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Welcome To Duffy & Duffy Law

At Duffy & Duffy, our mission is to advocate for patients who are harmed by medical malpractice, negligence or personal injury and to help our clients – and their families – receive justice. We bring to each client engagement years of legal experience, unprecedented knowledge of trying medical malpractice and negligence cases and a passion to defend and fight for patients’ rights.

We invite you to learn more about Duffy & Duffy, our commitment to advancing patient safety and the ways we can help if you or someone you know has been the victim of medical malpractice.

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  • Verdict Taps Montefiore for $19.2M

    A paralyzed father of three plans to move from a nursing facility back home with his family after winning a $19.2 million negligence award…

    (To see the complete Verdict Taps Montefiore for $19.2M article, click here)

  • Santa Comes Early to Needy Nassau Families

    The volunteers' annual tradition of bringing gifts and delivering joy to needy families at Christmastime began in 1995 when Michael Santo, 53, a personal injury lawyer…

    (To see the complete Santa Comes Early to Needy Nassau Families article, click here)

  • North Hills Doctor a Believer in Medical Tort Reform

    Michael Duffy is quoted about tort reform: "The entire conversation has focused on whether money can be saved and physicians can be made to feel more comfortable," Duffy said…

    (To see the complete North Hills Doctor a Believer in Medical Tort Reform article, click here)

  • Negligence

    Many medical malpractice cases center on negligence. In these cases, a health care professional is careless with a patient, or conducts an act which deviates from the standard procedure that a reasonable patient would expect in a particular set of circumstances.

    (To see the complete Negligence article, click here)

  • Med Mal Justified, Say Lawyers

    A Bronx jury recently awarded $20 million to a man who was paralyzed by an apparent medical error in 2004…

    (To see the complete Med Mal Justified, Say Lawyers article, click here)

  • LI Law Firm Wins $20 Million Med Mal Verdict

    A Bronx man has won a $20 million medical malpractice verdict in Bronx Supreme Court from a New York City hospital after a delay in his diagnosis...

    (To see the complete LI Law Firm Wins $20 Million Med Mal Verdict article, click here)

  • Inappropriate Response

    Duffy & Duffy secured a $7.3 million settlement just before trial reached the Suffolk Country Supreme Court, in Long Island, New York. On behalf of a female plaintiff, Duffy & Duffy proved the defendants failed to properly and appropriately respond to an emergency ...

    (To see the complete Inappropriate Response article, click here)

  • Delay in Diagnosis

    Duffy & Duffy secured a $19.2 million verdict in the Bronx Supreme Court in the 12th Judicial District on behalf of a 53 year-old male paraplegic plaintiff. Duffy & Duffy proved a delay in diagnosis and treatment of a spinal abscess resulted in paraplegia.

    (To see the complete Delay in Diagnosis article, click here)

  • Brooklyn-Born Attorney Rises to Success in the Courts

    A Brooklyn-born attorney who never attended law school followed his own path to success in the courtroom....

    (To see the complete Brooklyn-Born Attorney Rises to Success in the Courts article, click here)

  • Botch Costs Hosp $19M

    A jury has awarded $19.2 million to a Bronx man left paralyzed when doctors at Montefiore Hospital failed to promptly detect and treat...

    (To see the complete Botch Costs Hosp $19M article, click here)