New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer - NY Personal Injury Attorney

'What sets us apart? Ivy League lawyers and staff from Cornell, Columbia and Yale, exclusively representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, wrongful death, and catastrophic personal injuries.'

• 100% of our clients who have settled their claims have received an award of at least $100,000 or more.
• You pay nothing to begin your case. At the end of the case, legal fees are the standard 33%, or less, of the total recovery amount allowed under NY law.
• Our mission in practicing law is to be the firm clients choose for their most challenging legal and personal issues and most critical disputes.
• We take pride in being New York's 'go-to' medical malpractice lawyers and New York's construction accident lawyers - both members and of counsel - have won millions of dollars in jury verdicts and settlements.
• Why choose us? We have one thing other firms rarely talk about: we don't believe in leveraging work down to a corps of less experienced lawyers. Diefenbach is a hands-on trial lawyer who interacts with his clients on a daily basis.
• We have over 50 years of combined courtroom experience and are among some of the best NY medical malpractice lawyers. We go on settlement conferences with judges and insurance companies, where the lawyers that we deal with on the other side know us. Having once worked with the law firms that defended the doctors and their insurance companies, this firm now brings that experience to your case.
• Our hotline 917.734.7111 is on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and we guarantee a lawyer will speak with you the day you call, or at most, within hours of your call.
• We use cutting-edge computer technology and our firm is positioned in the legal community at the forefront of integrating the power of computer technology and IT with the law, to get you the money you deserve.
• Compared to other trial firms, we are highly selective in the cases we choose in the areas of physician malpractice, hospital negligence and construction-site injuries.
• We are New York's personal injury lawyers who specialize in New York medical malpractice, New York City construction site accidents and deaths, birth injuries, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injuries from catastrophic accidents, and 100% of all our pending tort cases are in the areas of medical malpractice and construction-site injuries.
• Manhattan medical malpractice lawyers centrally located in the Financial District near Wall Street.
• For more information, about Diefenbach Law Firm click here.

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New York Medical Malpractice and the Fallacy of Tort Reform

You may be one of millions of Americans who has a case against a doctor or hospital and not even know it.

It is not a secret that doctors regularly forego having patients undergo intensive and expensive diagnostic testing or referrals to specialists. Like many Americans, you may have medical insurance, but simply are "under-cared." It is that less-than-minimal medical care that can, and does, cause pre-mature death, pain, and prolonged negative consequences that we seek to uncover. Our firm is positioned to put 50 years of combined experience in the medical malpractice field to work for you... read more about Medical Malpractice

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New York's Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers- Setting the Bar Higher One Case at a Time

Brain injuries often occur at construction sites where proper safety considerations could have prevented the injury. Brain injuries can also occur as a result of sports injuries, falls or motor vehicle accidents.

The brain is complex and awe-inspiring, but it is also fragile. The brain has the consistency of firm pudding and floats in a small lining of fluid in the skull. There are several types of brain injury, including traumatic brain injury which occurs when an external force causes an insult to the brain. For instance, a direct blow to the head can be great enough to injure the brain inside the skull. A direct force to the head can also break the skull and directly hurt the brain... read more about Traumatic Brain Injury

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New York Birth Injury and Obstretrics Malpractice Lawyers

Complications during birth do occur, but when they affect the intelligence, neurological system, or ability of your baby to live a normal life, then you need a top personal injury law firm with the experience to investigate it.

Our New York law firm investigates your birth injury case by ordering medical records and reviewing them with one of our trusted medical doctors specializing in OB/GYN, many of whom hold teaching positions in medical schools... read more about Birth Injury and Obstretrics Malpractice

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Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that affects individuals in a variety of ways. Cerebral palsy can range from mild to severe symptoms that affect movement and communication.

There is a constant demand for clinical research to determine the causes of cerebral palsy. If your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, you may be wondering if a trauma that occurred during birth caused this disorder... read more about Cerebral Palsy

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New York Lawyers for Errors and Mistakes in a Laparoscopy Surgery

Laparoscopic surgery is a highly praised achievement in surgical technique, but if something goes wrong while the surgeon is carrying out this difficult procedure, there may be catastrophic consequences for the patient. This form of medical malpractice often occurs because the surgical technique was negligently performed.

Surgeries that use this minimally invasive technique include gastric bypass or gall bladder procedures. Unfortunately, errors do occur during these and other laparoscopic surgeries. An error during laparoscopic surgery might be: accidentally cutting the bile duct, perforating a vital organ, or failing to remove all malignant tissue during a laparoscopic cancer operation... read more about Errors and Mistakes in a Laparoscopy Surgery

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Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. Often an individual who has worked at a construction site or manufacturing site that used asbestos products will be diagnosed with mesothelioma over thirty years later. It is also known that family members who are exposed to their loved one's contaminated clothing are at a higher risk for developing mesothelioma... read more about Mesothelioma

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NY Lawyers in Failure to Diagnose Cancer

It is a doctor's duty to notice signs and symptoms of common diseases and ailments, but unfortunately, doctors often fail to diagnose an illness or diagnose a disease too late. For instance, in the case of cancer a late diagnosis can be the difference between life and death.

A high percentage of medical malpractice cases are failure to diagnose cases. In fact, according to a recent study, 51.7% of Emergency Room-related malpractice claims against a hospital or emergency room physician involved the misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis or failure to diagnose an illness or disease resulting in the continued demise, prolonged illness or death of the patient. And 20% of ER-related malpractice lawsuits in a study involved failure to diagnose with no diagnosis (Suing for Medical Malpractice, Sloan et al, 1993)... read more about Failure to Diagnose Cancer

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New York's Lawyers for Hospital Liability and Emergency Room Errors & Mistakes

Doctors and other hospital personnel have a duty under current law to provide treatment which does not fall below a certain standard of accepted medical practice.

A medical malpractice case must be brought by our law firm against the doctor or hospital within two and a half years of the date of the alleged medical mistake or deviation from the accepted standard of medical care... read more about Hospital Liability and Emergency Room Errors

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Surgical Negligence

Unfortunately, surgeons and hospitals make preventable negligent or careless mistakes during surgery. Common surgical errors include leaving operating tools, or leaving operating sponges inside a patient; surgery on the wrong part of the body or wrong organ; surgery for an organ that should not have been operated on because of a faulty reading of X-Rays, CAT Scans, or MRI.s; negligent operating techniques. Doctors, surgeons, gynecologists, orthopedic surgeons and laparoscopic surgeons who are at fault for this mistake should be held accountable for any carelessness... read more about Surgical Negligence

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New York Wrongful Death Cases

Wrongful death is any death that is a result of the negligence, carelessness, recklessness, or even accidental action by another individual or corporation.

As you can imagine, quite a broad number of human actions or errors may qualify for a wrongful death case except perhaps dying in your sleep. But let's examine even that case... read more about Wrongful Death Cases

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New York Workers' Compensation Lawyers: Representing the Injured NYC Worker

Most injured workers surprisingly do not know, nor would their employers voluntarily divulge the information, that the Workers' Compensation Board is not the only place an injured worker can turn for compensation after a debilitating injury. In fact the little-known secret in our business is that the multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts you see on subway ads and on TV are not from worker's comp claims, they are from the lawsuits we bring directly against other entities which played some part in creating, or causing, your injury... read more about Injured NYC Worker Compensaion

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On the Job Injuries

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall rate of injuries that occur at work has been decreasing since 2003. Of course, injuries do still occur and those injured deserve monetary compensation and assistance in moving on with their lives... read more about work accidents

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New York Construction Accident Lawyers

Have you been injured on a New York construction site or other on-the-job accident?

We all know that New York City's skyscrapers were built by workers who have risked their lives constructing them. And through history, they have died. Five workers died building the Empire State Building; 3,400 workers were involved in building it. Between 30 to 40 died building the Brooklyn Bridge, www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridgedeaths.htm. For those who suffer catastrophic injuries, worker's compensation may not be the only remedy. Generally, there is no cost to hire a top NY construction accident lawyer; most work on a contingency fee of 33% at the conclusion of the case... read more about Construction Accidents

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New York's Lawyers for Catastrophic Personal Injuries & Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia Cases

An injury to the spinal cord can cause permanent disability or loss of movement (paralysis) and sensation below the site of the injury. Paralysis that involves the majority of the body, including the arms and legs, is called quadriplegia or tetraplegia. When a spinal cord injury affects only the lower body, the condition is called paraplegia... read more about Spinal Cord Injuries

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Subway, Bus or Public Transportation Accident

More people are using public transportation every day, so accidents on subways and buses in New York City are also on the rise. If you have been injured, it is essential that you have all of the precise, detailed information regarding your accident, so that your case can be fully investigated... read more about MTA or Public Transportation Accident

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Don't see what you're looking for?

The Diefenbach Law Firm's practice areas are not limited to the sections detailed on this website. Our law firm works in any personal injury area including but not limited to the follow topics: read more about Personal Injury

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