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Pegalis & Erickson, LLC, is a firm devoted to representing seriously injured individuals in medical malpractice and negligence.

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VERDICTS

$116 million verdict for infant who sustained serious brain damage due to medical malpractice during labor and delivery. Patel v. NYC Health & Hospitals (Queens) (highest malpractice verdict in New York State)

$114.8 million verdict for a woman who sustained serious anoxic brain injury secondary to respiratory arrest due to medical malpractice during an emergency tracheotomy. McCord v. St. Mary's Hospital of Brooklyn. (Kings) (Second highest malpractice verdict in New York State.)

January 2004 $111.7 million verdict which is the highest medical malpractice verdict on Long Island for a 6 year old girl who sustained brain damage around the time of her birth. Reden v. Wagner, et, al (Suffolk).

$35 million verdict for infant who sustained brain damage and cerebral palsy due to the failure to diagnose and treat toxemia during pregnancy. Lopez v. NYC Health Hospitals (Queens)

$20 million verdict for infant who sustained serious brain damage during labor and delivery as a result of medical malpractice. Chiccino v. Pennsylvania Hospital (Pennsylvania)

$15.1 million verdict for the death of a 35 year old mother of two daughters due to a failure on the part of a laboratory to read her PAP smears and diagnosis cervical cancer. Pedone v. Methpath (Nassau)

$11.5 million verdict for a 53-year-old woman who sustained amputation of both legs due to failure to timely diagnose peripheral vascular disease. Walker v. Zdanowitz (Brooklyn)

$10 million verdict for infant who sustained brain damage during birth as the result of defendant's failure to perform timely Cesarean section. McGuire v. Goldstein (Nassau)

$9 million verdict for infant who sustained brain damage and cerebral palsy due to medical negligence during labor and delivery. Weinstock v. Huntington Hospital (Suffolk)

$8 million verdict for infant who sustained brain damage due to pediatrician's failure to diagnose and treat hydrocephalus. Jenkins v. Jamaica Hospital (Queens)

March 2004 $6 million verdict for a girl who sustained nerve damage at birth resulting in an Erbs Palsy due to the failure to perform a C-section and then a traumatic delivery. Ajayi v. Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn) March 2004.

$6.1 million verdict (present value) for infant injured due to defendant's failure to perform a timely Cesarean section. Dame v. Adkins (North Carolina)

$5.3 million verdict for infant with cerebral palsy due to defendant's failure to properly monitor labor and delivery and perform timely Cesarean section. Buckhout v. Turner (Suffolk)

BREAST CANCER SETTLEMENTS

$1.5 million settlement for physician's failure to read mammography films.

$1.25 million settlement for physician's failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.

$1.15 million settlement for radiologist's and gynecologist's failure to timely diagnoses and treat breast cancer.

$900,000 settlement for 21/2-year delay in diagnosing breast cancer in a 40-year-old woman.

$750,000 settlement for physician's failure to timely refer a woman to a breast cancer surgeon.

$740,000 settlement for misreading of mammography films.

OTHER SETTLEMENTS

$8.3 million settlement for failure to monitor patient during surgery resulting in lack of oxygen to patient and permanent brain damage.

$8 million settlement for failure to properly monitor and treat heart problems resulting in cardiac arrest and permanent brain damage.

$4.5 million settlement for brain damage and cerebral palsy due to negligence during labor and delivery.

$3.5 million settlement for infant who sustained brain damage due to meconium, aspiration during labor and delivery.

$3.25 million settlement for child rendered quadriplegic as a result of school bus driver's failure to properly cross child in front of bus.

$2.7 million settlement for failure to monitor patient following surgery leading to failure to diagnose and timely treat post-operative bleeding.

The New York Law Journal's Highest Verdicts of 2004 lists Reden v. Wagner as the #1 highest medical malpractice case for the year - $111.7 million - won by Pegalis & Erickson.

We won the two highest medical malpractice verdicts in the history of New York State as reported by the New York Jury Verdict Reporter - $116 million in 1998 and $114.8 million in 2001.

We are recognized by the legal community as one of the premier medical malpractice law firms in New York State as well as nationally.

"The law firm that achieved the highest medical malpractice jury award recorded last year by the New York Jury Verdict Reporter is no stranger to big verdicts." - New York Law Journal, March 18, 2002.

We are devoted to representing injured plaintiffs in medical malpractice and other actions.

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Lake Success, NY 11042

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Pegalis & Erickson, LLC, is a firm devoted to representing seriously injured individuals in medical malpractice and negligence. The firm has been recognized as one of the premier medical malpractice firms in New York State as well as nationally.

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