Medical malpractice occurs when a provider, usually a doctor, or a healthcare facility, fails to provide treatment that meets the customary standard of care provided by the medical industry. The failure to satisfy the standard of care, or negligence, must result in an injury to or death of a patient.

Negligence can encompass an error in diagnosis, treatment or illness management, and can implicate the doctor, hospital or health facility, or government agency that manages the hospital or health facility.

Case Results

$2.4 million for a 33-year-old man in April 2006 who suffered permanent neurological injuries as a result of lack of oxygen due to a plugged tracheal tube while in intensive care.

$2.2 million in January 2007 for a 63-year-old man that lost the use of his hands as the result of a stroke following open-heart surgery.

Prior results cannot and do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future matter, including yours, in which a lawyer or law firm may be retained. Verdicts are subject to reduction and modification on appeal.

A case involving the fatal misdiagnosis of a patient's congestive heart failure provides one such example of a medical malpractice case. Another case involving a botched procedure on an infant offers another example. Queller Fisher's prosecution of a case involving brain damage provides a third illustration of this practice area.

Queller, Fisher, Washor Fuchs & Kool was formed by the merger of two powerhouse New York medical malpractice and personal injury firms.

Both firms that form today’s Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool were built through years of litigating malpractice cases on behalf of other attorneys looking for high-quality trial lawyers experienced in representing victims of catastrophic medical malpractice claims.

Today’s Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool makes its high-quality New York medical malpractice trial lawyers available to people who have been seriously injury or killed by hospital, doctor or surgical negligence.

Through selective representation of some of the most complex and devastating New York medical malpractice claims, Queller, Fisher, Washor Fuchs & Kool continues its reputation as a leader in the field of personal injury and medical malpractice litigation.

If Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool accepts your case, you will not be hiring a lawyer, you will be hiring a team of lawyers with the medical and legal knowledge and experience to build a case capable of winning the compensation you deserve, in the negotiating room… and in the courtroom.

New York medical malpractice cases handled by Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool include:

• Birth injuries
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Ebs Palsy
  • Intra-ventricular hemorrhage
  • pre-eclampsia or eclampsia
• Failure to diagnose
  • Cancer
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis
  • Bowel obstruction or perforation
  • Meningitis
  • Hemorrhage
  • Aneurysm or dissection
  • Carotid or coronary artery stenosis
  • Arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis
  • Ischemic and Hemorrhagic stroke
• Surgical complication/failure to manage
  • Infection
  • Laceration and Bleeding
• Drug-related injuries
• Injuries from prescription medication
• Anesthesia Accidents
• Doctor Negligence
• Insurance/HMO failure to treat
• Pain and Suffering
• Informed Consent
• Wrong Surgery
• Amputation of Wrong Limb
• Needless Surgery
• Surgical Complications
• Surgical Error
• Paraplegia
• Quadriplegia
• Blood Contamination
• Blood Transfusion Injuries
• Hospital Negligence
• Hospital Malpractice
• Nursing Home Abuse
• Nursing Home Negligence
• Nursing Home Malpractice
• Pharmacy Negligence
• Pharmacy Malpractice
• Surgical Malpractice
• Surgical Negligence
• Wrongful Death

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