We recently settled a case involving the interaction of Coumadin with Ibuprofen. Our client was a resident in a nursing home, where she was recuperating from a pulmonary embolism. She was expected to leave the nursing home and go back home after a few weeks of rehabilitation. Prior to being transferred from a hospital to the nursing home she was placed on Coumadin, an anticoagulant (sometimes called a “blood thinner.”} In order to treat musculoskeletal pain, she was prescribed Ibuprofen by the nursing home doctor. After being given Ibuprofen, she suffered significant intestinal bleeding. This required her to go back to the hospital, where she spent underwent multiple procedures and time in the ICU. She was then transferred to another nursing home, where she spent the final months of her life essentially bedbound.
2019 Super Lawyers List
We are proud to announce that Mark Greenberg was recently selected to the 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list. This honor is reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of the attorneys in Upstate New York receive this distinction.
Medical device cases
We are currently taking cases in connection with defective medical equipment. These include cases involving hernia mesh, such as Ethicon Phsyiomesh, as well as defective orthopedic implants. Typically, these cases are brought only against the manufacturer, and not against the doctor. Please feel free to contact us at (518) 828-3336 to discuss any questions you may have.
Highest settlement or verdict in Greene County
We recently obtained the highest settlement or verdict on record with VerdictSearch in connection with a case in Greene County, New York. In April of this year Greenberg & Greenberg, along with the Law Firm of John P. Kingsley of Catskill, New York, obtained a settlement on behalf of a client for the amount of $2,600,000. The case involved the loss of any eye by a four-year-old girl who was injured due to inadequate maintenance at an apartment complex in Catskill, New York. The case was settled the day before trial was to begin.
Recent settlements of note
Along with multiple other settlements, we settled two cases recently that were of particular interest. In one case, we were able to obtain $300,000 to settle a car accident case in Greene County, New York, where the plaintiff suffered an injury to his neck that eventually required surgery. This case was notable several reasons. First, the plaintiff's car never struck another car or other object. Instead, the plaintiff drove off of the roadway due to an oncoming car and went over a pile of construction material, causing the plaintiff to strike his head on the roof of his car. The plaintiff was able to continue working for approximately eight months, but then was unable to continue working. The case was also notable in that the plaintiff did not suffer any herniated disc or other trauma that was demonstrable through radiological testing. The plaintiff had significant pre-existing degenerative disc disease. Although an EMG test conducted on the plaintiff after the accident was negative for nerve damage, the plaintiff's treating neurosurgeon and pain management physician were of the opinion that the plaintiff suffered nerve damage in the initial trauma due to his significant pre-existing spinal stenosis.
In another case in upstate New York, we obtained a significant settlement of for a young teenage boy who was shot in the eye by a friend with a pellet gun. The gun belonged to the boy who was shot, and the shooting took place at the boy's house. The defendants brought a counterclaim against the injured's boy's mother. We were able to obtain summary judgment on liability on behalf of the boy prior to trial, leading to the settlement of the case. If the case had gone to trial, there would have been issues regarding the defendant's counterclaim of negligent entrustment against the injured boy's mother.