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Silberstein & Miklos, P.C. · Forest Hills, Queens
Queens medical malpractice lawyers at Silberstein & Miklos, P.C. represent patients and families harmed at Queens hospitals, including delayed diagnosis, surgical errors, birth injuries and failure to treat strokes and infections. The firm's Queens verdicts include $23.2 million and $3.8 million affirmed on appeal, and these claims generally carry a two-and-a-half-year deadline.
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When medical care causes the harm, the value of the case is measured in the health, income and years it takes from the patient and the family. Ask4SAM builds Queens malpractice claims around that reality.
Why Ask4SAM
Silberstein & Miklos has won some of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Queens history, including a $23,199,615 paralysis verdict certified No. 1 in Queens and all of New York City for 2023, and a $3,825,085 wrongful-death judgment affirmed on appeal. The firm holds Martindale-Hubbell's AV Preeminent rating and takes malpractice cases other firms have declined. Every case is handled on contingency, so you pay no attorney fee unless compensation is recovered for you.
A $23.2 million Queens paralysis verdict, certified by TopVerdict as the top medical malpractice verdict in Queens and New York City for 2023.
Joseph Miklos and the firm hold Martindale-Hubbell's highest possible professional rating.
A $3,825,085 Queens med-mal and wrongful-death judgment, with the $2,000,000 pain-and-suffering award upheld by the Appellate Division in 2021.
Case Results
Each result below is documented in a published court decision or an independent verdict registry.
Queens County jury verdict for a patient left paralyzed, certified by TopVerdict as the No. 1 medical malpractice and paralysis verdict in Queens and New York City for 2023, tried by attorneys of the firm then known as Silberstein & Miklos. See the TopVerdict listing.
Queens County judgment in a medical-malpractice and wrongful-death case, with the $2,000,000 pain-and-suffering award affirmed by the Appellate Division, Second Department in 2021. Read the court's published decision.
Queens County verdict in a med-mal and wrongful-death case against Long Island Jewish Medical Center, ranked in the Top 100 New York verdicts and Top 100 U.S. medical malpractice verdicts for 2018. See the TopVerdict listing.
Queens County verdict in a failure-to-diagnose wrongful-death case involving NY Hospital Medical Center of Queens, ranked in the Top 100 New York verdicts for 2018. See the TopVerdict listing.
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What To Do Now
In the weeks after harmful care, the medical record gets finalized and the deadline clock runs. A few steps protect the patient and the family.
Key Deadlines
Which deadline applies depends on who provided the care and what kind of claim you have. Private hospitals and doctors follow one rule, and public facilities like NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst and Queens Hospital Center follow shorter city notice rules. Ask a lawyer to confirm your exact dates.
| Deadline | Applies to | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| 90 days after the incident | Notice of claim when care was given at a NYC Health + Hospitals facility such as Elmhurst or Queens Hospital Center | GML § 50-e; GML § 50-i |
| One year and 90 days | Lawsuit against the City of New York | GML § 50-i |
| Two years and six months | Medical malpractice against private providers, from the act or the end of continuous treatment | CPLR § 214-a |
| Three years | Related negligence claims against private parties arising from the same care | CPLR § 214(5) |
| Two years after the death | Wrongful death claims | EPTL § 5-4.1 |
Attorney Advertising. Deadlines can be shorter or longer depending on the parties, the injuries and the type of claim. Talk to a lawyer before relying on any date above.
Malpractice Injuries We Handle
Silberstein & Miklos, P.C. represents Queens families facing permanent injuries of every kind.
Cancer, stroke, infection and cardiac diagnoses that came too late, including the firm's Queens failure-to-diagnose verdicts.
Queens delayed-diagnosis claimsWrong-site surgery, organ injury, anesthesia mistakes and post-operative failures at Queens hospitals.
Queens surgical-error claimsLabor and delivery errors, oxygen deprivation and conditions like cerebral palsy after Queens deliveries.
Queens birth-injury claimsWrongful death from misdiagnosis, surgical mistakes and failure to treat, brought by the estate and family.
Queens fatal-error claimsWe also handle failure to treat stroke, emergency room errors, medication mistakes, misdiagnosis, anesthesia injuries and cancer misdiagnosis.
The SAM Standard
Malpractice claims live or die on the medicine: what the records show, what the standard of care required and what a qualified expert can support.
Complete records, imaging and pharmacy logs, plus interviews of what was documented versus what should have been.
Board-certified physician experts review the care against accepted standards and connect the failure to the harm.
We deal with hospital risk managers and insurers, and present the medicine clearly to a Queens jury when they will not settle.
Free consultation. Available 24/7. No attorney fee unless compensation is recovered for you.
Queens Malpractice FAQ
Most claims against private providers must be started within two years and six months under CPLR § 214-a. If the care was at a public hospital like Elmhurst or Queens Hospital Center, a notice of claim is generally due within 90 days. Confirm your exact dates early.
No. Medicine carries unavoidable risks even with proper care. A claim requires proof that a provider departed from accepted standards of care and that the departure caused the harm, which is why expert review comes before any case is filed.
When you kept treating with the same provider for the same condition, the clock under CPLR § 214-a generally runs from the end of that treatment rather than each visit. It can add time, but it is fact-specific and needs early review.
The consultation is free. Ask4SAM works on a contingency fee, so you pay no attorney fee unless compensation is recovered, and case costs are advanced and recovered from the result.
Yes. Claims against NYC Health + Hospitals facilities follow special city rules: a notice of claim generally within 90 days and a shorter suit deadline, which is why early contact matters in public-hospital cases.
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Legal References
Queens medical malpractice claims are governed primarily by New York's Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), the Public Health Law, the Public Authorities Law (PAL) and the General Municipal Law (GML). The authorities below frequently come up in malpractice cases handled by Silberstein & Miklos, P.C. Rules vary by provider and facility, so confirm specifics with an attorney as early as possible.
Sets the two-year, six-month statute of limitations, with continuous-treatment and discovery rules that can change the date. Read CPLR § 214-a on the NY State Senate site.
Requires the filing attorney to certify that a licensed physician reviewed the case and found reasonable basis for the claim. Read CPLR § 3012-a.
Defines the separate claim for care given without informed consent, with its own proof requirements. Read Public Health Law § 2805-d.
Requires a Notice of Claim within 90 days when the care was at a NYC Health + Hospitals facility such as Elmhurst or Queens Hospital Center. Read GML § 50-e.
When malpractice is fatal, the estate's wrongful death claim must generally be brought within two years of the death. Read EPTL § 5-4.1.
Most Queens malpractice lawsuits seeking significant damages are filed in the Queens County Supreme Court, Civil Term in Jamaica. Visit the official court site.
Last reviewed: September 2026
Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. This page is for general information only and is not legal advice. Every case is different, and deadlines may vary depending on the facts, parties and type of claim.