A medical malpractice law firm with an office in Uniondale has expanded into the Bronx, having already won an $80 million verdict in that county.
Duffy & Duffy, which has an office at RXR Plaza, now also has a location at 388 Canal Place in the Bronx to strengthen its capacity in serving residents and families in the borough on medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and personal injury matters.
“Opening an office in the Bronx is about showing up for the community” Michael Duffy, managing partner and general counsel at Duffy & Duffy, told LIBN.
“Bronx families deserve accessible, high-level legal representation close to home, especially when they’ve been harmed by preventable medical negligence,” Duffy said.
The firm secured the $80 million verdict in 2022, for a client who suffered permanent neurocognitive injuries, after a jury found that Jacobi Medical Center, part of NYC Health & Hospitals, was negligent. The client was born at 23 weeks following inadequate prenatal care, despite a known history of cervical weakness in the mother. The client suffered catastrophic injuries, including cerebral palsy, chronic lung disease, and profound intellectual and developmental disabilities.
James LiCalzi, partner and associate general counsel at Duffy & Duffy, said in a news release that had “the doctors had provided our client’s mother with the proper medical care required under the circumstances, this tragedy could have been prevented.”
Duffy & Duffy cited the case as an example of its work on medical accountability matters in the Bronx. The opening of the Bronx office further expands the firm’s capacity to handle such matters for the community, according to the news release.
In addition to serving Long Island and New York City, the firm also serves clients in Westchester County.