
Wrongful Death of Edward Beloyianis and the $10,900,000 Settlement
A Bronx man was left paralyzed following spinal surgery at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia University Irving Medical Center) in 2002. Fourteen-year-old Edward Beloyianis visited the hospital for an operation to treat his scoliosis, a medical condition whereby the spine takes the shape of an S-like curve. The surgery left Beloyianis paralyzed for life. He died eight years after the surgery, according to the NY Times. His parents filed a medical malpractice lawsuit and the jury awarded $10,900,000 as compensation for their sonβs death.
According to the medical malpractice attorney representing the Beloyianisβ family, the spinal surgery at the Manhattan hospital had left the victim







