By Jason Grant | January 7, 2019
In reversing the trial court's dismissal, an Appellate Division, Second Department, panel has ruled that a stroke victim who fell from his hospital bed “raised triable issues of fact” regarding whether North Shore University Hospital and a treating physician departed from accepted practice and whether the fall caused his condition to worsen.
By Charles Toutant | Michael Booth | December 21, 2018
A motorist who underwent five surgeries after his vehicle was struck head-on agreed to a $1.1 million settlement in his Morris County suit, Mosher…
By VerdictSearch | December 20, 2018
In May 2010, plaintiff Lacey Povrzenich, 14, underwent a kidney transplant after having been diagnosed with end-stage renal failure, in Pittsburgh.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | December 17, 2018
Four-lawyer McIntyre, Hartye & Sosnowski will add a Hollidaysburg office to midsize Dickie McCamey.
By Andrew Denney | December 14, 2018
The late Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson's widow, who has clashed with the deceased DA's relatives in court over dividing his estate, is in another court battle with Mount Sinai Hospital and other defendants alleging that they failed to timely diagnose his colorectal cancer.
By R. Robin McDonald | December 11, 2018
Attorneys at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley secured the settlement on behalf of a U.S. Army veteran despite South Carolina's $450,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
By Catherine Wilson | December 10, 2018
Most Effective Lawyers: Medical malpractice — Stephan A. LeClainche heads his law firm's medical malpractice group. Hospitals settled three of his cases within four months for multimillion-dollar awards.
By VerdictSearch | December 6, 2018
On July 17, 2014, plaintiff Laura Madara, a veterinarian in her 50s, was diagnosed with cancer of her left breast. She claimed that radiologists Lisa Klein and Frank DuPont III failed to diagnose the cancer and failed to perform ultrasounds that had been ordered by her obstetrician-gynecologist.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | December 3, 2018
Medical Malpractice columnists Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier write: In recent years there have been several changes to the CPLR that make it easier for litigants to compel the production of, and admit, evidence at trial. These statutory amendments can be particularly helpful in medical malpractice actions, and are the subject of this column.
By Jason Grant | November 28, 2018
Citing the treating physicians' deposition testimony and extensive medical records, the First Department panel wrote that in response to hospital questioning, the patient consistently denied having suicidal thoughts or ideation while stating that his anxiety stemmed in part from an uncomfortable living situation.
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