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SDM Law focuses on medical malpractice and nursing home negligence claims, as well as catastrophic injuries resulting from preventable or avoidable harm, in New York and Florida.
Claim Index
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Medical Malpractice
resulting from the failure of a physician, hospital, nurse, or other healthcare provider to provide care that meets the accepted standard of care, causing injury, illness, complications, or wrongful death that could have been prevented with appropriate medical treatment.
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Medical Malpractice
resulting from the failure of a physician, hospital, nurse, or other healthcare provider to provide care that meets the accepted standard of care, causing injury, illness, complications, or wrongful death that could have been prevented with appropriate medical treatment.
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Birth Injuries
Birth injuries including negligent prenatal care; negligent labor and delivery care; negligent postpartum care, and negligent neonatal care.
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Birth Injuries
Birth injuries including negligent prenatal care; negligent labor and delivery care; negligent postpartum care, and negligent neonatal care.
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Cerebral Palsy
resulting from preventable oxygen deprivation, delayed delivery, failure to respond to fetal distress, or other negligent prenatal, labor, delivery, or neonatal care.
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Cerebral Palsy
resulting from preventable oxygen deprivation, delayed delivery, failure to respond to fetal distress, or other negligent prenatal, labor, delivery, or neonatal care.
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04
HIE
resulting from oxygen deprivation before, during, or shortly after birth, including failures to recognize fetal distress, timely perform a cesarean section, or provide appropriate neonatal treatment.
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HIE
resulting from oxygen deprivation before, during, or shortly after birth, including failures to recognize fetal distress, timely perform a cesarean section, or provide appropriate neonatal treatment.
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06
Delayed Diagnosis
including but not limited to an array of serious conditions such as cancer, stroke, heart attack, neurological condition, infection, etc.
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Delayed Diagnosis
including but not limited to an array of serious conditions such as cancer, stroke, heart attack, neurological condition, infection, etc.
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Failure to Diagnose
including the failure to timely recognize, evaluate, test for, or communicate serious medical conditions before they progress, resulting in delayed treatment and avoidable harm.
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Failure to Diagnose
including the failure to timely recognize, evaluate, test for, or communicate serious medical conditions before they progress, resulting in delayed treatment and avoidable harm.
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08
Misdiagnosis
including diagnosing the wrong condition, failing to distinguish between similar conditions, or pursuing unnecessary or harmful treatment because the correct diagnosis was not made.
08
Misdiagnosis
including diagnosing the wrong condition, failing to distinguish between similar conditions, or pursuing unnecessary or harmful treatment because the correct diagnosis was not made.
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09
Cancer
including failure to diagnose cancer, delayed diagnosis of cancer, misidentification of the type or stage of cancer, or failure to timely order, perform, review, or communicate diagnostic testing resulting in delayed or inappropriate treatment.
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Cancer
including failure to diagnose cancer, delayed diagnosis of cancer, misidentification of the type or stage of cancer, or failure to timely order, perform, review, or communicate diagnostic testing resulting in delayed or inappropriate treatment.
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Radiology Errors
including failing to order appropriate imaging, misinterpreting X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, or other diagnostic studies, or failing to timely communicate significant findings requiring further evaluation or treatment.
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Radiology Errors
including failing to order appropriate imaging, misinterpreting X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, or other diagnostic studies, or failing to timely communicate significant findings requiring further evaluation or treatment.
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Pathology Errors
including the misinterpretation of biopsy specimens, tissue samples, or laboratory findings, resulting in delayed diagnosis, incorrect diagnosis, inappropriate treatment, or failure to identify serious disease.
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Pathology Errors
including the misinterpretation of biopsy specimens, tissue samples, or laboratory findings, resulting in delayed diagnosis, incorrect diagnosis, inappropriate treatment, or failure to identify serious disease.
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12
Emergency Room Errors
including failure to timely triage, failure to perform prompt and appropriate work up including but not limited to failure to perform indicated imaging or procedures, or call for appropriate consults, negligently interpreting the work up, failure to admit, and negligent premature discharge.
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Emergency Room Errors
including failure to timely triage, failure to perform prompt and appropriate work up including but not limited to failure to perform indicated imaging or procedures, or call for appropriate consults, negligently interpreting the work up, failure to admit, and negligent premature discharge.
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Surgical Errors
including improperly performing surgery, performing unnecessary procedures, operating on the wrong site or leaving instruments inside the body.
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Surgical Errors
including improperly performing surgery, performing unnecessary procedures, operating on the wrong site or leaving instruments inside the body.
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14
Medication Errors
such as failing to prescribe an indicated medication, prescribing the wrong medication, incorrect dosage of the medication, or failing to consider dangerous drug interactions.
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Medication Errors
such as failing to prescribe an indicated medication, prescribing the wrong medication, incorrect dosage of the medication, or failing to consider dangerous drug interactions.
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Hospital Negligence
including inadequate staffing, breakdowns in communication between healthcare providers, failure to follow established policies and procedures, negligent supervision of staff, or other systemic failures.
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Hospital Negligence
including inadequate staffing, breakdowns in communication between healthcare providers, failure to follow established policies and procedures, negligent supervision of staff, or other systemic failures.
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Anesthesia Errors
including improper dosing or failure to monitor vital signs during and subsequent to a procedure.
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Anesthesia Errors
including improper dosing or failure to monitor vital signs during and subsequent to a procedure.
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Pre- and Post- Surgical Mismanagement
including inadequate preoperative evaluation, failure to recognize surgical risks, improper postoperative monitoring, failure to identify complications such as bleeding or infection, or delayed treatment of developing surgical emergencies.
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Pre- and Post- Surgical Mismanagement
including inadequate preoperative evaluation, failure to recognize surgical risks, improper postoperative monitoring, failure to identify complications such as bleeding or infection, or delayed treatment of developing surgical emergencies.
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Infection & Sepsis Malpractice
resulting from improper performance of a procedure, inadequate post-surgical care, inadequate hygiene or protocol violations.
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Infection & Sepsis Malpractice
resulting from improper performance of a procedure, inadequate post-surgical care, inadequate hygiene or protocol violations.
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19
Hospital Falls
as a result of improper fall assessments, and inadequate fall prevention plans and treatment.
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Hospital Falls
as a result of improper fall assessments, and inadequate fall prevention plans and treatment.
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Stroke Malpractice
including failure to recognize the signs and symptoms of stroke, delayed diagnosis, failure to timely administer clot-busting medication or perform indicated interventions, or failure to promptly refer a patient for emergency stroke care.
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Stroke Malpractice
including failure to recognize the signs and symptoms of stroke, delayed diagnosis, failure to timely administer clot-busting medication or perform indicated interventions, or failure to promptly refer a patient for emergency stroke care.
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Hospital Wound Care — Pressure Ulcers & Bedsores
including as a result of improper wound assessments and wound care plans and treatment.
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Hospital Wound Care — Pressure Ulcers & Bedsores
including as a result of improper wound assessments and wound care plans and treatment.
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Nursing Home Neglect or Abuse
including falls and wound/bedsore development as a result of negligent fall assessments, inadequate wound care, lack of staff and inadequate monitoring and overall medical care.
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Nursing Home Neglect or Abuse
including falls and wound/bedsore development as a result of negligent fall assessments, inadequate wound care, lack of staff and inadequate monitoring and overall medical care.
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Nursing Home Wound Care — Pressure Ulcers & Bedsores
including failures to perform appropriate skin assessments, reposition residents, implement pressure injury prevention measures, timely identify worsening wounds, or provide appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers and other preventable wounds.
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Nursing Home Wound Care — Pressure Ulcers & Bedsores
including failures to perform appropriate skin assessments, reposition residents, implement pressure injury prevention measures, timely identify worsening wounds, or provide appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers and other preventable wounds.
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Preventable Cardiac Events
including failures to recognize or timely treat heart attacks, cardiac arrhythmias, aortic dissections, or other life-threatening cardiovascular conditions requiring immediate medical intervention.
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Preventable Cardiac Events
including failures to recognize or timely treat heart attacks, cardiac arrhythmias, aortic dissections, or other life-threatening cardiovascular conditions requiring immediate medical intervention.
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Rare Condition Mismanagement
including failures to recognize uncommon diseases or disorders, delayed referral to appropriate specialists, misinterpretation of atypical symptoms, or failure to order appropriate diagnostic testing resulting in avoidable harm.
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Rare Condition Mismanagement
including failures to recognize uncommon diseases or disorders, delayed referral to appropriate specialists, misinterpretation of atypical symptoms, or failure to order appropriate diagnostic testing resulting in avoidable harm.
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Nursing Home Falls
including falls and wound/bedsore development as a result of negligent fall assessments, inadequate wound care, lack of staff and inadequate monitoring and overall medical care.
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Nursing Home Falls
including falls and wound/bedsore development as a result of negligent fall assessments, inadequate wound care, lack of staff and inadequate monitoring and overall medical care.
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Wrongful Death
resulting from preventable injuries, delayed treatment, diagnostic failures, procedural complications, or other circumstances that ultimately lead to the loss of a loved one.
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Wrongful Death
resulting from preventable injuries, delayed treatment, diagnostic failures, procedural complications, or other circumstances that ultimately lead to the loss of a loved one.
