Medical Malpractice

The public sees New York hospitals as safe places where they are taken care of by medical professionals. However, there are cases in which those very medical professionals end up harming patients. The fact is that humans are prone to making errors, even the best of...

Doctors have long been referred as champions and heroes within the healthcare field. It can certainly be argued that the men and women who struggle through years of schooling and residencies to eventually become full-fledged medical doctors are indeed among the...

Here is a central irony associated with the practice of medicine in New York, as noted in a recent media article addressing that subject. To wit: New York is reportedly the leading state in the country for training doctors, yet it ranks dead last as a work environment...

American businesses provide the financial backbone upon which the U.S. economy relies, thrives and survives. For many business owners, a business' success is preceded by years of hard work and sacrifice. It's difficult, therefore, to imagine having everything stripped...

For a physician, learning that you are the subject of a medical malpractice claim can be devastating. When accused of medical negligence, it's normal to feel singled out. However, according to the American Medical Association, "more than 42 percent of physicians have...

Doctors are among the most revered of all professionals, and with good reason. The men and women who choose to become physicians spend years learning and training how to help, treat and effectively heal people who are ailing or in emergency medical situations. In some...

New York Gov. Mario Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act into law last summer, and the state became the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana. The law and the associated regulations provide strict guidelines for prescribing and dispensing the drug. For example,...

We're back to the subject of transvaginal mesh litigation involving thousands of plaintiffs and some very large medical device manufacturers, including Johnson & Johnson. When we left off in January, we had talked broadly about the product liability claims, and we...

The plaintiffs in the lawsuits against manufacturers of transvaginal mesh have terrible stories. These women went into surgery believing their doctors had a solution for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. After the surgery, though, they developed even...

Diabetes is a growing concern for millions of Americans, but so are medical malpractice claims for health care professionals, as many doctors may continue to miss the proper diagnosis for this disease. According to a recent study, it is estimated that as many as three...