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$45.6 Million to Bronx Parents for Surgery Causing Son’s Death

Michael Beloyianis and Virginia Beaton lost their 22-year old son, Edward Beloyianis, in 2010, years after he had a spinal surgery to fix an abnormality. The botched surgery left him impaired, eventually causing his death. Edward’s parents sued the New York Presbyterian Children’s Hospital and one of its surgeons over preventable problems that may have saved their son from paralysis and subsequent death eight years later. The jury ordered the defendants to pay $45.6 million to the victim’s parents for the suffering and pain caused by medical negligence. 

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Lawsuit Against Hospital That Told Wrong Patients They Had HIV

Lili Hutchison, a long-time worker at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, claimed that she had been discriminated against and treated poorly at her workplace after she blew the whistle on life-threatening botched up reports by the hospital’s pathology lab. Hutchison alleged that the lab told the wrong patients that they had HIV even though they didn’t – and told them they didn’t have Hepatitis C when they did. 

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Brooklyn Woman Wins $15 Million Lawsuit After Going Blind

Brooklyn resident Amanda Velasquez, now 27 and a married mother of two, went blind after doctors at Woodhull Medical Center misdiagnosed her glaucoma. She filed a medical malpractice lawsuit at Brooklyn Supreme Court. The jury awarded her $15 million for all that she had suffered.

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Reckless MTA Buses Cause Serious Accidents in NYC

Attorney Minc Recovers Millions of Dollars in Damages for Clients

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) runs thousands of buses daily in and around New York City. Unfortunately, the incidence of reckless driving by MTA drivers, fatigue, inadequate training, and laxity in MTA’s supervision contribute to serious bus accidents in the city, injuring or killing New Yorkers every day.

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Best Driving Practices to Respect Motorcyclists on NYC Roads

Motorcycles are quite common on the roads of New York with people using them either to meet their transportation needs or for recreational purposes. Due to the nature of their vehicle, motorcyclists do not have the same level of protection as those persons who drive cars and therefore, motorcycle accidents often cause serious injuries to those riding the motorcycle. It is estimated that out of around 16,000 motor vehicle accidents that occur every year in NYC, at least 10 percent involve motorcycle riders.

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Black Woman’s Death During Childbirth Brings Up Medical Racism

The death of Sha-asia Washington on July 3 at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn has brought the rising medical racism in New York in the spotlight. Washington, 26, died of medical malpractice after giving birth to her daughter Khloe, becoming one of the many black women who have died of complications during delivery. Washinton’s death has given rise to an urgency to tackle the prevalent racial prejudices in NYC hospitals. 

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How Medical Malpractice Put Singer’s Career in Jeopardy

Medical malpractice is not a rare occurrence, especially in the state of New York, which has the highest medical malpractice lawsuit per capita in the country. Singer Marty Balin from Jefferson Airplane fell prey to one such malpractice in NYC in 2016. Balin, famous for being the co-founder lead singer of the band Jefferson Airplane, had a horrific experience at a Manhattan Hospital when the doctors’ negligence resulted in the loss of half his tongue, an amputated thumb, and a paralyzed vocal cord.

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Woman Awarded $56 Million After Spinal Surgery Left Her Quadriplegic

The New York City Supreme Court awarded Pomona resident Patricia Jones and her husband $55.9 million in damages after spinal surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern allegedly left Jones a quadriplegic. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that surgeons George Alexander Jones and Daniel Spitzer committed medical malpractice that resulted in Jones’ botched spinal surgery. The plaintiffs held the surgeons responsible for a series of medical failures that caused Jones a lifetime of despair and handicap. 

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Doctors’ Negligence Leaves Newborn Baby Motherless

While they might be some of the smartest people globally, doctors are still only human, and humans are bound to make mistakes. But, these errors can sometimes be fatal and account for medical malpractice. Such was the case for 28-year-old Athena Natal. During childbirth in 2013, a large part of her placenta was left behind in the uterus, leading to her painful death a few days after bringing a beautiful baby girl into the world.

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