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5.23.2022

Lubin & Meyer Attorneys Featured on the Cover of New England’s Best Lawyers

Magazine describes Lubin & Meyer as the hardest-working, most successful medical malpractice and personal injury law firm in New England

The 2022 edition of New England's Best Lawyers, as seen in The Boston Globe, features five Lubin & Meyer attorneys on its cover along with a feature article: Success and Leadership by All Measures.” The annual publication lists the most recent attorneys in New England who are named to the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers listing.

Lubin & Meyer attorneys who a recognized in the practice areas of medical malpractice and personal injury law, and who appear on the cover are (from left to right):

Nicholas D. Cappiello
William J. Thompson
Krysia J. Syska
Andrew C. Meyer Jr.
Robert M. Higgins
Adam R. Satin

From the issue:

Success and Leadership by All Measures

Lubin & Meyer has earned its reputation as the hardest-working, most successful medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury law firm in New England. And the proof is in the results.

By Justin Smulison

New England’s Best Lawyers 2022

"The success of injury law firms can be measured in various ways. It could be quantified by the number of favorable results and total amount of compensation; or one could qualify it through the firm’s influence on the law, its impact on the community as well as by the level of client satisfaction. Lubin & Meyer is considered New England’s most successful medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury law firm by consistently outperforming all other law firms in each and every one of these areas. While other firms may assert these claims in their advertising, Lubin & Meyer advises to compare actual results when choosing a law firm.

Continue reading: Lubin & Meyer attorneys on cover of New England's Best Lawyers

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2.09.2018

Lubin & Meyer PC: Top Medical Malpractice Law Firm in New England Again

Lubin & Meyer PC, the Boston-based medical malpractice law firm representing patients in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, set the standard again in 2017. With an annual Tier One Best Law Firms Ranking in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Litigation - Boston, the firm also annually tops the Largest Verdicts and Settlements listing compiled and published each year by Mass. Lawyers Weekly.

Lubin & Meyer ad in Lawyers Weekly

Top Medical Malpractice Verdicts and Settlements

Detail of ad: Compare Lubin & Meyer

In 2017, Lubin & Meyer again dominated the list achieving 38 settlements of $1 million and above — more than 7 times as many as any other law firm in the Commonwealth. A sampling of these lawsuits include:

$4.5 million - Operation to insert pain pump leads to 76-year-old’s death
$4 million - Aortic dissection leaves woman without use of her legs
$3.75 million - Patient’s stroke attributed to lack of anticoagulant prescription
$3 million - Newborn suffers brain injury after extended pre-delivery distress
$2.5 million - Patient says doctors failed to recognize signs of liver cancer

To see the full listing visit: The Largest Settlements of 2017

For more of the firms verdicts and settlements, see: Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Case Archive

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1.03.2018

2.15.2017

NH Birth Injury Settlement: $3.75 Million — Child Suffers from Permanent Brain Injury / Cerebral Palsy

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We have added the trial lawyer's report of a recent NH birth injury lawsuit to our Verdicts & Settlements archive at lubinandmeyer.com. The suit claimed that at the time of birth the infant (now 2 years old) suffered hypoxic ischemic injury (HIE) resulting from the OB/GYN’s negligence during labor and delivery. As a direct result of her brain injury, she suffers muscle weakness, developmental delays and cerebral palsy requiring occupational, speech and physical therapy.

Click on the link below to read the full trial report.

$3.75 Million Settlement
Inappropriate management of labor and delivery results in permanent brain injury resulting in cerebral palsy.

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1.16.2017

Drew Meyer, The "Go To Guy" for Injured Patients

Attorney Andrew Meyer Profiled in Huffington Post

In a profile published in The Huffington Post, Andrew C. Meyer Jr. is described as "the go to guy for families in MA, NH, and RI, who are dealing with the devastating consequences of medical malpractice." The article includes highlights of Meyer's long career representing victims of medical mistakes and unique experience working with the complicated emotions that result when a patient has been harmed by a trusted doctor or institution.

Medical Malpractice Attorney - Andrew C. Meyer Jr.

In the article Meyer talks about trust as a common issue among those who have been injured.

"He says that the reason they come through his doors at Lubin & Meyer PC is because they put their trust in the hands of a highly qualified professional; their doctor, nurse, midwife, physician’s assistant, psychiatrist, dentist, or other medical professional, and they were ultimately harmed by that person. He says that his first order of business is sitting with a client to listen intently in order to fully understand their plight and his second order of business is to answer the question that every client is thinking, but usually unwilling to express, 'Why should I trust you?'"

According to Meyer, clients can feel "angry, embarrassed, and guilty for what happened, often blaming themselves for not having known the possible outcome of a particular medical procedure."

Meyer works to help the injured begin to understand they are not the only family that has suffered horrible losses, and that "they are not at fault for the tragedy which has brought them all together." By pursing the long affair of a medical malpractice lawsuit, the injured and their families become "warriors and whistle blowers who are willing to step forward to share their story" to affect change in the system.

"Very rarely are his clients embarking upon the very long road to justice for the money. He says that sometimes the money is absolutely necessary to provide care for someone who will need lifetime assistance due to malpractice, such as the $30 million settlement for a child who was born with major birth defects due to the egregious negligence of an entire medical team. But more often than not, the monetary award is necessary to force change within the medical community."

The article states that Meyer is known for negotiating settlements that call for more than just money. "In most cases, they negotiate for major changes in systems and procedures at hospitals and medical practices. He says that there are countless system defects within the industry and, in most instances, the patients at these medical facilities have no idea."

You can read the full article on The Huffington Post at this link: Drew Meyer profile.

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12.21.2016

Recent Medical Malpractice Settlements in New Hampshire

Lubin & Meyer PC has published three trial reports on recent medical malpractice settlements in New Hampshire. All cases involved a delay in diagnosis and treatment of a serious medical condition while in hospital care. Nicholas Cappiello was the lead attorney in these recent New Hampshire lawsuits.

Click on the case links below to read the full trial reports.

$4.25 Million Settlement
Delay in Diagnosis of Cancer - A New Hampshire man's soft tissue sarcoma went undiagnosed by primary care physician for years — spreads to lungs, liver, pancreas and brain. A delay in the diagnosis of cancer can have a profound impact on a patient's prognosis.

$1.2 Million Settlement
Delay in Treatment of Cauda Equina Syndrome - A 28-year-old woman suffered a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of cauda equina syndrome, resulting in permanent foot drop and bowel and bladder dysfunction. There has been an increase in the number of cauda equina lawsuits. You can learn more about cauda equina on our Patient Safety Blog at: Cauda Equina: A Dangerous Outcome When Patient Complaints Are Not Taken Seriously.

$1 Million Settlement
Delay in Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome - A 47-year-old man developed compartment syndrome and permanent foot drop following a heart valve repair surgery.

"Compartment syndrome occurs when excessive pressure builds up inside an enclosed muscle space in the body. Compartment syndrome usually results from bleeding or swelling after an injury [or surgery]." — WebMD

View more verdicts and settlements by Lubin & Meyer.

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10.17.2016

Representing New Hampshire Victims of Medical Malpractice for Three Decades

Lubin & Meyer's ad as seen in the NH Bar News

Did you know? Lubin & Meyer is one of the region’s most accomplished and successful medical malpractice and personal injury law firms representing patients harmed by medical errors in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

On the cover of
New England's Best Lawyers

With verdicts and settlements that continually eclipse those of any other law firm in the region, Lubin & Meyer delivers on its commitment to protect the rights of injured patients and to bring positive change to health care. Lubin & Meyer has already secured two of the year’s top medical malpractice verdicts in New England – a $29.8 million birth injury verdict followed by a $12.8 million verdict.

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Whether providing an initial evaluation or a second opinion, Lubin & Meyer welcomes the opportunity to work with persons in New Hampshire. With attorneys both licensed and living in New Hampshire, we are are ready and able to review medical malpractice and personal injury cases — free of charge. Feel free to contact us with your questions.

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7.27.2016

"Failure To Monitor Coumadin" Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of New Hampshire Woman

Lawsuit alleges: Elective toe surgery ends in stroke death when patient's blood thinning medication is not properly managed.

Lubin & Meyer recently filed a NH medical malpractice lawsuit involving a 70-year-old woman who passed away after suffering a massive stroke when, as the lawsuit claims, her healthcare providers failed to properly manage her Coumadin levels (blood thinning medication) when she underwent an elective toe surgery.

Attorney Nicholas Cappiello, who represents the claimant in this lawsuit, said that Coumadin dosing errors are a significant problem in healthcare. "It is a major safety issue for patients because Coumadin can be a dangerous drug if not properly monitored — when healthcare providers do not take the time to pay attention to their patients then the results can be catastrophic for the patient."

Coumadin Lawsuits

Coumadin is a drug with tremendous benefits when properly monitored and administered, but it can kill a patient when not given in the proper amounts, according to Cappiello.

"Hospitals and healthcare providers have an obligation to closely monitor patients on Coumadin, but far too often we see that they are inattentive to their patients, and the consequences are devastating."

This lawsuit claims that the patient's cardiologist and his nursing staff failed to administer the proper blood thinning medication before her surgery and then failed to adjust her Coumadin after surgery when her lab tests showed that her blood was too thick, which put her at a significantly heightened risk for suffering a stroke.

Because they did not administer the proper dose of blood thinning medication, according to the lawsuit, the patient’s blood was allowed to clot and she ultimately suffered a massive stroke and died.

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Attorneys practicing in NH, MA and RI

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3.24.2016

Report on Medical Errors at NH Hospitals

A series of articles on the reporting of adverse events — serious medical errors also known as "never events" — by NH hospitals is available at: InDepthNH.org. There are 29 types of errors — all considered to be avoidable mistakes — that hospitals must report to the Department of Health and Human Services. (See the full list below.)

The most recent data from 2014, shows 73 never events were reported. These include 25 patient falls and 22 pressure ulcers, as well as 14 surgery-related errors at NH hospitals including Catholic Medical Center, Concord Hospital, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, and Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

How did your hospital do? See the full public document listing the type of adverse events reported by each NH hospital at this NHDHHS web page.

Serious Medical Errors Plague Hospitals in NH https://t.co/wmklmgtJQo via @nancywestnews
— Lubin & Meyer PC (@LubinandMeyer) March 10, 2016

What Are Never Events?

Here is the list of 29 adverse events that hospitals in NH must report in an effort to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety, as reported by Nancy West at InDepthNH.org

Surgical or invasive procedure events

Surgery or other invasive procedure performed on the wrong site

Surgery or other invasive procedure performed on the wrong patient

Wrong surgical or other invasive procedure performed on a patient

Unintended retention of a foreign object in a patient after surgery or other invasive procedure

Intraoperative or immediately postoperative/post procedure death in an ASA Class 1 patient

Product or device events

Patient death or serious injury associated with the use of contaminated drugs, devices, or biologics provided by the healthcare setting

Patient death or serious injury associated with the use or function of a device in patient care, in which the device is used or functions other than as intended

Patient death or serious injury associated with intravascular air embolism that occurs while being cared for in a healthcare setting

Patient protection events

Discharge or release of a patient/resident of any age, who is unable to make decisions, to other than an authorized person

Patient death or serious injury associated with patient elopement (disappearance)

Patient suicide, attempted suicide, or self-harm that results in serious injury, while being cared for in a healthcare setting

Care management events

Patient death or serious injury associated with a medication error (e.g., errors involving the wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong patient, wrong time, wrong rate, wrong preparation, or wrong route of administration)

Patient death or serious injury associated with unsafe administration of blood products

Maternal death or serious injury associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy while being cared for in a healthcare setting

Death or serious injury of a neonate associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy

Patient death or serious injury associated with a fall while being cared for in a healthcare setting

Any Stage 3, Stage 4, and unstageable pressure ulcers acquired after admission/presentation to a healthcare setting

Artificial insemination with the wrong donor sperm or wrong egg (updated)

Patient death or serious injury resulting from the irretrievable loss of an irreplaceable biological specimen

Patient death or serious injury resulting from failure to follow up or communicate laboratory, pathology, or radiology test results

Environmental events

Patient or staff death or serious injury associated with an electric shock in the course of a patient care process in a healthcare setting

Any incident in which systems designated for oxygen or other gas to be delivered to a patient contain no gas, the wrong gas, or are contaminated by toxic substances

Patient or staff death or serious injury associated with a burn incurred from any source in the course of a patient care process in a healthcare setting

Patient death or serious injury associated with the use of physical restraints or bedrails while being cared for in a healthcare setting

Radiologic events

Death or serious injury of a patient or staff associated with the introduction of a metallic object into the M RI area

Potential criminal events

Any instance of care ordered by or provided by someone impersonating a physician, nurse, pharmacist, or other licensed healthcare provider

Abduction of a patient/resident of any age

Sexual abuse/assault on a patient or staff member within or on the grounds of a healthcare setting

Death or serious injury of a patient or staff member resulting from a physical assault (i.e., battery) that occurs within or on the grounds of a healthcare setting

Lubin & Meyer PC - New Hampshire's Leader in Medical Malpractice Law

1.29.2016

Lubin & Meyer Finishes Record Year with 56 Verdicts and Settlements of $1 Million or More in MA, NH and RI

Lubin & Meyer PC eclipsed the results of all other firms in New England having achieved 50 "million-plus" verdicts and settlements for 2015 as compiled by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and published in its January 15, 2016 edition. Lubin & Meyer secured more than four times as many million-plus verdicts and settlements than its closest competitor in Massachusetts — and the firm secured six additional million-plus verdicts and settlements in New Hampshire and Rhode Island for a record 56 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more.

Highlights of the 56 cases resolved include:

$35.4 Million Verdict
Stroke following childbirth brings largest verdict in Massachusetts

$3.6 Million Verdict
PCP misdiagnoses patient's colon cancer symptoms

$1.08 Million Verdict
Man suffers blindness in right eye after surgery

$6.25 Million Settlement
Baby injured at birth after complete stoppage of blood flow to the brain

$5.65 Million Settlement
Failure to monitor fetal readings results in severe neurological injury to newborn

$4.96 Million Settlement
Newborn's hypoxic brain injury leads to cerebral palsy

$4.93 Million Settlement
Mismanaged labor results in birth injuries causing cerebral palsy

$4.5 Million Settlement
Failure To Diagnose Colorectal Cancer

Click to view more of the largest verdicts and settlements of 2015.

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Attorneys practicing in NH, MA and RI

Questions about a possible medical malpractice lawsuit?
There is no fee or cost to you to have your case evaluated by our qualified medical malpractice attorneys.

9.26.2015

Cauda Equina Diagnosis Delay Leaves NH Woman with Permanent Neurologic Injuries

New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Settlement

The plaintiff is a 50-year-old New Hampshire woman who suffers from significant weakness of her lower extremities and bowel and bladder incontinence from a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of cauda equina syndrome.

On February 23, 2011, the plaintiff presented to her primary care doctor’s office complaining of pain in her right leg and lower back pain for the prior two weeks. She also reported that her leg pain radiated from her lower back, down her leg, to her toes. On exam, the defendant noted tenderness in the L4-L5 region of her back. Of particular note, this is the exact same location where the patient’s disc herniation and cauda equina syndrome was eventually diagnosed.

Without requesting a consultation or performing a single imaging study, the defendant physician diagnosed the plaintiff with lumbar disc disease and sciatic syndrome. She was given a prescription for cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) and prednisone with instructions to return in two weeks for re-evaluation.

Approximately one week later, March 4, 2011, the plaintiff’s husband called the defendant’s office and reported that his wife was experienced worsening back pain, muscle spasms, and lower extremity weakness with numbness and tingling.

Later the same day, the plaintiff was seen again by the defendant. She reported increased lower back pain with pain radiating to her legs which had worsened over the prior two days. The plaintiff also reported difficulty walking due to bilateral leg weakness, numbness, and tingling.

The defendant diagnosed the plaintiff with lumbar disc disease and prescribed cyclobenzaprine 10 mg TID, oxycodone 5 mg every 4-6 hours, prednisone, and physical therapy.

The very next day, March 5, 2011, the plaintiff presented to St. Joseph’s Hospital with an inability to walk, numbness in both lower extremities, and incontinence. An MRI was ordered and showed a very large disc herniation at the L4-L5 level completely obliterating the thecal sac (the membranous sheath that surrounds the spinal cord). Based on the MRI findings, neurosurgical evaluation at Lahey Clinic, Burlington, was recommended for cauda equina syndrome. The plaintiff was transferred to Lahey Clinic where she underwent a complete L4 laminectomy and bilateral L4-L5 diskectomy.

Today, the plaintiff suffers from significant weakness of her lower extremities with severely antalgic gait. She has difficulty with bowel retention and suffers a neurogenic bladder with incontinence.

To learn more about cauda equina syndrome, please see this recent post on our Patient Safety Blog on Cauda Equina, related to this case.

Lubin & Meyer PC - New Hampshire's Leader in Medical Malpractice Law. Attorneys practicing in MA, NH and RI.

5.13.2015

Lubin & Meyer Secures $35.4 Million Dollar Verdict for Woman's Stroke Following Childbirth

A recent $35.4 million dollar verdict in the case of a woman who had a stroke hours after giving birth to her first child is among the largest jury awards in New England for a medical malpractice lawsuit. Lubin & Meyer attorneys represented the plaintiff.

More information is available here: $35.4M Verdict in Childbirth Stroke Lawsuit

Lubin & Meyer PC - New Hampshire's Leader in Medical Malpractice Law

Attorneys practicing in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

5.11.2015

New England's Best Lawyers

Robert Higgins - Best Lawyers - Lawyer of the Year

New England's Best Lawyers a publication of Best Lawyers® distributed as part of The Boston Globe on May 1, featured Lubin & Meyer partner Robert Higgins on the cover. Rob, who is selected as Boston's 2015 Lawyer of the Year for Medical Malpractice Law, is featured in the cover story: Safeguarding a Patient's Right to Secure and Reliable Medicine.

The article describes Higgins and Lubin & Meyer as "an industry leader."

“Improving any system requires change, which in turn requires leadership, and that is where we excel,” said Higgins, who obtained three of the top five verdicts of 2014 — $4.8 million in a undiagnosed myocarditis case, $11 million in a case where a doctor failed to diagnose lung cancer, and $7 million in a lawsuit where a tonsillectomy resulted in the death of a 38-year-old man.

“The fact is, medical mistakes are endemic to our health care system. They are one of the leading causes of death in this country, and as a firm, it is not only our mission to achieve maximum compensation for our clients, but also to ensure patient safety for the general public.” — Robert M. Higgins

Higgins, firm founder Andrew Meyer, and their colleagues at Lubin & Meyer (all five partners are selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of New England's Best Lawyers) are known as relentless advocates for the rights of injured patients. By calling for a better standard of care, they have exposed the lack of quality treatment available at many institutions and, in the process, helped create safer hospital environments. One example provided in the article: After a Lubin & Meyer lawsuit uncovered a flaw in a Boston hospital’s computer system that had allowed medical professionals to overdose a patient, resulting in her death, the hospital changed its protocols and instituted a backup system to safeguard against a similar tragedy.

The full article can be read here on the Best Lawyers website.

Lubin & Meyer attorneys are licensed and practicing in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

1.02.2015

FDA Updates Warning on Use of Power Morcellation of Uterine Fibroids

A series of articles in the Wall Street Journal details investigation into the marketing, training and use of power morcellation for the removal of uterine fibroids and hysterectomies. The issue at hand is that if a fibroid turns out to be cancerous, the morcellation can cause rapid spread of cancer. Below one article tells the story of a New Hampshire woman who died from cancer when she was diagnosed with a uterine fibroid that was removed by morcellation at Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system. Her fibroid turned out to be cancer.

#Morcellators simplify the hysterectomy but pose a rare #cancer risk that few doctors have disclosed http://t.co/1z0f5T2Qlm via @WSJ
— Lubin and Meyer, PC (@LubinandMeyer) December 7, 2014

Excerpt from FDA Safety Communication

Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths that develop from the muscular tissue of the uterus. Most women will develop uterine fibroids (also called leiomyomas) at some point in their lives, although most cause no symptoms1. In some cases, however, fibroids can cause symptoms, including heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure or pain, and/or frequent urination, requiring medical or surgical therapy.

Many women choose to undergo laparoscopic hysterectomy or myomectomy because these procedures are associated with benefits such as a shorter post-operative recovery time and a reduced risk of infection compared to abdominal hysterectomy and myomectomy. Many of these laparoscopic procedures are performed using a power morcellator.

Based on an FDA analysis of currently available data, we estimate that approximately 1 in 350 women undergoing hysterectomy or myomectomy for the treatment of fibroids is found to have an unsuspected uterine sarcoma, a type of uterine cancer that includes leiomyosarcoma. At this time, there is no reliable method for predicting or testing whether a woman with fibroids may have a uterine sarcoma.

If laparoscopic power morcellation is performed in women with unsuspected uterine sarcoma, there is a risk that the procedure will spread the cancerous tissue within the abdomen and pelvis, significantly worsening the patient’s long-term survival. While the specific estimate of this risk may not be known with certainty, the FDA believes that the risk is higher than previously understood.

Read full FDA Safety Communication: UPDATED Laparoscopic Uterine Power Morcellation in Hysterectomy and Myomectomy

Follow more WSJ articles via this link.

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10.29.2014

An Update: Lubin & Meyer in the Courtroom

Lubin & Meyer has achieved six multi-million dollar medical malpractice verdicts in the past 12 months:

$24.4M verdict* - Doctors fail to recognize condition in premature newborn leading to debilitating syndrome
$16.7M verdict - Radiologist misses evidence of cancer on x-ray
$13M verdict - 38-year-old man dies following tonsillectomy
$11.3M verdict - Boston IVF doctor misses ovarian cancer diagnosis in 35-year-old woman
$4.8M verdict - 23-year-old man's fatal heart condition misdiagnosed as bronchitis
$1M verdict - Doctor fails to diagnose rectal cancer in 83-year-old woman

Also several significant settlements include:

$4.5M settlement against MGH doctors for failing to repair fractured rib resulting in death of from pierced aorta
$4M settlement for birth injury related to care received at Brigham and Women's Hospital
$3.5M settlement in bowel perforation death following elective disc surgery
$3M settlement reached in Bridgewater Hospital death

Lubin & Meyer PC - New Hampshire's Leader in Medical Malpractice Law

9.04.2014

Robert Higgins Selected "Lawyer of the Year" for Medical Malpractice Law

We are pleased to announce that Robert M. Higgins has been selected by Best Lawyers® as Boston's "Lawyer of the Year" - Medical Malpractice Law for 2015. Higgins, a partner of the firm, has achieved numerous mulit-million verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients.

Some of his most notable verdicts include:

$40 million award for a baby brain damaged at birth
$19.8 million verdict for a doctor’s failure to diagnose cervical cancer
$16.7 million verdict for a woman who died of lung cancer after a radiologist missed evidence of the cancer in an X-ray
$14.5 million award for the failure of doctors to diagnose and treat an infection leading to the death of 40-year-old woman

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 20th edition of Best Lawyers® (2015) is based on more than 5.5 million votes by other lawyers. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

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4.25.2014

Lubin & Meyer. Making Headlines While Making A Difference

Lubin & Meyer has been featured in numerous front page articles in the New England media for significant cases handled on behalf of victims of medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Here's a look at recent media coverage highlighting our work that has resulted in significant compensation for our injured clients and system wide changes that may prevent others from suffering similar harm.

Hearing Could Be the End of the Rotenburg Center - Fox25
Jury Awards $4.8M to Family in Death of Patient - The Boston Globe
$3M Settlement Reached in Bridgewater Hospital Death - The Boston Globe
A Death in Restraints after ‘Standard Procedure’ - The Boston Globe (Investigative Feature)
Jury awards $24.4M to Parents of Tufts Patient - The Boston Herald
Mass. obesity surgeon’s license suspended - The Boston Globe

Do you have questions regarding a possible medical malpractice or personal injury claim? It costs nothing to have our attorneys evaluate your claim. Please call us at 800-866-2889.

Lubin & Meyer PC - New Hampshire's Leader in Medical Malpractice Law. Best Law Firms® Tier 1 ranking by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® for Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law - Boston.

11.30.2011

Alarm Fatigue Lawsuit Settles in Massachusetts, Hospitals Nationwide Respond

Hospitals nationwide have been addressing "alarm fatigue" — a condition where hospital staff become "immune" to the sounds of multiple alarms going off due to the high number of alarms, most of them 'false alarms.' In some cases, hospital staff have disabled the alarms.

The case at the forefront of the alarm fatigue issue, involved the death of an 89-year-old cardiac patient, whose family was represented by Attorney Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. of Lubin & Meyer. The settlement, which was obtained in May of this year, was made public this week by the family of the man who died at Massachusetts General Hospital when nurses did not respond to alarms on his cardiac monitor.

According to a Boston Globe article, "Investigators concluded that alarm fatigue experienced by nurses working among constantly beeping monitors contributed to their inattention. Additionally, the volume for a separate audible crisis alarm on his bedside monitor had been turned off."

The death of this patient, and a series of investigative articles by The Boston Globe have raised awareness of alarm fatigue and prompted hospitals nationwide to examine the problem of alarm fatigue more closely. As reported by the Globe, both the Joint Commission, which accredits hospitals, and the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates monitor manufacturers, participated in an alarm summit last month and plan to further address the issue.

The first article appeared February 15, 2011 titled, Patient Alarms Often Unheard, Unheeded.

For the full article related to the settlement, click on: Alarm fatigue settlement.

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9.29.2011

Lubin & Meyer Representing Plaintiff in Lakes Region General Hospital Lawsuit

Lubin & Meyer is representing the plaintiff in a medical malpractice action against physicians at Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH. The lawsuit contends that a patient at the hospital died of bowel necrosis due to a delay in diagnosis and substandard care. The Citizen of Laconia featured the story as the two sides agreed to try mediation to resolve the lawsuit. If the case is not resolved at mediation, the trial is schedule to start April 1, 2013.

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4.29.2011

Recent Verdicts and Settlements

Lubin & Meyer obtained 20 of the largest settlements of $1 million or more in Massachusetts in 2010 compiled by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. These results included a $6 million settlement, which was the year's largest medical malpractice settlement, for a lawsuit involving a newborn's brain damage caused by an overdose of Dilantin. (Click to see a listing of these 20 largest settlements.)

We are now in the process of adding and linking to the lawyer's full trial reports for most of these cases, which contain additional details of the types of medical malpractice cases we work with. Below are two medical malpractice trial reports from 2011 and four from 2010 that we just added to our main site at www.lubinandmeyer.com.

$3.5 Million Settlement for Birth Injury
2011 Medical Malpractice Trial Report
$2 Million Settlement in Anesthesia Death
2011 Medical Malpractice Trial Report
$2.45 Million for Failure to Monitor During Surgery
2010 Medical Malpractice Trial Report
Jury Awards $2.06 Million for Bowel Obstruction Lawsuit
2010 Medical Malpractice Trial Report
$1 Million Settlement for Delay in Diagnosis of Melanoma
2010 Medical Malpractice Trial Report
$2 Million Settlement in Baby's Cardiac Arrest/ Brain Damage Lawsuit
2010 Medical Malpractice Trial Report

To see Lubin & Meyer's archive of verdicts and settlement by malpractice type, click on: Verdicts & Settlements.

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