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SURGICAL ERROR


Category 

Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Type
Plaintif Law Firm

15
7/23/2010
Verdict- 1,550,000
Flannery v. Surgical Gerald M. Oginsky, Great Neck, 

Plaintif
Marzano
Error
NY of he Law Oice of Gerald 
Oginski, LLC

15
7/15/2010
Verdict- 1,550,000
Ramirez v. Surgical John T. Wisell and Nancy M. 

Plaintif
Berdichevsky
Error
McGee, Kew Gardens, NY of Law 
Oices of John T. Wisell

16
1/27/2010
Verdicts
1,520,000
Martinez v. Gabriel
Surgical Evan M. Goldberg, New York, NY 

Error
of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman, P.C.

17
11/24/2009
Verdict- 1,500,000
Cuevas v. St. Luke’s Surgical Mariangela Chiaravalloti, New York, 
Plaintif
Roosevelt Hospital Error
NY of Friedman, Friedman, 

Center
Chiaravalloti & Giannini

18
6/25/2013
Verdict- 1,475,000
Doe v. Tolia
Surgical Eric R. Bernstein New York, NY of 
Plaintif
Error
he Law Oices of Eric R. Bern- 
stein and Andrew W. Siegel, New 

York, NY of Siegel & Connerty, trial 
counsel

19
2/3/2010
Verdict- 1,350,000
hompson v. Rao
Surgical Andrea Borden, New York, NY of 

Plaintif
Error
Burns & Harris

20
5/7/2013
Verdict- 1,325,000
Erosa v. Surgical Andrew S, Targum, New York, NY 
Plaintif
Coomaraswamy
Error
of Targum & Britton, LLP

21
10/22/2013
Verdict- 1,280,000
hebold v. Allam
Surgical Steven L. Hessm New York, NY of 

Plaintif
Error
Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Good- 
man, P.C.

22
6/29/2011
Verdict- 1,250,000
Adams v. Foster
Surgical Peter T. Rodgers and Jacqueline M. 

Plaintif
Error
homas, Rochester, NY of Katzen, 
Ryen & Mittleman, LLP

22
3/23/2010
Verdict- 1,250,000
Priolo v. Reiner
Surgical Joseph S. Rosato, New York, NY of 

Plaintif
Error
Rosato & Lucciola, P.C., New York, 
NY, trial counsel, Anthony T. 

DiPietro

22
3/5/2009
Mediated 1,250,000
Rodriguez v. ENT Surgical Jefrey Adams, Bardonia, NY of 
Settlement
& Allergy Error
Adams Law Firm, P.C. and Edward 
Associates, LLP
P. Milstein, New York, NY Dankner 

& Milstein

22
5/17/2011
Verdict- 1,250,000
Severance v. Surgical Mitchell D. Kessler, Mineola, NY of 
Plaintif
Landsman
Error
Levine & Grossman

22
7/15/2010
Settlement
1,250,000
Tunjian v. Long Island Surgical Alan S. Ripka, New York, NY of 

Gynecologic Error
Napoli Bern Ripka LLP
Oncologists, P.C.

23
1/12/2012
Verdict- 1,225,000
Flores v. Makower
Surgical Christopher J. Donadio, New York, 

Plaintif
Error
NY of Burns & Harris









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