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.
As always, if you have legal questions about your possible case that arose here in New York, I encourage you to pick up the phone and call me. This is what I do every single day. You can reach me at 516-487-8207 or by e-mail at [email protected]. I welcome your call.
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New York City's "Cavalier" Attitude Loses CaseA New York appellate court has ruled that New York City's "cavalier" attitude toward revealing internal information has cost its defense the verdict in a person
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$24 Million for Misdiagnosis Upstate NY Resulting in StrokeA family in upstate New York has been awarded $24 million this week for a wrongful diagnosis, which led to a stroke shortly thereafter.
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Penis Amputation: Jury Says Not MalpracticeA doctor has won a medical malpractice case in a Kentucky court this week, in regard to a 2007 circumcision which turned into a partial penis amputation.
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Staten Island-Psychiatric Supervisor Charged with Fatal Excessive ForceThe Staten Island District Attorney last week charged a supervisor at a local state-run psychiatric facility of criminally negligent homicide and endangering
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Queens Accident Takes 10-Year Old Girl's LifeA tragic accident in Astoria, Queens, earlier this month took the life of a 10-year-old Australian girl, Sabrina Mangos, and injured eight others.
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$3M Settlement for Fatal Suffolk County Prison ScuffleSuffolk County has settled with the estate of a man, who died while in police custody from a head injury a prison guard inflicted, for $3 million.
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Jehovah's Witness "Wrongful Life" Lawsuit DismissedA Staten Island judge last week threw out a medical malpractice claim brought by a Jehovah's Witness, whose life was saved with a blood transfusion her religion
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"Hero" Girl Saves Friends but Loses Life in Fatal AccidentA terrible car accident occurred this Saturday in Brownsville, Brooklyn, taking the life of the driver and a 13-year-old girl "hero."
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First-Year Residents Can't Work Shifts Longer than 16 HoursThe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has mandated limits to first year residents (interns) to 16-hour shifts, as of the end of this
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Two Injured in Basketball Roof Collapse in Old BrookvilleThe roof of an underground basketball and racquetball court collapsed just before noon this Wednesday, injuring two construction workers