpractice practice is led by a former ICU nurse, which means your chart is read by someone who has written thousands of them.
Generally 2 years and 6 months in New York — shorter than other injury claims. Discovery-based extensions exist for missed cancer diagnoses (Lavern's Law) and foreign objects, but never assume you have time.
How we build the case
The standard of care — what a reasonably careful provider would have done, established through the chart and independent experts
The departure — where the care fell short: misread results, ignored symptoms, medication and surgical errors
Causation — that the departure, not the underlying condition, caused the harm
Compensation
Corrective treatment and future medical care
Lost income and earning capacity
Pain, suffering, and loss of quality of life
Lifetime-care costs in birth-injury and catastrophic cases
Wondering about numbers? Our settlement calculator shows how claims are valued — honestly, with the math visible.
Who leads these cases
Nine years as an ICU nurse before law school · $2.1M surgical-error settlement (2025) · Reads the medical chart herself — before any expert does
Results in these cases
$2,100,000
Surgical error Settled 2025
A retained sponge caused months of infection and two corrective surgeries for a 58-year-old bookkeeper. The count sheet said 'correct' — the imaging said otherwise.
Structured settlement funding lifetime follow-up care.
$1,600,000
Delayed diagnosis Settled 2024
A radiologist flagged a suspicious nodule; the report was filed without follow-up for nineteen months. Our nurse-attorney team traced every unread notification in the chart.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome; amounts are gross, before fees, expenses and liens. Fictional demo examples.
Common questions
You usually can't know from the outside — and you shouldn't have to guess. Send us the story; our nurse-attorney-led team screens medical records at no cost. If the care was reasonable, we'll tell you honestly. If it wasn't, you'll know what your options are.
A claim is made against the provider's malpractice insurance — coverage physicians and hospitals carry precisely for this. Most cases resolve by settlement without a trial. Choosing to pursue a claim is about your future care needs, not personal animus.
Because the proof is heavier: expert review is required by New York law before filing, records run to thousands of pages, and hospitals defend aggressively. It's also why the deadline being shorter — 2.5 years — is such a trap. The best time to call is when you first start wondering.
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