Doctors, nurses, hospitals, health clinics and testing laboratories sometimes fail to provide proper medical care or make mistakes that injure or even kill a patient. If a member of the medical community is either negligent or careless, whether by accident or on purpose, they may be held liable for the damage they cause. If you or a loved one is facing injury, life threatening disease, or even death, you may have a medical malpractice claim.
Cabanillas & Associates partner is one of the largest medical malpractice law firms in New York. For over fifty years we have represented victims of malpractice and their families. We have a dedicated team of lawyers and staff that specialize in all types of medical mistakes. Unlike many other firms, we have the resources of a senior level Nursing Consultant on staff who will work with you to help with your case and to answer questions that you may have about your situation and treatment options.
We have over fifty years of world class experience in successfully handling cases involving birth injuries, surgical errors, failure to properly diagnose diseases including cancer, improper medication, and laboratory mistakes.
Medical malpractice cases are complex and require experienced lawyers. Call or
email us for a free consultation with our medical legal staff.
Areas we cover include:
• Brain Injuries
• Cerebral Palsy
• Doctor Mistakes
• Erb’s Palsy
• Failure to Diagnose Cancer
• Hospital Error
• Medication & Laboratory Mistakes
• Misdiagnose of Disease
• Nurse Error
• Surgical Errors
• Wrong Medication
If you feel you maybe the victim of any of the above, please call the offices of Cabanillas & Associates to schedule a free consultation with one of our specialized attorneys.
Medical Malpractice Success Stories
Through our partnership with one of New York’s leading Medical Malpractice law firms, we are proud to boast the following success stories:
• $19.6 Million verdict in a medical malpractice action in which a surgeon failed to properly monitor a female patient following gynecological surgery, resulting in brain damage and visual impairment.
• $11 Million settlement against a New York City hospital and obstetrician for failing to properly manage the pre-natal, birth and neonatal periods, resulting in brain damage and cerebral palsy; immediately following his birth, the infant involved in this case developed hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which was not timely diagnosed nor treated, causing bleeding in his brain with seizures, brain damage and cerebral palsy.
• $3.5 Million settlement with an anticipated total payment of more than $12 Million in a medical malpractice lawsuit for a brain damaged baby.
• $3.125 Million settlement against a New York City hospital for failing to properly monitor a five-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 settlement for the failure to diagnose breast cancer which metastasized and eventually led to a woman’s untimely and premature death.
• $2.5 Million settlement for a 25-year-old male whose leg was amputated above the knee when his doctor failed to timely diagnose post-operative complications after a calf implant surgery.
• $2.5 Million settlement reached during trial 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 settlement for a child who suffered brain damage due to the hospital’s failure to timely diagnose and treat the infant’s medical condition.
• $2 Million settlement for a medical technician who was accidentally stuck by an improperly disposed 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.
• $1.9 Million settlement for the wrongful death of a nine-year-old girl due to receiving a blood transfusion that was contaminated with the HIV virus in 1984, before blood testing for the HIV virus became available.
• $1.5 Million settlement for medical malpractice for an infant who was brain damaged as a result of an improperly monitored and performed delivery.
• $1.5 Million settlement for a man who was accidentally pricked by a needle containing the HIV virus but fortunately did not contract the virus himself.
• $1.25 Million settlement for a man who died from lung cancer after doctors failed to follow up for fifteen months on abnormalities reported on his chest x-rays.
• $1 Million settlement for a woman whose breast cancer was diagnostically delayed due to a doctor ignoring a lump because the woman had just had breast implants.
• $1 Million for a man who had a traumatic, above the knee amputation of his left leg due to the defendants' negligence in failing to diagnose and treat an acute ischemic arterial occlusion of his left lower extremity which completely compromised his blood supply leaving him with a dead leg.
• $899,000 for a man whose nose had to be removed due to defendants' failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat his basal cell carcinoma.
