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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Psoriasis Patients Not Receiving Adequate TreatmentA new study discussed here by Reuters shows that half of people with psoriasis find that their doctors are not providing them with adequate treatment.
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Possible Upper West Side Hepatitis A OutbreakShoppers on the Upper West Side are fearful today of a possible Hepatitis A outbreak stemming from a local grocery store. The scare began when the grocery store found out
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TV Doctor Mehmet Oz Sued by Viewer For Advice Given Out On His ShowAs a home remedy to help folks get to sleep, Dr. Oz advised television viewers on his NBC daytime show earlier this year to put rice in their socks, microwave them and then wear them to sleep
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Young Girl Molested in McDonald’s Play Zone as Security Guard Does NothingA man sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl in the play area of a McDonald’s located on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. Investigators are trying to determine whether or not
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Queens Woman Suing Her Plastic Surgeon For Putting Photos of Her Nose Job OnlineOne Queens woman says she is horrified and shocked to see that her plastic surgeon has posted photos of her rhinoplasty on his website. She says that she was asked
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12 Injured After Two NYFD Fire Trucks Collide in BrooklynSaturday morning around 9:34 a.m., two fire trucks were both racing down the rain-slicked streets of Brooklyn when they collided with each other. The crash caused one of the trucks
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Double Amputee Can Try Her Case Near Her Brooklyn HomeYou, as the injured victim, have the first opportunity to decide where your lawsuit will be held. Most often it is where you live. Other times it is where the people you are suing have their office or primary place of business.
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Brooklyn's Interfaith Hospital Goes UnderEarlier this month, Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center filed for bankruptcy protection, dragging approximately $200 million worth of liabilities into the public limelight.
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NY Highest Court: Affair with Patient is MalpracticeThe Court of Appeals ruled that a jury could reasonably conclude the affair to be medical malpractice if they thought it was "substantially related" to the doctor's treatment of the patient.
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Baby Overdoses After Nurse Administers Lethal Dose of Antibiotics“The infant went into a coma, Akther said, and was on life support until [the following] Tuesday.” Akther said Amaan received 500 mg of the antibiotic, Zithromax. Akther, however, “was later told that the proper dosage was 80 mg.”