Law Office of Victoria Wickman

09/06/2022

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-20220905-5dvzpt3zpfb6xb6bruwvohqu5u-story.html

Labor Day serves as an important reminder that all workers should be celebrated. But truly honoring workers means doing more than just having the day off of work.

08/18/2022

A common defense tactic except this guy actually admitted it in public

An Orange County judge threw out a jury verdict in a personal injury case, citing bragging by the lawyer who successfully represented the defendant, a gastroenterologist.

08/18/2022

07/13/2022

Last night’s Medical School for Lawyers - Orthopedics & Radiology - was another wildly successful event! Building damages by understanding the medicine. Thank you to Dr. Strachan, Dr. Ketner and my co-chair Jeff Korek. Look out for the next course - general and vascular surgery!

06/17/2022

Had fun chairing medical school for lawyers tonight for the New York State trial lawyers association!

05/24/2022

Plaintiff’s verdict! Loss of an o***y in an 8 year old girl due to a 7cm mass that caused her o***y to torse (twist cutting off blood supply). We claimed she should have been admitted to the hospital for surgery. Defense claimed it was not a surgical emergency and could be handled as an outpatient. Jury unanimously found Staten island university hospital 75% responsible and Dr. Trentacosta 25% responsible. $600k award. There was never an offer to settle.

05/05/2022

Going into select my third jury in 5 months.

05/04/2022

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2022/05/03/its-about-justice-hoylman-says-wrongful-death-law-revamp-is-needed-to-value-lives/

The bill, dubbed the Grieving Families Act, would modernize a New York law enacted in the mid-19th century and include close family members such as domestic partners, as well as address a harsh anomaly.

01/20/2022

Write your senators using the link in the comments! This is wrong! We are one of the only states that does not allow compensation to parents when they lose their child!

“A Staten Island mom loses her only son due to negligence. NYS doesn't allow families to seek justice for their grief. https://t.co/Roa7RFRoS3”

12/19/2021

Justice was served. $1m plaintiff’s verdict in Richmond County in a failure to diagnose Fallopian tube cancer case. Fallopian tube cancer is an extremely rare cancer (only 300-400 women diagnosed annually) of those women only 15% of them present with early signs and symptoms. Fortunately, my client, 63 years old, did present with early signs and symptoms and the defendant doctor missed them. Unfortunately, the doctor did not diagnose it. As a result of the delay, the cancer went from stage I (84.5% chance of survival) to stage IV (0%). She died a year after she was diagnosed. The jury found the doctor was negligent and awarded $1m in damages. The insurance company never made an offer to settle.

09/03/2021

Best Law Firm in America! My firm can be found on page 87 (where you appear when you make it but don’t pay for advertising).

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07/28/2021

Are employers mandatory vaccinations legal? Yes. Employers can mandate you be vaccinated in order to work.

Seehttps://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/houston-methodist-court-ruling/3468984fc566cea5/full.pdf

See also Jacobson v Massachusetts holding state can fine private citizens for not getting vaccinated

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/