Gash & Associates, P.C.

Case Type: Medical Malpractice

Medical Malpractice

OBGYN’S Failure to Continuously Perform a 125 Blood Tests, results in Delay in Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer and Plaintiff’s Death. Settled for low seven figures. (caption and Settlement Amount Confidential Pursuant to Agreement).

Plaintiff’s decedent, was a long time patient of the defendant, an OBGYN, who had been he decedent’s doctor for more than ten years. Since on ...
Medical Malpractice

Doctor removes Perirectal Abscess but Fails to Give the Patient Prophylactic Antibiotics, Despite the Plaintiff’s Artificial Hip. Plaintiff Suffers Chronic Infection of the Right Hip, Requiring Removal, Parental Antibiotics, Seeding, Removal and Replacement of Hip. Case Settled for High Six Figures (Parties, caption and settlement confidential)

Plaintiff was 69 years old and had a medical history of: atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), chronic liver disease, ...
Medical Malpractice

Routine Hernia Repair Results in Negligent Removal of Artificial Urinary Spincter and Plaintiff’s Loss of Urinary Control Requiring Replacement of Device and Subsequent Sugery-Settled $225,000 (Parties names and caption confidential pursuant to agreement)

The plaintiff was a 72 year old male with history of prior urethral obstruction, which was addressed through the surgical placement of an artificial urinary ...
Medical Malpractice

Surgeon During Cervical Epidural Uses Wrong Sized Needle, Punctures Patient’s Spinal Cord And Paralyzes Patient From Waist Down (Seven Figure Settlement. Settlement Amount and the Parties Names Confidential Pursuant To Agreement)

Plaintiff was provided medical care by Defendant, a spinal surgeon, for back and neck pain, resulting from an injury sustained during a work accident. The ...
Medical Malpractice

Eye Surgeon and Eye Bank, Unwittingly Transplant Fungus Infected Cornea Into Patient’s Eye, Resulting In Permanent Vision Loss, Pain And Disability, Which Could Have Been Avoided With Simple Cultures (High Six Figure Settlement, Amount And Parties Cannot Be Disclosed Due To Confidential by Agreement)

Plaintiff had complained to his doctor about blurry vision and was diagnosed with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), an eye disease where the corneal epithelium ...
Medical Malpractice

Rodriguez v. LAM Medical Associates, P.C., et. al.

For more than a year prior to December 26, 2003, the plaintiff was a patient of the defendant, LAM Medical Associates, P.C., d/b/a Servicios Medicos ...
Medical Malpractice

Paruolo v. Northern Westchester Medical Center

Plaintiff suffered 3rd degree burns to his elbow due to a defective operating room light while undergoing orthopedic elbow surgery. He required skin grafts and ...
Medical Malpractice

Mezzetta v. Northern Westchester Medical Center

In this medical malpractice case, the defendant, a Board Certified neurosurgeon, diagnosed the plaintiff with Chiari I malformation. This is a genetic malformation of the ...
Medical Malpractice

Grizzell v. North Shore University Hospital-Manhasset, et al

On August 27, 2004, the decedent, a 78-year-old woman who was suffering a disease of her kidneys, underwent cardiac catheterization. During the minutes that followed ...
Medical Malpractice

Femia v. St. John’s Riverside Hospital

Plaintiff died from systemic infection in hospital after routine hernia repair. The defendants, who inserted a mesh hernia repair that led to infection and sepsis, ...