Entries Tagged as 'Medical Malpractice'
Causes of Paraplegia : Update by New York Injury Law Firm
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Paraplegia is defined as the paralysis of the lower half of the body. Paraplegia injury can result from a spinal cord injury or an accident.
The following are some of the possible causes of paraplegia. You should consult your doctor in order to diagnose the symptoms of your paraplegia injury. Some of the possible causes of [...]
Tags: Medical Malpractice · Personal Injury
Manhattan, NYC dialysis center closed due to unsanitary conditions
September 17th, 2008 · No Comments
A Manhattan dialysis center was closed down after one patient contracted hepatitis C due to unsanitary conditions. The State Health Department inspectors found several samples of blood on chairs and machines.
In the past five years, more than 600 patients were treated at the center, and they have been urged to undergo hepatitis and H.I.V tests.
The [...]
Tags: Manhattan · Medical Malpractice · New York
New York Medical Malpractice Compensation Guide by NY Lawyer
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Medical Malpractice cases often result from complications arising from a surgery or operations. Your medical malpractice injury can also occur due to wrong prescription offered by your New York medical authority or an individual practitioner.
Most of the medical professionals have insured themselves against such lawsuits. Therefore clients have to face the aggressive defense lawyers who [...]
Tags: Medical Malpractice · New York
Brooklyn Woman Died on Hospital Floor due to Blood Clots.
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
The attorney for the family who has filed the case against Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn said that the victim died from blood clots. These clots were developed due to inactivity after waiting for more than 24 hours in the psychiatric ward of Kings County Hospital.
The surveillance video clearly showed Esmeen Green fell from her seat [...]
Tags: Lawsuits · Legal News · Medical Malpractice · New York · Wrongful Death
New York State Has High Hospital Infection Rates
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments
According to the State Department of Health report; last year state hospitals had a highest rate of infection in surgical intensive care units than the rest of the nation.
It was found that the New York surgical intensive care units had 3.7 infections for every 1,000 days of central line treatment, as compared to an average [...]
Tags: Manhattan · Medical Malpractice · New York
Urgent Warning On Antibiotic Cipro Slaped by FDA
July 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The makers of the antibiotic Cipro on Tuesday asked by The Food and Drug Administration to add a “black box warning” to their all products, seeing the risks of tendon ruptures and tendonitis. The injury could also leave patients incapacitated.
This warning was for Cipro and its generic Ciprofloxacin, along with antibiotics like the flouroquinolone class [...]
Tags: Legal News · Medical Malpractice · New York · Product Liability
Brooklyn Hospital sued by the Family of Deceased Woman
July 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Ref to previous : http://www.866attylaw.com/blog/brooklyn-hospital-patient-left-to-die/
The family of the woman who died on the Brooklyn hospital while waiting to be seen in the hospital’s psychiatric ward last month and was caught on surveillance tape, have planned to sue the facility.
Esmin Green’s daughter and sister will ask for $25 million as damages caused by the Kings [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Lawsuits · Legal News · Medical Malpractice · Wrongful Death
Brooklyn hospital patient left to die
July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
A video from a surveillance camera at a Brooklyn, NY, hospital showed a woman dying on the floor. The deceased fell from her chair, and writhed on the floor. She was left to die as workers failed to help for more than an hour.
Esmin Green, 49, was waiting in the emergency room for more than [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Medical Malpractice · New York · Wrongful Death
