Abend & Silber, PLLC

Jury verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County for a man who developed severe bone infection which was not timely diagnosed following orthopedic surgery.

Settlement in Supreme Court, Westchester County for a retired public school administrator who developed advanced stage lung cancer after a mass was found on a chest x-ray the year before the diagnosis and she was never told about that abnormal finding, allowing it to spread during this time before it was treated.

Jury verdict in Supreme Court, Nassau County for a client who developed advanced stage prostate cancer as a result of a primary care physician’s failure to make a timely diagnosis of his disease based on elevated blood test results.

Arbitration award for pedestrian struck by van on the sidewalk at Herald Square. Our client sustained fractures to several bones in the hand which required surgery. The presiding Arbitrator was Milton Mollen, former Presiding Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.

Jury verdict for accident victim that sustained a fractured femur and fractured clavicle in a bus accident. Our client was a 59 year old woman that was improperly restrained in her wheelchair on a NYCTA bus. This case was tried in Supreme Court New York County before Hon. Peter Moulton.

Settlement in Supreme Court, New York County for a 28 year old woman that developed sepsis and permanent disfigurement as a result of her plastic surgeon’s failure to timely diagnose an infection (necrotizing fasciitis).

Settlement for a man who’s vehicle was rear-ended in a chain reaction collision which exacerbated his pre-existing spine condition and caused the need for additional surgery.

Settlement in Supreme Court, New York County for failing to timely diagnose and treat an epidural hematoma following hip surgery.

Settlement in Supreme Court, Kings County for a client who developed advanced stage colon cancer as a result of a world renowned physician’s failure to biopsy a polyp during a routine colonoscopy.

(policy limit) settlement in Supreme Court, Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) for man standing on apartment balcony that collapsed.