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Confidential Gair Gair lists this published result as: A confidential but substantial settlement in Joan Rivers Medical Malpractice case. The comedian died after doctors performed an unauthorized biopsy on her throat during a routine endoscopy.

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Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf · Notable Verdicts and Settlements

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First observed: August 23, 2026

Last checked: August 23, 2026

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Compare $103 Million published recovery: $103,000,000 verdict (one of the largest ever) in a Broome County medical malpractice case on behalf of a baby brain damaged at birth . from Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf Compare $17.25 Million published recovery: $ 17,250,000 verdict for a man who was rendered partially incontinent as a result of medical malpractice in failing to diagnose a spinal malformation. from Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf Compare $79 Million published recovery: $79,000,000 A Manhattan jury awarded to the family of a 13-year-old girl who suffered catastrophic brain injury from a failure to properly manage a medical shunt. Three-week trial, two days of deliberations. from Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, LLP Compare $62 Million published recovery: $62 Million Jury verdict for medical malpractice for a woman who suffered the amputation of both legs and hearing loss. from Rubenstein & Rynecki Compare $50 Million published recovery: $50 Million Brain Injury Settlement Four-year-old suffered severe brain damage from anesthesia overdose during eyelid surgery administered by unqualified, uncertified nurse anesthetist. from Dansker & Aspromonte Associates LLP

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