$3 Million Partial Settlement Delay in Diagnosing Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus
Hospital MalpracticeJohn H. Fisher, P.C. recovered $3,000,000 as a partial settlement against the State of New York for the failure of its neurological surgeon to timely diagnose and treat acute obstructive hydrocephalus at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. The plaintiff, a...
Read More$1.5 M Recovered for Delay in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pituitary Apoplexy
Failure to Diagnose$1.5 M recovered for a 71-year old male for a loss of vision based upon the delay in the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary apoplexy in Albany County, New York. Pituitary apoplexy is the sudden loss of vision caused by...
Read More$1 Million for Surgical Error Resulting in Death
SurgeryThe estate of a 44-year old female recovered $1 million based upon surgical negligence during the removal of the patient’s right kidney. The patient underwent a nephrectomy (surgical removal of the kidney) due to the presence of a malignant tumor...
Read More$1.5 Million for Delay in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Delay in Cancer Diagnosis$1.5 million recovery for a 57-year old female based upon an 11-month delay in the diagnosis of breast cancer in Kingston, New York. The claim against a radiologist was based upon the failure to correctly interpret a mammogram during a...
Read More$750k for Failing to Diagnose Lymphoma
Delay in Cancer Diagnosis, Failure to DiagnoseAs part of a standard pre-operative medical clearance, the patient’s orthopedic surgeon ordered a chest x-ray prior to an elective operation on the patient’s elbow in Ulster County, New York. The chest x-ray revealed a mass in the patient’s right...
Read More$1.69 Million Recovery for Delay in Treating Recurrent Breast Cancer
Delay in Cancer Diagnosis32-year old patient underwent a bilateral mastectomy for right breast cancer in Albany, New York. One month after the operation, a whole body PET/CT scan was performed to check for signs of recurrent breast cancer. The PET/CT scan showed abnormal...
Read More$2 Million Recovery for a Delay in Treatment of Acute Hydrocephalus
Delayed Diagnosis4 hours after an operation to remove a tumor from her brain in central New York, the 17-year old female patient complained of a severe headache, lethargy and confusion and began violently thrashing around in bed during while she was...
Read More$1.5 Million Recovery for Wrongful Death Due to Aortic Dissection Misdiagnosis
Heart Attack, Hospital Malpractice, Wrongful DeathFrom John’s Casebook: Aortic Dissection Misdiagnosis On January 11, 2018, John H. Fisher, P.C. recovered $1,500,000 in a partial settlement of a wrongful death action arising from the death of a 38-year old male from an aortic dissection. An aortic...
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