
Attorney Profile · Garden City, New York
Robert A. Miklos, Esq.
Partner, Silberstein & Miklos, P.C. · Trial Lawyer | Catastrophic Injury, Wrongful Death & Medical Malpractice | New York | Se habla español
Robert A. Miklos, Esq. is a New York trial lawyer and partner at Silberstein & Miklos, P.C. in Garden City, representing injured people and families in construction accident, truck and bus crash, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases across New York City, Long Island and New York State.
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro (2025–2026)
- Over $100 million recovered for clients
Recognition
Case types
What cases does Robert handle?
Robert's practice covers construction accidents under New York's Labor Law (scaffold and ladder falls, falling objects, Labor Law 240 and 241), truck and bus crashes including MTA buses, and medical malpractice: missed and delayed diagnosis of stroke, brain bleeds, heart attack and cancer, birth injuries, surgical errors, and hospital and nursing home neglect, including cases against NYC Health + Hospitals, where a notice of claim is due within 90 days.
Construction accidents
Labor Law 240 and 241 claims after scaffold and ladder falls, falling objects and worksite injuries.
New York construction accident claimsTruck crashes
Collisions involving tractor-trailers, delivery trucks and other commercial vehicles.
New York truck accident claimsBus crashes
Passenger and pedestrian claims after crashes involving MTA buses and other carriers.
New York bus accident claimsMedical malpractice
Missed and delayed diagnosis of stroke, brain bleeds, heart attack and cancer, birth injuries, surgical errors, and hospital and nursing home neglect.
New York medical malpractice claimsResults
What results has Robert obtained?
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Verdicts
Approximately $28 million jury verdict
Medical malpractice (missed brain bleed) · Kings County (Brooklyn), 2019
A man's brain bleed was not diagnosed in time at a public hospital, leaving him with a severe brain injury and paralysis on one side. After appeal, a judgment of approximately $17 million was paid in full.
Roberts v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Approximately $4.3 million jury verdict
Wrongful death (missed heart attack) · Westchester County, 2017
A hospital failed to report and review an EKG and order timely heart testing. After appeal, total recovery of approximately $5.1 million.
Molina v. Goldberg, Westchester Medical Center, et al.
$3.92 million jury verdict
Wrongful death (sepsis after surgery) · Queens County, 2018
A woman died of septic shock from a leak after cancer surgery, and the jury found she had not given informed consent. Reduced after trial, then settled.
Ramratan v. Long Island Jewish Medical Center
$3.5 million jury verdict
Wrongful death (delayed cancer diagnosis) · Queens County, 2018
A woman's ovarian cancer was not diagnosed in time. Liability affirmed on appeal.
Mahamad v. Mosberg, NY Hospital Medical Center of Queens
$1.75 million jury verdict
Birth injury · Nassau County (Long Island), 2016
An improper vacuum delivery caused a baby's brain injury with permanent learning and thinking problems. Affirmed on appeal (2018).
Bianco v. Sherwin
$1.5 million jury verdict
MTA bus accident · Queens County, 2015
A passenger fell on an MTA bus and suffered spine and knee injuries that will require a knee replacement.
Castillo v. MTA Bus Company
Settlements
- $26,000,000 settlement · Medical malpractice: Stroke resulting in permanent neurological disability.
- $8,000,000 settlement · Hospital negligence · Queens County: A patient fell in the hospital and was left with quadriplegia (paralysis).
- $7,000,000 settlement · Construction accident (Labor Law 240) · New York County (Manhattan): A worker fell from a height and needed multiple spinal surgeries.
- $6,900,000 settlement · Surgical error · Bronx County: A patient was left with quadriplegia (paralysis) and permanent neurological injury after neurosurgery and needs lifelong care.
- $6,500,000 settlement · Construction accident (Labor Law 240) · Queens County: A worker fell from stilts and needed multiple surgeries.
- $5,950,000 settlement · Birth injury · Eastern District of New York (federal court): A baby was born with cerebral palsy and brain injury after mismanaged labor and delivery.
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- $2,675,000 · Kings County: Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat cervical cancer by failing to properly read a pap smear leading to loss of chance of survival and death of a 30-year-old woman.
- $2,000,000 · Queens County: Failure to timely diagnose retinoblastoma causing loss of eye in a young girl.
- $2,000,000 · Queens County: A child with lifelong incontinence as a result of the hospital’s failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat ulcerative colitis.
- $2,000,000 · Queens County: Failure to diagnose pneumonia and improper discharge from the hospital leading to exsanguination and death. The young woman was survived by a child of tender years.
- $1,800,000 · Queens County: Failure to timely diagnose and treat prostate cancer resulting in loss of a chance of survival and death leaving behind a wife and adult children.
- $1,700,000 · Queens County: Negligent discharge from the hospital with positive blood cultures for bacteria resulting in endocarditis and stroke in an elderly man.
- $1,550,000 · Nassau County: Negligent failure to timely intervene to stop bleeding following perforation of uterus during D&C procedure resulting in loss of uterus and infertility.
- $1,500,000 · Queens County: Fall from a ladder resulting in torn rotator cuff, cervical spine herniations and inability to return to work with loss of income, pension and union benefits.
- $1,500,000 · Westchester County: Failure to timely diagnose impending stroke resulting in permanent neurological impairment.
- $1,400,000 · Bronx County: Failure to timely diagnose and treat breast cancer leaving behind adult children.
- $1,300,000 · Suffolk County: Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.
- $1,300,000 · Queens County: Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.
- $1,250,000 · Queens County: Wrongful death caused by endocarditis leaving a surviving wife and three adult children.
- $1,000,000 · Nassau County: Improper surgical clipping of common bile duct during removal of gallbladder leading to infection, sepsis, and death.
- $1,000,000 · Queens County: Fall through the landing of an unsecured and unbraced stairwell causing neck and back herniations and bulges, and inability to continue working.
- $1,000,000 · Kings County: Tender of full insurance coverage available for the wrongful death of a pharmacist who fell off the fire escape trying to save his wife and children from a fire. The fire was caused by the illegal storing of flammable and combustible materials by a hardware store that was a commercial tenant on the first floor of the building. The surviving wife and children were also burned.
- $950,000 · Suffolk County: Improper reading of mammography leading to a delay in diagnosis of breast cancer.
- $950,000 · Bronx County: Negligent discharge from the hospital with a perforated esophagus following a transesophageal echocardiogram despite complaints of neck pain, burning and raspy voice. The negligent discharge led to sepsis, stroke, and death of an elderly woman.
- $900,000 · Nassau County: Failure to timely diagnose acoustical neuroma.
- $880,000 · New York County: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of small bowel obstruction.
- $800,000 · Suffolk County: Failure to timely diagnose and treat hyperbilirubinemia at birth causing kernicterus and permanent neurological impairment of a child.
- $785,000 · Bronx County: Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat a sternal wound infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgery causing sepsis and death.
- $740,000 · Suffolk County: Failure to timely diagnose and treat infection in a diabetic patient.
- $700,000 · Suffolk County: Improper prescription and monitoring of steroids leading to avascular necrosis of hips and shoulder.
- $650,000 · Suffolk County: Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat cervical cancer.
- $650,000 · Queens County: Loss of a baby due to the hospital’s negligent administration of a drug to induce labor after placement of a transabdominal cerclage to preserve the pregnancy.
- $600,000 · Queens County: Negligent intubation and passing of transesophageal echocardiogram probe resulting in perforated esophagus and ultimately death.
- $500,000 · Kings County: Wrongful death of a woman due to uncontrolled bleeding after cardiac catheterization. She left behind two adult children.
- $500,000 · Bronx County: Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat post-operative infection and pulmonary embolism causing death.
- $475,000 · Kings County: Settled after weeks of trial where it was alleged that a podiatrist negligently transected the medial plantar nerve during surgery causing permanent neurological impairment in the foot.
- $475,000 · Nassau County: Trip and fall over raised paver stones on a pool deck causing a need for knee replacement surgery.
- $440,000 · Nassau County: Settled after weeks of trial, failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat cervical cancer leading to loss of chance of survival and loss of less invasive treatment options.
- $425,000 · Kings County: Following a stroke, development of a stage IV pressure ulcer leading to infection, sepsis and death. She was survived by adult children.
- $400,000 · Eastern District of New York: Slip and fall on a tiled ramp in department store causing intra-articular fracture of wrist.
- $400,000 · Bronx County: Negligent failure to perform a cesarean section despite signs of fetal distress resulting in the death of the baby.
- $350,000 · Kings County: Failure to timely and properly wean the patient off mechanical ventilation causing ventilator assisted pneumonia and death.
- $350,000 · Queens County: Delay in diagnosis of post-operative infection and bowel perforation following hernia repair surgery.
- $300,000 · Queens County: Slip and fall on ice causing broken femur with open reduction and internal fixation.
- $295,000 · Kings County: Heart attack and death of an elderly man in the emergency room.
- $250,000 · Queens County: Wrongful death of a 7-year-old girl due to delay in diagnosis and treatment of Coxsackie A9 Virus.
- $250,000 · Queens County: Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat heart attack resulting in death of a woman.
- $240,000 · Onondaga County: Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat heart attack in the emergency room causing death.
- $225,000 · Bronx County: Wrongful death due to pulmonary embolism.
- $200,000 · Bronx County: Facial trauma on a construction site due to unsecured work materials causing stitches.
- $195,000 · Bronx County: Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat subarachnoid hemorrhage and safely transfer the patient to another hospital for neurosurgical intervention causing death.
- $195,000 · Queens County: Stage III heel ulcers in the hospital and rehabilitation facility following surgery requiring 7 debridement procedures.
- $185,000 · Queens County: Fall from a ladder while performing maintenance work at an apartment building complex causing shoulder injury.
- $175,000 · Queens County: Wrongful death due to pressure ulcers in an elderly man.
- $175,000 · Queens County: Delay in diagnosis and work up for impending heart attack resulting in cardiac muscle damage.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Over $100 million recovered for injured clients. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
For attorneys
Does Robert work with other lawyers?
Attorneys: Robert works as co-counsel or trial counsel on catastrophic injury, Labor Law, wrongful death and medical malpractice cases, and he tries the case himself. The firm's staff serve Spanish-speaking clients. Referral fees are shared as permitted by Rule 1.5(g), with the client's written consent. Call (516) 832-7777.
Practice areas
Practice areas
Credentials
Admissions, education and honors
- Admitted in New York (2010) and Pennsylvania (2026); U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- J.D., St. John's University School of Law; B.A., University at Albany (SUNY)
- President, Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County
- Member, New York State Unified Court System Advisory Committee on Civil Practice
- Former member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association board (2015–2016)
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro (2025–2026); Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2015–2024)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
- Puerto Rican Lawyer of the Year, NYC Puerto Rican Heritage Reception (2026)




