New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

On June 24, 2024, Sullivan Papain attorney Eleni Coffinas obtained a $8 million settlement on behalf of an infant plaintiff who sustained severe and permanent injuries due to medical negligence during birth. In June, plaintiff presented to the defendant for the labor and delivery of an otherwise healthy infant. Despite persistent signs of fetal distress…

On April 25,2024, Sullivan Papain attorney Eleni Coffinas successfully secured a $7.9 million settlement on behalf of an infant plaintiff who sustained permanent brain injuries due to medical negligence during birth. In April, our client presented to a hospital for delivery. For over sixteen hours prior to the delivery, fetal monitoring strips showed numerous variable…

Cerebral palsy, or CP, is a group of disorders that affect movement, muscle tone and/or posture. While not every case of CP is due to a mistake on behalf of the doctor during birth, sometimes medical negligence can be directly related to CP in some newborns.    If you or your child experienced complications during…

For many couples, there is no greater joy than having a child. But for some, unnecessary and careless errors in care leading up to or during delivery can have severe and lasting consequences on the child and family. New York malpractice law aims to protect mothers and their children from negligent and often irreversible errors…

Birth injury can be the result of medical malpractice in which a medical professional’s negligence causes serious and often irreversible damage to the newborn or their mother. Muscle or brain-related birth injuries can lead to a lifetime of physical difficulties, delays in motor function and developmental hindrances, and oftentimes, these obstacles could have been avoided…