Publication: AHRMNY NEWS (Spring 2007)
Authored By: Samantha E. Quinn & Richard W. Nicholson
Failure to diagnose spontaneous bilateral compartment syndrome compartment
Erb’s Palsy secondary to shoulder dystocia
Failure to treat and diagnose a liver abscess
Shirinova v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
34 A.D.3d 442 (2nd Dept. 2006)
(defendants’ expert disclosure sufficient to satisfy requirements of CPLR §3101(d))
Samantha E. Quinn
Failure to Diagnose Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Birth injury, Erb’s palsy secondary to vacuum extractor assisted delivery
Failure to diagnose a fracture of the distal radius and injury to the median nerve
Left inguinal neuropathy secondary to hernia repair surgery
Benjamin v. Holder
204 Fed. Appx. 979 (2nd Cir. 2006)
(summary judgment of plaintiff prisoner’s §1983 claim affirmed)
Angela M. Ribaudo