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Jeffrey Bloom discusses medical malpractice and legal malpractice on Today’s Verdict

Our partner New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer  Jeffrey Bloom was recently invited to appear on Today’s Verdict show hosted by David Lesch to discuss legal malpractice and medical malpractice (see the video of the show below) Our firm receives many phone calls from people who are upset with their lawyer…

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Lavern’s Law passes New York State Senate by vote of 55 to 6, Assembly by 105-23

Cancer patients who have been misdiagnosed by New York doctors or hospitals will now have a fairer chance to be compensated. Yesterday, the New York Senate finally passed the Lavern’s Law which is moving the starting date of the statute of limitations to the date of the discovery of the…

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Cap on non economic damages in medical malpractice ruled unconstitutional by Florida Supreme Court

In 2003 Florida lawmakers decided to limit non economic damages for negligence of practitioners to $500,000 or $1 million “if the negligence resulted in a permanent vegetative state or death”.  At the time lawmakers said the cap would stop the medical malpractice insurance crisis and prevent doctors from leaving Florida. However…

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New York Medical Malpractice Alert: Two Thirds of New York State Senate Now Support Laverne’s Law

Victims of medical malpractice in New York have 15 months to file a lawsuit against a public hospital and 2 and a half years  to sue a private hospital or a physician after a medical error occurred. This rule is unfair to the many patients who only discover that they have been the…

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Marijo Adimey selected by Super Lawyer as a Top Women NYC Medical Malpractice Attorney

Congratulations to our New York York Medical Malpractice Attorney Marijo Adimey who was selected by Super Lawyer as a Top Women Attorney for the category “Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice, Plaintiff, 2016”. Top Women attorneys selected by Super Lawyer have been selected through an extremely rigorous process. After being nominated by their…

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Michelle Mello’s latest re:Federal Medical Malparctice Tort Reform- in newest New England Journal of Medicine

By: Jeffery B. Bloom;  Tort reformer Michelle Mello is at it again, this time in the latest New England Journal of Medicine writing about the proposals from Sec. Tom Price and the US House. Instead of caps (about which she states: “caps have not been shown to improve the quality of…

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Recent Lectures from New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer Jeffrey Bloom

On Wednesday, Our partner Jeffrey Bloom lectured and did a demonstration of a deposition of a defendant doctor in a medical malpractice case at Metropolitan Hospital Emergency Department Grand Rounds which was attended by New York Medical College emergency medicine faculty, residents, medical students and other observers and research staff.…

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Ben Rubinowitz to lecture on Medical Malpractice Litigation at the Nassau County Bar Association tomorrow night

Our managing partner, Ben Rubinowitz, will be lecturing at the Nassau County Bar Association on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 5:30pm.   The topic will be Direct and Cross Examination in a Medical Malpractice Case. Ben will provide tips and techniques for examining the Target Defendant Doctor, strategies for questioning the Plaintiff’s…

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New York Medical Malpratice Lawyer Marijo Adimey featured in “Lexis Nexis Case of the Week”

A NYC Medical Malpractice  case in which our partner Marijo Adimey won a 1.27 million verdict was featured by Lexis Nexis as their case of the week. Marijo successfully represented a 64 year old woman from Kings County, Brooklyn, who suffered ruptured spleen during a colonoscopy after the doctor used excessive force. A…

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Reducing Hospital Readmissions for Patients with Chronic Diseases

A patient who has to be readmitted to an hospital may have a valid medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital or the clinicians. When a patient is discharged too early or with not enough support not only may his or her condition worsen but also the health costs related to his…

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