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Silberstein, Awad & Miklos: Amidst the Courtroom's New Reality, Jury Awards 20.7 Million in Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict in Manhattan Since Civil Trials Resumed

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Monday, August 15, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On April 12, 2022, a New York County jury at the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of New York: Civil Term: Part 4, Case number 805366/2016, reported a verdict that neurosurgeon Robert Snow of Weill Cornell and New York Hospital deviated from accepted medical practice by not diagnosing postoperative infection by failing to order repeat blood tests and MRI. The jury verdict for damages was eight million for past pain and suffering (eight years); four million five hundred thousand for future pain and suffering (32 years); six million four hundred thousand for past lost earnings; and future lost earnings of one million eight hundred thousand.

Key Points: 
  • case is the largest medical malpractice verdict in the state (20.7 million) since the Covid-19 lockdown of March 2020.
  • It is also the largest sum awarded for pain and suffering for osteomyelitis in the state of New York.
  • Jury verdict's award is the largest medical malpractice verdict in the state (20.7 million) since the Covid-19 lockdown of March 2020.
  • It is also the largest sum awarded for pain and suffering for osteomyelitis in the state of New York.