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One of the preeminent trial firms in the nation, Duffy & Duffy provides legal counsel to victims of medical malpractice and negligence with unparalleled results. The firm represents victims of medical malpractice throughout Nassau County, Long Island and five boroughs of New York City and New York State.Through their work, Duffy & Duffy is a staunch advocate for patients by pursuing malpractice cases where neglect has occurred, shedding light on the uninsurable doctors who continue practicing, and taking insurance companies to task for dictating the course of treatments a patient receives. The firm works to empower patients to ask questions and seek professional counsel when they feel something has gone awry during the process of being treated by a doctor, hospital or medical professional.Mary Ellen Duffy, a partner at Duffy & Duffy, has been appointed to the Life's WORC Board of Directors" News in Brief - New York Law JournalDuffy & Duffy, a medical malpractice firm in Uniondale, has added two of counsels from Levine & Grossman: Mary Rita Wallace and Frank Torres" Duffy & Duffy secured a $1, 250, 000 settlement on behalf of a family when physicians failed to properly investigate a suspicious right breast lump reported by the patient. Physicians did not perform a complete differential diagnosis...Duffy & Duffy secured a $950, 000 settlement on behalf of a family when a physician failed to properly adhere to proper medical standards and follow up with his patient who had been unable to tolerate an MRI...Duffy & Duffy secured a $975, 000 settlement following a motor vehicle accident. The patient suffered three hours of pain in the hospital, and eventually died, following a collision with a drunken driver...Duffy & Duffy secured a $3, 000, 000 settlement on behalf of a family when a physician's mismanagement of prenatal care resulted in premature birth, leading to brain damage....Duffy & Duffy secured a $1, 931, 530 settlement on behalf of a family left fatherless after a rheumatologist misread a man's chest x-ray, failing to recognize lung cancer. Even though the man had a chronic cough...Duffy & Duffy secured two verdicts in one week on behalf of two Suffolk County families, both victims of medical malpractice and negligence. Duffy & Duffy proved that the first plaintiff's doctor delayed in properly diagnosing his prostate cancer...Duffy & Duffy secured a $1.7 million verdict on behalf of a plaintiff that suffered a debilitating stroke when the surgeon negligently severed an artery during surgery to remove a tumor. Duffy & Duffy proved that the surgeon failed to properly utilize the appropriate surgical equipment when performing the surgery...Duffy & Duffy secured a $6.6 million settlement on behalf of a female plaintiff when physicians failed to take her family's history of disease into account during her pregnancy. The plaintiff's medical history showed that her unborn baby had a one out of four chance of being born...Duffy & Duffy secured a $109 million verdict on behalf of a brain-injured plaintiff and his wife " the highest malpractice verdict in the United States that year. Duffy & Duffy proved that the doctors' failure to treat...Duffy & Duffy secured a $7.3 million settlement just before trial reached the Suffolk Country Supreme Court, in Long Island, New York. On behalf of a female plaintiff, Duffy & Duffy proved the defendants failed to properly and appropriately respond to an emergency...Duffy & Duffy secured a $19.2 million verdict in the Bronx Supreme Court in the 12th Judicial District on behalf of a 53-year-old male paraplegic plaintiff. Duffy & Duffy proved a delay in diagnosis and treatment of a spinal abscess resulted in paraplegia.A Brooklyn-born attorney who never attended law school followed his own path to success in the courtroom....