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.
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Generic Drugs Shielded from the LawThanks to a unusual FDA rule and its recent upholding in the Supreme Court, generic drug manufacturers cannot be sued for the same failure-to-warn offense committed by corresponding brand-name manufacturers.
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NYC Woman Loses Both Arms, Both Legs and One Eye; Settles for $17.9MA quadruple amputee has just settled for almost $18 million with the City of New York and with the hospital she was treated in.
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Local Brooklyn Hospital Sued by 100+
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Powerful New Heart Scanners Introduced to Long Island; Coronary-Computer Tomographic AngiographyTwo Long Island hospitals have recently taken on two high-tech heart X-ray scanners which claim to be able to take a detailed three-dimensional image in under a second. They claim costs and
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Exciting Rare Skin Cancer Treatment Works; Memorial Sloan KetteringA Manhattan hospital has found a rare and powerful skin cancer treatment, which they plan to explore further in the hopes of treating more related conditions.
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Wife Dies After Delivering Twins -- Father CopesJay Snyder, 41, is fighting a difficult battle raising his twin children with the help of friends and family three months after his wife died shortly after giving birth.
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Oginski Just Named Top 1% Trial Counsel for Medical Malpractice in NY-2012Gerald Oginski has been selected as one of The Top 1% Trial Counsel for Medical Malpractice - 2012. Selectees were chosen through a multi-phase process that includes both third-party surveys
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Pregnant Teen Among Dead in Brutal Bronx CrashThe Bronx witnessed earlier this month a tragedy that took the life of a pregnant teen and her unborn child on her due date, when the speeding car they were in crashed, killing two and injuring two others.
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$1.4M Jury Award Reversed Over Lack of EvidenceA New York appeals court has reversed a lower court's jury verdict for wrongful death and its subsequent $1.4 million settlement because the appellate court found insufficient evidence of malpractice.
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Mother Files $50M Claim Against MTA Over Son's Fatal Train AccidentA notice of claim for $50 million has been filed with the MTA for the death of a Brooklyn mother's son after he was hit by a train inside a tunnel after a night of drinking.