Infant v. Hospital - Failure to Diagnose/Treat Fetal Distress
N/AOUTCOME: $1.85 Million for Plainitff
Case involving birth injuries from failure to diagnose and treat fetal distress for inadequate oxygen
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Joseph M. Lichtenstein's Legal Cases (23)
Mineola, NY
Medical malpractice Lawyer at Mineola, NY
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death ... +2 more
Patient v. Doctor - Failure to Diagnose Heart Attack
N/AOUTCOME: $2.56 Million for Plaintiff
Medical malpractice case involving failure to timely diagnose and treat a heart attack. This case was fought on the issue of whether the decedent was already having the heart attack when he went to the ... doctor's office and reported "flu-like" symptoms. We were able to prove through independent review of the autopsy materials that the heart attack had started by the time he went to the doctor's office based upon the changes that had occurred to the heart prior to his death.
Plaintiff v. Hospital
N/AOUTCOME: $4.25 Million for Plaintiff
Represented woman against hospital for failing to treat preeclampsia (or pregnancy induced hypertension) during labor. Mother suffered a serious stroke and terrible brain damage.
Patient v. Physician
N/AOUTCOME: $2.7 Million for Patient
A medical malpractice case involving botched neurosurgery resulting in paralysis. This case was against a world famous doctor who was doing surgery to remove a tumor in our client's spinal cord. The ca ... se resolved when we were able to prove through our own independent pathological evaluation of the specimens removed during the surgery that they had actually accidentally removed part of the spinal cord itself!
Brain Damaged Infant v. Hospital
N/AOUTCOME: $2.75 Million for Infant
Medical malpractice case involving a failure to properly manage labor resulting in brain damage. The mother came into the hospital in labor in the early morning hours, and despite clear indications tha ... t the baby was not getting enough oxygen, no one paid any attention until 5 hours later when the new shift came on. Despite an emergency caesarian section at that time, the child was brain damaged from lack of oxygen.
Pedestrian v. State of New York
N/AOUTCOME: $4 Million Dollars for Plaintiff
Case against the State of New York for failing to make a roadway safe for a bike-a-thon.
Plaintiff v. NYC Sanitation Department
N/AOUTCOME: $5 Million Dollars for the Plaintiff
Case against NYC Sanitation Department for running over a woman who was crossing the street - which resulted in the woman's leg being amputated.
Infant v. Hospital
N/AOUTCOME: $1.11 Million Dollar Settlement for the Child
Child suffered brachial plexus injury at birth, causing Erb's Palsy, due to physician using excessive force during birth.
Child v. Physician
N/AOUTCOME: $4 Million for Child
Medical malpractice case involving pediatric open-heart surgery where defendant failed to realized the breathing tube was clogged after surgery, and the child went into cardiac arrest and suffered brai ... n damage
Plaintiff v. Neurosurgeon
N/AOUTCOME: $2.7 Million for Plaintiff
Case against world-famous neurosurgeon for causing paralysis while he removed a tumor from a cervical spine.