Ny doctor info site plagued by gaps
Even though a jury in February awarded $3 million in damages to Marlayna Kineke in a medical malpractice suit against Dr. Stephen Serlin, a Glens Falls obstetrician, there’s no information related to...
View ArticleState weighs changes in med mal testimony
Although federal law and every other state in the nation requires disclosing the identity of expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases, New York only requires each side to indicate experts’ basic...
View ArticleMore NY courts to focus on medical malpractice
New York courts specializing in the state’s 4,000 medical malpractice cases filed each year have begun expanding following the success of a Bronx judge in settling cases early. The approach, shown to...
View ArticlePegalis & Erickson wins $15M med mal verdict
A jury has awarded a breast cancer victim a $15 million verdict after a doctor failed to perform a sonograph on a woman who claimed she found a lump in her breast. A Philadelphia malpractice attorney...
View ArticleNY court weighs affair as medical malpractice
A jury awarded Kristin Kahkonen Dupree $416,500 after finding that Dr. James E. Giugliano was 75 percent responsible for her mental distress and economic loss.
View ArticleNY court says affair is medical malpractice
New York's highest court says it was medical malpractice for a Long Island family doctor to have an affair with a married patient he treated for anxiety and depression.
View ArticleJury awards patient $13.5M in LI med mal case
A patient left paralyzed from the waist down by a Long Island hospital’s negligence has been awarded over $13.5 million by a Nassau County jury.
View ArticleRobot hot among surgeons but FDA taking fresh look
The Food and Drug Administration is looking into a spike in reported problems for medical procedures conducted by a multi-armed robot named da Vinci.
View ArticleSettlement videos take on a starring role
Lights, camera, settlement. That’s the idea behind “settlement videos,” a legal tool with a high price tag and a successful track record.
View ArticleDavis & Ferber launches TV, radio campaign
The firm's latest marketing follows expansion
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