NOTEWORTHY CASES
OF BARTON BARTON & PLOTKIN
- $26.2 Million Dollar verdict in an automobile
accident for
the death of a husband and father of three children and serious injuries
suffered by his wife.
- $19.6 Million Dollars verdict in a medical
malpractice action
where a surgeon failed to properly monitor a female patient following
gynecological surgery, resulting in brain
damage and visual impairment.
- $11 Million Dollar settlement against a New York City hospital
and obstetrician for failing to properly manage the pre-natal, birth
and neonatal period resulting in brain
damage and cerebral
palsy; the
infant involved in this case developed hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
immediately following his birth which was not timely diagnosed nor
treated causing bleeding in his brain with seizures, brain
damage and
cerebral palsy.
- $6.6 Million Dollar verdict in the Court of Claims for a student
at Brooklyn College who sustained 2nd and 3rd degree thermal burns
over 22% of his body when the clothing he was wearing caught fire while
he was using a welding torch during a independent study class.
- $4.4 million Dollar settlement for a 32 year old male whose
leg was amputated below the knee after being run over by a forklift.
- $3.6 Million Dollar verdict in Supreme Court, New York County
for a 27 year old male worker who was injured while working on a defective
elevator, resulting in a crush injury to his heel.
- $3.125 Million Dollar settlement against a New York City hospital
for failing to properly monitor a 5 month old baby who was being treated
for burns sustained from excessively hot water in his apartment; due
to the failure
to monitor his condition, the baby became dehydrated
and suffered multiple organ failure; he now has a very limited life
expectancy.
- $2.5 Million Dollar settlement in a medical
malpractice action
for a 25 year old male whose leg was amputated above the knee when
his doctor failed to timely diagnose post-operative complications after
undergoing calf implant surgery
- $2.5 Million Dollar settlement reached during the trial of
a medical malpractice case in Supreme Court, Rockland County for a
male who suffered a fracture of his cribriform plate,
a bone located in the head just below the brain, due to an improperly
performed deviated nasal septum surgery.
- $2.2 Million Dollar settlement in a medical
malpractice case for a child who suffered brain
damage due to the hospital's
failure to timely diagnose and treat the infant's medical
condition.
- $2.0 Million Dollar settlement for a medical technician who
was accidentally stuck by an improperly disposed of needle that had
previously been used on an HIV positive patient; although this medical
technician never developed the HIV virus, he suffered an allergic reaction
called Stevens Johnson Syndrome to the medication he was required to
take to prevent the development of the HIV/AIDS virus ultimately causing
him to become legally blind.
- $2.0 Million Dollar verdict in Supreme Court, Kings County
for a 28 year old female who was injured as a front seat passenger
in a motor vehicle
accident resulting in brain
damage and multiple
facial lacerations.
- $1.975 Million Dollar settlement for two children who sustained
lead poisoning in a City apartment.
- $1.9 Million Dollar settlement for the wrongful
death of a
9 year old girl who received a blood transfusion in 1984 which was
contaminated with the HIV virus-before blood testing for the
HIV virus became available.
- $1.85 Million Dollar settlement in a medical
malpractice case
for the failure to timely diagnose
breast cancer.
- $1.6 Million Dollar settlement for an asbestos removal worker
who fell from a scaffolding during an abatement project resulting in
cognitive deficits.
- $1.5 Million Dollar settlement in a medical
malpractice case
for the failure
to diagnose lung cancer in a 68 year old female.
- $1.5 Million Dollar settlement in a medical
malpractice case
for the delay in diagnosing
ovarian cancer in a 55 year old female.
- $1.5 Million Dollar settlement for a 30 year old female who
was pinned in a parking garage by a car driven by a parking attendant,
resulting in multiple fractures and a pulmonary embolism.
- $1.25 Million Dollar settlement for the wrongful
death of
a 57 year old unmarried woman with no children arising out of medical
malpractice.
- $1.25 Million Dollar settlement for a hospital technician
who was exposed to lead resulting in lead
poisoning.
- $1.2 Million Dollar verdict in Supreme Court, Bronx County
in a medical malpractice case for an infant who suffered burns due
to an infiltration of an intravenous needle.
- $1.2 Million Dollar verdict in an automobile
accident for
a pedestrian crossing a major roadway and was struck
by a motor vehicle.
- $1.08 Million Dollar verdict in Supreme Court, Bronx County
for an infant who suffered burns due to an infiltration of an intravenous
needle.
- $1.05 Million Dollar verdict in Supreme Court, New York County
for a warehouse manager who fell from a defective roof while removing
snow and ice causing multiple fractures.
- $1 Million Dollar settlement for a child who sustained lead
poisoning in a City apartment.
- $800,000 Dollar verdict in the Court of Claims for the failure
to provide an inmate with proper medical care.
- $800,000 Dollar settlement for a construction
worker who was
injured when an oxy-acetylene tank fell on his back.