How a Bronx Woman Won $172 Million Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
On May 28, 2014, a Bronx woman won $172 million in damages for the brain injury she experienced as a result of medical malpractice. The jury announced the verdict after a three-week-long trial over a lawsuit that alleged that the victim had not been given timely and adequate medical treatment for a seizure that resulted in severe brain injuries. The plaintiff, Tiffany Applewhite, had been a straight-A student before the incident and had been preparing to apply to Manhattan’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School.
Schizophrenic Bronx Man Sues Jacobi Medical Center for Malpractice
Bronx man Randy Nero, 40, who had an obsessive and uncontrollable habit of swallowing toothbrushes, choked on a toothbrush contained in a personal hygiene kit that a hospital nurse gave him. Nero decided to sue Jacobi Medical Center in 2018 for what he claimed is ‘medical malpractice,’ saying the nurse should have known about his decades-long history of being a compulsive toothbrush eater. He has filed a lawsuit against the hospital in the Bronx Supreme Court.
Broken Jaw and $14k Bill After a Routine Biopsy
Lorraine Evans, now 85, woke up in the hospital after a routine biopsy procedure to find that her jaw had been broken during the procedure, and she had been handed a $14,000 medical bill. Unaware of the extent of the damage initially, she went to see another doctor for the pain and discovered how badly she had been dealt with at her previous hospital. She filed a medical malpractice lawsuit at Bronx Supreme Court in 2015 against the hospital responsible for the incident.
PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT ATTORNEY
Although pedestrian fatalities are on the rise nationwide, New York City is currently an exception to the national trend. As reported in a New York Times article, pedestrian fatalities hit an all-time low in 2017 with 101 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes – the lowest number since the city began recording pedestrian fatalities in 1910. […]
