Brooklyn Medical Malpractice Lawyer

If you or someone you love was seriously harmed by medical negligence in Brooklyn, your choice of lawyer can shape the outcome of the case. Medical malpractice claims are among the most complex injury cases in New York, often requiring elite trial skill, substantial resources, and a proven record against major hospitals, physicians, and insurers. For Brooklyn families seeking the highest level of representation, Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf stands among the premier medical malpractice firms in New York, with nationally recognized trial attorneys and record-setting results in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.

Choosing a lawyer after a serious medical error is one of the most important decisions your family can make. Brooklyn patients often ask whether they should hire a neighborhood attorney or turn to a premier Manhattan trial firm. The answer is simple: when the stakes are highest, experience, results, and resources matter.

Medical negligence cases require far more than general injury experience. They demand deep knowledge of medicine, access to leading experts, and attorneys who know how to prove complex liability before a jury. Our firm has 8 attorneys named Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice, and it has been recognized as a Tier One Best Law Firm in New York for Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice Litigation, Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf has built a national reputation handling catastrophic malpractice and wrongful death cases. Our attorneys have obtained some of the most significant malpractice verdicts and settlements in New York State, including record-setting recoveries for patients and families devastated by preventable errors. In 2025, our partner Marijo Adimey obtained a $60 million medical malpractice verdict for a patient who was left paralyzed after an epidural steroid injection

Many Brooklyn families are surprised to learn that New York law regulates contingency fees in medical malpractice cases. That means the fee structure is generally the same whether you hire a local firm or one of New York’s most accomplished trial teams. You do not pay more to secure premier representation. You simply gain the advantage of greater courtroom strength, deeper resources, and a firm known for taking on major hospitals and insurers.

Our Brooklyn medical malpractice attorneys have secured some of the highest verdicts ever awarded in Kings County, including a $91 million verdict for a child who developed cerebral palsy following a delayed C-section at SUNY Downstate (see case study below). They have also achieved numerous multi-million-dollar settlements in cases involving surgical errors, anesthesia malpractice, and failure-to-diagnose conditions.

• $7,000,000 settlement on behalf of a 35-year-old married bookkeeper who went to a Brooklyn hospital with stroke-like symptoms. Emergency room physicians failed to timely administer TPA during an evolving cerebral stroke, misdiagnosed her with Bell’s palsy, and discharged her. She suffered permanent right hemiparesis.
• $2,300,000 settlement in Brooklyn for a 57-year-old woman who sustained multiple bowel perforations during gluteal augmentation surgery. Despite repeated postoperative complaints made by phone and email, her surgeon failed to timely respond until she went into septic shock. She required multiple abdominal surgeries, months of hospitalization, and was left permanently weakened and deconditioned. The case resolved for the full policy limits.
• $2,251,162 settlement in Kings County on behalf of an infant who suffered injury to her left brachial plexus nerves (Erb’s palsy) during delivery. She continues to experience permanent impairment of her left arm.
• $2,000,000 wrongful death settlement in Kings County for the family of a 58-year-old USPS driver whose pemphigus vulgaris was not properly diagnosed or treated. Although the defendants presented themselves as dermatology specialists, they lacked meaningful training in diagnosing and managing complex skin disorders. He was not diagnosed until hospitalization, where he became comatose and passed away.
• $1,100,000 settlement in Kings County on behalf of the daughter of a 64-year-old woman whose lung lesion was identified on routine imaging but never acted upon. The resulting delay in diagnosis allowed a curable cancer to progress to metastatic, incurable disease, leading to her premature death.

• $9.2 Million Settlement in a Brooklyn case involving the failure to timely diagnose and treat a small-bowel obstruction, the delay led to systemic infection, multiple surgeries, and ultimately a kidney transplant.
• $7,000,000 Recovery for a 35-year-old bookkeeper who was misdiagnosed in a Brooklyn emergency room with Bell’s Palsy while she was actually experiencing an evolving stroke.
• $4.8 Million Verdict: A Brooklyn physician negligently treated a woman’s cancer with “alternative medicine” therapies, including coffee enemas.
• $4.85 Million Recovery: In Kings County, the firm secured compensation for a child who suffered a birth injury due to failure to recognize and respond to fetal distress.
• $4.0 Million Recovery: A Kings County case involving an undiagnosed subdural hematoma following an emergency room visit.
• $2.3 Million Settlement for a 57-year-old Kings County woman who sustained multiple bowel perforations during a gluteal augmentation procedure. Her surgeon disregarded her persistent postoperative symptoms until she developed septic shock, necessitating several emergency abdominal surgeries.
• $2.125 Million Verdict: In Kings County, the jury awarded damages in a wrongful death case arising from dental and medical malpractice following a dental procedure.
• $1.27 Million Jury Verdict in Brooklyn, a colonoscopy injury case in which the patient’s spleen was torn at the splenic flexure; the defense maintained a “no-pay” position prior to trial.
• $1,245,000 Settlement for the adult children of a 63-year-old Brooklyn woman whose doctor failed to biopsy a worsening vulvar lesion. The delay in diagnosing cancer allowed the disease to spread, leading to her premature death.

Our attorneys handle cases arising from treatment at hospitals throughout Brooklyn and New York City, including NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, Maimonides Medical Center, NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital, and Interfaith Medical Center. We know how to investigate institutional failures, secure records, and build strong cases supported by qualified experts.

Our Brooklyn medical malpractice lawyers bring unmatched experience and a deep understanding of the systemic challenges within Brooklyn’s healthcare system. They are experts at uncovering negligence in hospitals that serve one of New York City’s most diverse and densely populated boroughs. Their familiarity with the borough’s public and private hospitals, many of which face chronic understaffing, overcrowding, and communication failures, gives them a unique advantage in representing victims of medical negligence.

• Overcrowded Brooklyn Hospitals and Staffing Shortages: Our attorneys are skilled in identifying how overburdened facilities like Coney Island Hospital, SUNY Downstate, and The Brooklyn Hospital Center contribute to delayed diagnoses, surgical errors, and other preventable injuries. They leverage this insight to demonstrate institutional negligence and secure compensation for patients harmed by systemic failures.
• Disparities in Access to Quality Care: Brooklyn’s healthcare inequities often determine patient outcomes. Our legal team has extensive experience representing individuals from neighborhoods such as Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Bushwick, where limited access to specialists and follow-up care frequently leads to delayed treatment and medical errors. Their deep local knowledge allows them to connect these systemic shortcomings to the injuries suffered by their clients.
• Language and Communication Barriers in Brooklyn’s Diverse Communities: With Brooklyn’s rich cultural mix—including large Haitian-Creole, Russian, and Mandarin-speaking populations—miscommunication remains a leading cause of medical mistakes. Our attorneys have successfully handled cases where hospitals failed to provide qualified interpreters or clear consent procedures, proving lack of informed consent and institutional negligence.
• Fragmented Continuity of Care Across Brooklyn: Many Brooklyn patients receive treatment from multiple providers and facilities, leading to breakdowns in communication and missed follow-ups. Our attorneys are adept at tracing these gaps in care—whether from missed test results, medication errors, or failure to coordinate treatment—and showing how these lapses result in serious, preventable harm.
• Negligence in Brooklyn’s Emergency and Maternity Units: Our trial lawyers have litigated some of the borough’s most catastrophic medical malpractice cases, including birth injuries and delayed emergency interventions. Their success in exposing how hospital mismanagement and communication breakdowns lead to irreversible injuries underscores their reputation as some of the most skilled malpractice attorneys in New York City.

Serious malpractice cases are deeply personal. Clients deserve direct communication, compassion, and responsiveness throughout the process. We combine major-case resources with the individualized attention every family deserves.

• Thorough investigation and analysis of your medical records
• Consultation with top medical experts across multiple specialties
• Careful evaluation of hospital procedures, diagnostic errors, and surgical outcomes
• Aggressive litigation against negligent physicians, hospitals, and healthcare providers
• Comprehensive calculation of damages, including lifelong medical and custodial care needs
• Diligent representation at Brooklyn Supreme Court and throughout the appellate process, if necessary.

A young mother, Sha-Keema Wise, arrived at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn just a week before her due date, complaining of severe abdominal pain. Physicians assumed she was in early labor, but in reality, she was suffering from a placental abruption—a rare but life-threatening condition in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall, depriving the baby of oxygen.

Despite clear warning signs, doctors failed to recognize the emergency and delayed performing a cesarean section for more than three hours. By the time the baby was delivered, she had suffered profound oxygen deprivation that left her with cerebral palsy. The child will require lifelong medical and custodial care and will never be able to walk, stand, or sit up independently.

After a two-week trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court, a jury of six women found the attending obstetrician liable for failing to properly diagnose the placental abruption. The verdict totaled $90,939,857, one of the largest ever recorded in Brooklyn for a medical malpractice case. Most of the award accounted for the child’s ongoing medical needs, including $88 million for lifetime care and $2 million for lost wages.

This landmark verdict highlights the devastating impact of delayed diagnosis and improper obstetrical care and underscores our attorneys’ dedication to holding medical professionals accountable when negligence causes permanent harm. Through meticulous preparation and expert trial advocacy, our attorneys secured justice for a child and her family whose lives were forever changed by preventable medical error.

Contact us today at 212-943-1090 or through our online form for a free consultation with one of our top-rated Brooklyn medical malpractice lawyers.

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