Oginski Law provides relevant information about news and events relating to medical malpractice cases in New York and throughout the country.
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Horrific Skydiving Deaths in Upstate New YorkTragedy struck late last week when a prominent Manhattan real estate investor and his sky diving instructor plummeted to their deaths due to a problem operating the parachute.
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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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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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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.
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More People Visit the ER for Dental Care; Pew Study SaysDental problems are being seen more often in the emergency room today because preventive checkups, usually for patients on Medicaid, are becoming less and less cost-effective for dentists. The trend, in turn, is draining resources from ERs and is giving patients fewer treatment options.
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Give Decisions to Patients, Not to Experts- New BookPatients know what medical care is best for themselves, say the co-authors (from Harvard Med and Boston's Beth Israel Center) of a new book on medical decisions.
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The Disaster of the Medicare Malpractice System
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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+