Jeffrey B. Bloom's profile

    Jeffrey B. Bloom

    Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in New York, New York

    Education Qualification:

    Hofstra University School of Law

    Practice Areas:

    Medical malpractice,

    Personal injury,

    Professional liability,

    Birth injury,

    Brain injury,

    Construction accident,

    Legal malpractice,

    Premises liability - plaintiff,

    Professional malpractice - other,

    Toxic mold,

    Trucking accidents,

    Wrongful death

    80 Pine Street 34th FloorNew York, New York, 10005

    First Admitted: 1980, New York

    Professional Webpage: https://www.gairgair.com/jeffrey-b-bloom.html

    Bar/Professional Activity:
    • Member, New York State Bar Association
    • Co-Chair of Medical Malpractice Committee & Member of Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, , 2006-Present
    • Member, American Association of Justice
    • Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
    • Co-chair & Trustee- LawPAC NY--political action committee of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 2012
    Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
    • $1,900,000 settlement for a woman who suffered loss of her spleen and psychological trauma following an automobile accident.
    • $1,750,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case in which doctors failure to diagnose colon cancer in a 67 year old man.
    • $4,500,000 settlement in a legal malpractice case involving a woman whose lawyer failed to file the proper paperwork with the court when she had a claim against her doctor for failing to properly treat her brain tumor.
    • $1,600,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case in which a gynecologist failed to perform a prophylactic oopherectomy on a woman who developed ovarian cancer and who had suffered breast cancer and had a positive family history of ovarian cancer.
    • $3.4 million settlement for a woman who suffered significant leg injuries when thrown from a boat after an engine exploded.
    • $8,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case for a woman who contracted vulvulus (an intestinal blockage) following colon surgery.
    • $2,250,000 in a legal malpractice case for a man who hired a law firm to represent him in an action against his doctor for losing a kidney. The firm was negligent in their representation of their client and as a result of the lawyer’s oversight, the medical malpractice case was dismissed.
    • $2,125,000 verdict for the estate of a Kings County man who died of complications because of a dental procedure.
    • $8,850,000 in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Brought on Behalf of a Girl Who Lost Her Eyesight Due to an Undiagnosed Craniopharyngioma (Pituitary Brain Tumor)
    • $2,000,000 settlement in medical malpractice case involving the failure to diagnose breast cancer.
    • $1.8 million verdict in a medical malpractice case for a child who suffered Erb's Palsy following negligent delivery by his mother's obstetrician.
    • $6,100,000 settlement in a Dutchess County medical malpractice case involving the death of a woman after giving birth.
    • $1,600,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case involving the failure to take an adequate biopsy of a patients ulcer and thereby failure to diagnose gastric cancer.
    • $3,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice for a child who suffered Erb’s Palsy following a negligent delivery by his mother’s obstetrician.
    • $1,450,000 settlement in an Ulster County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to timely diagnose a woman’s breast cancer.
    • $2,500,000 verdict in a Rockland County medical malpractice case in which a gynecologist transected a 68 year old woman’s ureter resulting in the loss of a kidney.
    • $1,000,000 settlement in a Broome County medical malpractice case involving the failure to timely diagnose melanoma.
    • $2,175,000 million in a medical malpractice case in which doctors it was claimed that there was a failure to diagnose a meningioma.
    • $2,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case for a man who underwent unnecessary prostate cancer surgery.
    • $1,900,000 settlement in a Richmond County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to diagnose preeclampsia in a woman suffered a cerebral bleed a few days after giving birth.
    • $9,200,000 settlement in a Brooklyn medical malpractice case in which doctors and hospital employees fail to timely diagnose and treat a small bowel obstruction which resulted in systemic infections, multiple surgeries, lengthy hospitalization, and the need for a kidney transplant.
    • $1,700,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case in which am ophthalmologist failed to timely diagnose and treat a post-cataract surgery infection resulting in loss of vision in an eye.
    • $3,800,000 verdict for a man who was struck by a car and suffered a severely broken leg.
    • $1,600,000 in a medical malpractice case settlement for a child who suffered Erb’s palsy following negligent delivery by his mother’s obstetrician.
    • $2.7 million settlement in a medical malpractice case claiming a failure to administer anti-coagulation medication to a 78 year old woman following surgery resulting in a stroke.
    • $1,450,000 settlement in a Dutchess County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to timely diagnose breast cancer.
    • $2,250,000 settlement in an Erie County medical malpractice case in which doctors failed to timely diagnose and treat acute gastrointestinal bleeding in a 60 year old man.
    • $2,150,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case claiming the failure to properly repair a rectal laceration following a prostatectomy.
    • $4 million settlement for the family of a doorman who died following sinus surgey during which his ethmoid bone was fractured causing a cerebral hemmorhage
    Honors/Awards:
    Educational Background:
    • Lehigh University, B.S. Economics, 1976 (Editor-in-Chief of the Brown & White; President of chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu) Hofstra University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1979
    Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
    • Basic Civil Practice: The Trial, Lecturer, New York State Bar Association, 1995-1997, 2000
    • Medical Malpractice in NYC Supreme Court: Key Issues Today, Program Chair/Lecturer - New York State Supreme Court, New York County
    • Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer: The Trial, Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1998, 2000
    • Keeping Pace: A Guide for the Up-to-Date Litigator, New York State Bar Association, 1998
    • How to Begin a Civil Action in New York State: A Roadmap Through Pre-Trial Discovery and Motion Practice," Practising Law Institute, 1998
    • Winning Your Case at the Deposition: Effective Tools for the Practicing Litigator, New York State Bar Association, 2000
    • How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 2001
    • The Trial, New York State Bar Association, 2002
    • Law Journal Seminars, Medical Malpractice Program on Video, 2002
    • Lecturer /Demonstrating Attorney at Mock Trial, The 2012 Issues In Neonatology Symposium Sponsored By Winthrop-University Hospital, 2012
    • Practical Skills: How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 2003
    • Practical Skills: How to Commence a Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 2004
    • Medical Malpractice Litigation, New York State Bar Association, 2005
    • Practical Skills: Basics of Civil Practice - The Trial, 2005
    • "Practical Skills: Basics of Civil Practice-The Trial," New York State Bar Association, 2005
    • "Prescription for Improving the Way Health Care and Legal Systems Deal with Unanticipated Outcomes in Medical Care," Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2006
    • "Medical Malpractice Study: Disproving Frivolous Myth," The National Law Journal, July 3, 2006
    • "Harvard Study Ends Myth of Frivolous Malpractice Suits," New York Law Journal, May 26, 2006
    • "The Impact of Arons: A Look at the Court of Appeals Decision to Allow Ex Parte Interviews of Treating Doctors and Where We Go from Here," Bill of Particulars-New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Spring 2008
    • "A HIPAA Primer," Bill of Particulars-New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Winter 2006
    • Women's Health Issues and Malpractice, Program Chair/Lecturer, New York State Bar Association, 2003
    • Handling the Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Case," Program Chair/Lecturer, New York State Bar Association, 2007
    Industry Groups:
    • Law
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