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Dennehy Law Firm – New York Medical Malpractice Attorney

Making a lasting impact,
one case at a time

Dennehy Law Firm focuses its resources on what it does best, representing patients who are harmed by medical malpractice.

You may have such a case. Our goal is to make a difference. That means recovering money damages for our clients to try to restore what was lost as a result of medical negligence.

Importantly, it also means changing the way medicine is practiced, and achieving systemic changes, so that what happened to you won’t happen again to someone else. We believe this is a crucial part of justice. And we believe each of our cases has the potential to bring about essential change.

Susan Dennehy is a leading medical malpractice attorney in New York City. Her firm has recovered tens of millions of dollars for patients who endured botched surgeries, undiagnosed infections, missed cancer, and for families who suffered the loss of a loved one through medical mistreatment.

Susan is rated by her peers as AV Preeminent®, signifying that a large number of other attorneys rank her at the highest level of professional excellence for her legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.

"Invariably, every person who comes to us says they don’t want what happened to them to happen to someone else."

Susan Dennehy

$9.6 million dollar verdict in Brooklyn

Before the courts closed for COVID, Susan won the 4^th largest malpractice verdict in New York State. Two Emergency Room doctors ignored a young patient’s complaints of pain and progressive loss of movement over 16 hours. When an MRI was finally performed, it showed an abscess crushing the spinal cord. Today the patient suffers permanent partial paraplegia below the waist, requiring him to self catheterize daily.

Medical Malpractice Cases Are The Only Cases We Handle.

Birth Injury and Trauma

The much anticipated birth of a child should be a joyous time, but for parents of children born with unexpected injury, the future is less certain. What will life hold for that child and the family, and how will you be able to afford the medical costs? Was someone responsible and why weren’t you informed of this risk? Is there anything you can do? Read more.

Emergency Department Malpractice

Emergency Departments should be a place where a patient gets better, not worse. Read more.

Failure to Diagnose

The standard of care requires doctors and medical providers to consider all of the potential causes for a patient’s medical symptoms, and then “rule out the worst first”. Read more.

Fertility and Reproductive Negligence

Infertility is much more than just a medical condition. The realization that you may have an infertility diagnosis may be overwhelming. It affects your emotions, your relationship with your partner, and your pocketbook. Read more.

Infection

Infections take a terrible human toll. Time is of the essence in making the diagnosis, hours, sometimes minutes, matter. Read more.

Nursing Home Injury

Promises made, promises broken. When a family puts their trust in a nursing home, they expect that the nursing home will be adequately staffed by qualified professionals. Read more.

Wrongful Death

The failure to timely diagnose a cancer when it was treatable, the misdiagnosis of a grievous illness, improper treatment, careless deliveries, surgical errors, medication errors, and a lack of proper follow up are all potential contributors to the untimely passing of a patient. When this happens, the patient’s family has the legal right to bring a wrongful death action against those who were responsible, including healthcare personnel, treatment facilities and hospitals.
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But you must know, without you, our life would have no peace, no grace. You have given us the answers we were searching for at the beginning.

- S.P., Client

“Thank you for working so hard for us. Despite the sad circumstances of the case, it was really a pleasure to get to know you and we really felt we had an advocate.” - C.