Pegalis & Erickson, LLC, is a Long Island based firm, located in Lake Success that is specifically dedicated to representing individuals or their families that have been seriously injured as a result of medical malpractice, negligence and failure to diagnose. Recognized by the legal community as a Top Tier medical malpractice law firm on Long Island, New York State and Nationally. Pegalis & Erickson, LLC has the distinction of receiving the two highest medical malpractice jury verdicts in the State of New York. Some examples of these distinctive verdicts include: -In 1998, Steven Pegalis won a $116 million verdict as against New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation for a child with severe brain injury as a result of her birth. -In 2001, Stephen Erickson won a $114.8 million verdict as against St. Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn for a young woman who sustained severe brain injury while under the care of St. Mary's Hospital. - In 2004, Steve Pegalis again won a record breaking verdict in the amount of $111.7 million for a young girl also severely injured as a result of events at or around the time of her birth.

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