Pegalis & Erickson, a malpractice law firm in Long Island, New York, has a longstanding history of successfully advocating for our clients in and out of the courtroom. When you watch this video, you’ll see an interview with Robert Fallarino, a medical malpractice lawyer at our firm. Mr. Fallarino discusses how he helped one of his clients obtain a $15 million jury award.

Mr. Fallarino’s client was a woman in her mid-40s with three young children. She detected a lump in her breast and went to a breast care center for a mammogram. The doctor misdiagnosed the lump as a clogged milk duct, when in fact, it was a cancerous tumor. The end result was that the woman wasn’t diagnosed with cancer until about a year later, which allowed the disease to spread well beyond the breast to her lymph nodes and bones. In this interview, Mr. Fallarino offers some valuable advice for patients who think they may be the victim of medical malpractice.

At Pegalis & Erickson, we go the extra mile to walk our clients through each step of the litigation process and ensure they are fully informed of their legal rights and options. Contact our malpractice law firm at (516) 684-2900 or visit our website to read about our jury verdicts.

A cancer misdiagnosis can have devastating effects. If you or a loved one has suffered from this form of medical malpractice, you could visit a malpractice law firm to discuss your legal options. Cancer misdiagnosis can occur when a healthcare provider fails to order appropriate tests or fails to interpret test results correctly. This can result in costly delays in receiving a cancer diagnosis, which subsequently results in delayed treatment.

When a patient doesn’t undergo cancer treatment as quickly as possible, this gives the disease an opportunity to spread beyond its point of origin. The cancer may spread to the lymph nodes, for example, which allows it to more easily spread to other tissues and organs. When cancer has progressed in this manner, it is referred to as metastasized cancer. A patient’s prognosis when there is advanced cancer is generally much less favorable than it would have been for early stage cancer. In other words, cancer misdiagnosis may sometimes cost the patient his or her life. When patients do survive, they must typically undergo much more invasive and extensive treatments than they may have needed if their disease had been treated early.

A medical malpractice lawyer at Pegalis & Erickson can review your case during your free consultation. Call our malpractice law firm in Long Island, New York at (516) 684-2900 to learn more.