You spend your morning scanning the news. Maybe you read the newspaper. Maybe you watch the morning news. Maybe you listen to the news in your car on the way to work. Or, if you are like many of us, you read your news online. No matter which way you get your news content, this section provides relevant information about current events that are happening relating to accident cases, wrongful death cases and medical malpractice cases in New York and throughout the country.
Many times you will see studies reported here that are currently trending in the news. On occasion I will add commentary to my news report to highlight a particular point and show what happens here in New York.
You will always find a link to the original news story contained within my news report. I find it critically important to allow you, the reader, the ability to determine for yourself the source of the story.
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Chemical Exposure Increases Risk of Miscarriage for Nurses; New Study SaysA recent study claims the risk of miscarriage among nurses skyrockets if they handle certain chemicals.
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Port Washington Dog Attack Ends in Missing Earlobe and LawsuitA husband and wife are being sued after their dog attacked and tore the ear off of a 6-year-old boy last month in Long Island.
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Kidney Transplant Ends in Death at Montefiore HospitalMontefiore Hospital in the Bronx has suspended its organ transplant program after the medical center suffered its first fatality in history within the last two weeks.
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Patients Complain about Overworked Doctors and NursesNPR recently ran related stories on doctors and nurses who can't seem to find enough time for their patients.
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Billionaire Pleads Guilty to Hit-and-Run in New York CityThe heir to a Colombian brewery fortune has pled guilty to a Manhattan hit-and-run in 2011, in which he left his a man crippled on the ground. He is now being sued for $100 million -- a case that is likely strengthened by the guilty plea this week.
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Man Dies While Engaged in Threesome; Family Sues Cardiologist and Wins $3 Million For Failure to Warn!$3 million was awarded to a Georgia man's family for the negligence of a cardiologist prior to the man's extramarital threesome, which ended in his death.
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NYC Woman Wins $120 Million Medical Malpractice Award After Suffering Brain DamageA State Supreme Court in the Bronx awarded a woman one of the largest medical malpractice payments in New York State history ($120 million) last week for her incapacitation at the hands of three hospitals in February 2004.
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$7M for Death After Neglected Gallbladder SurgeryGallbladder patient who died is to be compensated over $7 million due to medical negligence. Nam Yoon Lee was admitted on June 18, 2008 to New York Hospital Queens in Flushing with biliary colic (a pain associated with gallstones) and an inflamed gallbladder. He was to have his gallbladder removed the following morning.
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Reckless Head-on Collision Takes Life of Would-be Doctor
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Brooklyn Patients' Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Valued at 60% After 2 Hospitals MergePatients with malpractice claims will receive 60% of their potential payouts after their hospital was recently acquired in a merger. The patients' lawyers, however, say they got a good deal out of a bad situation.