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Based on those facts, I'd take that case. Go see your local personal injury attorney. Also, I don't see the need to put the dog down, all they need to do is keep it away from people.

There are two questions here. As for the first, I can file a lawsuit against anyone in New York. As to the second, in order to prove a medical malpractice case, a claimant must prove a failure to conform to accepted practice, resulting in an injury. A bad result is not enough. He will need to get copies of ALL of his medical records and have a doctor review them; if the reviewing physician is willing to testify that the previous doctor failed to conform to accepted practice, then he has a case. But even then, he will have to prove how much worse he is as a result of the malpractice. There are many people whose health deteriorates from the point where they can live independently to the point where they require assisted living, whose situation has nothing to do with lithium toxicity. So, your expert witness would have to say that "but for" the malpractice, his condition would not have deteriorated. These cases are difficult and expensive to prove and they do not settle out of court.

I am not familiar with Workers Compensation. You need to insist on speaking with your lawyer. If your lawyer won't talk with you, then find a new one.