Malpractice Law

Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman handles medical malpractice and dental malpractice cases, when patients receive substandard treatment that results in personal injury or wrongful death.

Hospitals, doctors, nurses, dentists, and all medical professionals owe their patients the best possible treatment. You trust them to provide professional services in a careful and competent manner. When something goes wrong because a health care provider has been negligent, patients can seek recourse for a personal injury claim through a malpractice lawsuit.

Complex malpractice suits require skilled trial attorneys to produce winning results, and Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman has vast experience trying such cases and a record of success. We also have the required financial resources to assemble teams of medical experts and the necessary supporting evidence.

After we assemble the teams of medical experts, and the necessary supporting evidence, our experts review our client's claim in order to build a solid case, and serve as expert witnesses to counter defense arguments presented by doctor and hospital lawyers.

Here are some of our verdicts and settlements for malpractice:

"Two sons of a woman who died of starvation after a gastric-bypass operation have been awarded more than $16.8 million in damages for their loss." Read about this unfortunate gastric bypass case.

$5 million dollars. Diana Silva was born in 1993 as a twin. Both she and her sister are beautiful young girls. When she was 2.5 years old, Diana's doctors failed to diagnose a compression of her spinal cord that led to her partial paralysis. Diana has been able to go to school and have some normal life but will be impaired forever.

$3.75 million settlement prior to trial. A Westchester County infant was brain damaged at birth due to the negligence of his doctors, and will require medical care for the rest of his life.

$6.9 million. A baby exposed to tuberculosis was not treated, resulting in meningitis and brain damage. The baby's family members were treated, but the baby was improperly felt to be too young to receive medication. The child, now 7, remains institutionalized.

$1.75 million. An 8-year-old girl with spina bifida rwas left paralyzed from the waist down after surgeries to release a tethered spinal cord and correct her spinal scoliosis.

$775,000. Treated for tuberculosis, a 57-year-old woman received medicine known to have risks of causing liver failure. The doctors charged with her care failed to closely monitor her blood work. She died. The retired seamstress left behind a husband and two adult children.

There are usually strict time limits for filing malpractice claims as a plaintiff who has been hurt, so we advise you not to delay in contacting us for assistance.

You don't need to leave home to retain our experienced, successful and well-respected lawyers. If you're injured and can't come to us, we'll come to you. Call us at 1-888-4-TGLLAW^™ and find out how to get to our offices at 777 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you're injured and can't come to us, we'll come to you.

Although prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome, the dedication and experience of our attorneys have produced an enviable record of verdicts, jury awards and pretrial settlements that amount to more than One Billion ($1,000,000,000.00) dollars.)