Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Attorneys,

Long Island New York. Specializing in catastrophic injury and complex medical malpractice including but not limited to brain injuries, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, cerebral palsy, stroke and birth injuries.

 

As one of the preeminent trial firms in the nation, Duffy & Duffy, Esqs. provides unparalleled legal counsel to the victims of medical malpractice and negligence-with unparalleled results.

Our firm provides the unflagging commitment and personal dedication that is needed to seek justice for each and every one of our clients that has suffered catastrophic injuries as a result of medical malpractice and negligence.

Offering seasoned trial partners with a total of over 50 years of experience in handling complex medical malpractice cases, Duffy& Duffy has a proven track record in recovering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of our clients.

Our firm has a reputation for not only obtaining numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and negotiating hundreds of multi-million dollar settlements in cases involving medical malpractice and negligence, but for being recognized leaders in the field of medical malpractice law.

Many of our verdicts and settlements have made national headlines, being reported in such media as the CBS Evening News, Newsday, The New York Daily News, The New York Law Journal, The Nassau Lawyer, Obstetrics and Gynecological Malpractice Prevention and the Jury Verdict Reporter.

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______________________________________________________ LIZAMA V. BROOKHAVEN HOSPITAL, et al: Uniondale, NY - A radiologist who simply failed to communicate the results of crucial sonogram findings to a physician allowed this woman's doctor to perform a highly dangerous vaginal delivery that caused this infants spine to be transected. Tragically, this child is a spastic quadriplegic and severely brain damaged. We secured a settlement for this family of $11,825,000. More Information ______________________________________________________ $80-million jury verdict Uniondale, New York - Duffy, Duffy & Burdo, Esqs., a Uniondale, NY-based law firm concentrating in the rights of medical malpractice victims, won $80,000,000 in the case of an infant born with cerebral palsy due to the negligence of two obstetricians in 1990. The verdict, in Suffolk County Supreme Court in Riverhead, was handed down after 3 weeks of courtroom testimony and more than a day of deliberations. Click Here for News Clip ______________________________________________________ DUFFY, DUFFY & BURDO, ESQS. ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS -- Law Firm Recognizes Two Local Students who are Making a Difference-- click here for full story ______________________________________________________

Medical Malpractice Verdicts:

 During the past several months, Duffy, Duffy & Burdo continued our string of unparalleled successes.

Among the cases recently resolved, JAMES R. DUFFY reached a $6,250,000.00 settlement after picking a jury in the Supreme Court of Nassau County.

In a case involving a failure to prolong a pregnancy and prevent the effects of prematurity, as well as failing to minimize the dangers of being born premature, we were able to establish that the defendants caused the infant plaintiff to sustain a significant brain injury. Only as a result of the civil justice system has this young lady gained the ability to live independently despite the condition in which her doctors negligence and indifference left her.

Perhaps better than most cases, this matter shows that while doctors complain about their tax deductible insurance costs, real people with real lives bear the costs of their malpractice. We cannot, and at Duffy, Duffy & Burdo we will not, allow the pocketbook of doctors to destroy the rights of people.

JAMES WILKENS also reached a $1,000,000.00 settlement in the Supreme Court of Nassau County in a case involving an automobile collision which resulted in a brain injury to a teacher and mother of three. Following a two week trial before Justice Roy Mahon, Mr. Wilkens was offered the full settlement value while the jury was deliberating. Once again, only through the civil justice system and the zealous representation of the region's top trial firm was the client able to secure a satisfactory resolution. It should be no surprise that the insurance company representing the defendant (and protecting their own interests) had little incentive to resolve this matter fairly until we became involved.

While doctors and insurance companies have joined together to limit your rights, Duffy, Duffy & Burdo fight everyday, in the courtroom and in the halls of government, to protect everyday people who never thought they would need an attorney or the civil justice system until it was too late. We will not let the courthouse doors be closed so a doctor can buy another car and neither should you.

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A Further Sampling of Recent Settlements & Verdicts

• Failure to heed the warning signs and anticipate the preterm labor with our client carrying twins, resulted in the rupture of her membranes at 30 weeks. Although our client complained of abdominal tightening to her OB/GYNs, which is a symptom of uterine contractions, her physicians did not perform treatment or monitor uterine activity to determine the frequency of tightening.  One of the twins is a spastic diplegic and confined to a wheelchair. She is unable to care for herself and requires permanent lifetime care.
  Our client was awarded $80,000,000.00 by a jury.
  
• Complaining of reduced fetal movements is an ominous sign. Even though our client notified her OB/GYNs, they failed to properly effectuate a delivery and the baby suffers from severe neurological defects. Our client was awarded $10,500,000.00 by a jury.
  
• If recognized and properly treated, Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA) can be easily treated. Our client's family had a history of MMA and although during pregnancy, an amniocentesis came back negative for the disease, the child's physician should have validated the prenatal test results after the child's birth. This never happened. Our client began to show signs of motor deficits at 6 months, and she was diagnosed with MMA after her blood, which was taken at her newborn screening was tested again. She is a spastic quadriplegic and unable to care for herself and will require permanent lifetime care. This case was settled for $6,600,000.00 prior to jury selection.
  
• Our client's mother was diagnosed with an incompetent cervix at 19 weeks gestation and a cerclage was performed. Instructed to remain on bed rest with home uterine activity monitoring and a Terbutaline pump, at 28 weeks gestation, the mother began to experience significant pelvic pressure and the home uterine activity monitoring showed contraction activity which was above the baseline that was set by her OBGYN. The mother was instructed to go to the hospital where she was evaluated and discharged around two hours later without receiving any treatment. Her OB/GYN did not go to the hospital to evaluate her. Later that day, the mother returned to the hospital, and despite the administration of Magnesium Sulfate to inhibit the contractions, her baby was born later that evening. Our client is a spastic diplegic and confined to a wheelchair. She will require permanent lifetime care. This case was settled for $6,250,000.00 just prior to opening statements.
  
• Late term pregnancies sometimes pose additional risks to the unborn child. Careful monitoring of the placenta after 30 weeks of pregnancy as well as inducing labor after 42 weeks of pregnancy, are both considered standard procedures. The physician in this case did neither, and our client gave birth to a baby boy that has cerebral palsy due to the breakdown of the placenta and his not getting enough oxygen to his brain. A $10.5 million verdict was awarded to the family.  
  
• Feeling a lump on head, our client went to his doctor who ordered a scan of the area; unfortunately, the MRI technicians took the scan on the wrong part of the skull. The lump has since been diagnosed as a cancerous tumor on his parotid (salivary) gland that has taken over his facial nerves, metastasized to his lungs and may yet reach his brain. Our firm secured a settlement of $2.9 million for the client.

   

   
  

• A young girl was the unfortunate victim of a botched heart surgery when her surgeons mixed up the blood vessels leading from her heart. This surgical error sent oxygenated blood back to her lungs and depleted blood to her brain, resulting in the patient suffering severe brain damage.  A $3.8 million settlement was awarded. 
  
• Mowing his lawn, a man was struck by a car that was involved in a collision on the street near where he was mowing. A $2.5 million settlement was reached.

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