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Cohen Milstein's Stephan LeClainche Reached Major Settlements With Hospitals 3 Times

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.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Defense: Delay in Diagnosis Was Due to Plaintiff

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.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legislative Changes Regarding Compelling Evidence at Trial

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.
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New York Law Journal

Bronx Hospital Can't Be Held Liable for Patient's Suicide, Appeals Panel Rules

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.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Awards $350,419 to Dental Patient With Bad Bridge

Overlooked tooth decay was blamed for the failure of a bridge and three extractions.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Woman Rendered Incontinent After Medical Procedure Settles for $2 Million in Morris County

A woman who developed urinary incontinence after undergoing gynecological surgery performed by a doctor who misstated his credentials agreed to a $2…
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Defense of the Nerve Injury Case

Medical Malpractice Defense columnist John L.A. Lyddane discusses procedure-related nerve injury and how it is frequently unrelated to deficient medical care. He writes: “Careful development of the facts and expert review are needed to be able to demonstrate that factors beyond the control of the health care providers account for the unfortunate outcome.”
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Joe Osborne and Greg Francis Launch New Plaintiffs Firm

Osborne and Francis have worked on a broad range of civil litigation, taking on medical malpractice, defective medical products, and civil rights cases.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Case of Doctor's Testimony Shift Teaches a Lesson to Lawyers

However the justices decide the present case before them, the moral to trial attorneys is simply this: Be alert to potential error in an adversary's trial presentation and make the appropriate objection, with underlying legal argument, at the time of its occurrence.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Wanaque Center Adenovirus Outbreak Prompts Mother's Civil Suit

The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in Passaic County Superior Court on behalf of Paula Costigan and her son, William DelGrosso, 14, who has been hospitalized for weeks with the illness.
3 minute read

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