San Francisco’s Muni target of lawsuit by slain woman’s family (San Francisco Examiner, CA) New York Hospital sues creator of website that discusses the 2003 death of his wife (Albany Times-Union, NY) The family of a Georgia man who stabbed his mother to death in a psychotic rage will be…
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld a $5.2 million medical malpractice suit award for the widow of a Pennsylvania pharmacist after a jury found a former Wyomissing doctor negligent in his death. A Olean man was awarded $24 million for misdiagnosis for a brain aneurysm in 1998 that led to…
Our Partner, Jeffrey Bloom, recently settled a medical malpractice case in New York Supreme Court, Nassau County for $3,375,000 for the wrongful death of a 46 year old husband and father of two young children in which the patient died on the operating table during the performance of back surgery.…
Severe bedsores suffered in Staten Island hospital lead to a debilitating hip infection and $5.4M medical malpractice award (Staten Island Live) New York Juror in medical malpractice lawsuit charged with soliciting bribes (The Clinical Advisor) Injured baby’s parents sue Des Moines hospital (Des Moines Register)
The family was awarded a record $58 million for medical malpractice A Connecticut family received a record medical malpractice award in a lawsuit, after a jury determined that Daniel D’Attilo’s medical problems were preventable. Daniel needs constant care and cannot speak, eat or walk due to these injuries. Last week,…
Our Partner Stephen Mackauf will Chair the Seminar Hospital Liability presented by The New York State Trial Lawyers Association on June 21 &22, 2011 to be held at 132 Nassau Street, New York, N.Y. “This program will cover virtually every aspect of medical malpractice cases against hospitals. We begin with…
For the sixth straight year the number of Medical Malpractice cases brought in Pennsylvania dropped. In 2010 163 Medical Malpractice cases were decided by a jury. 133 resulted in defense verdicts. This is a direct result of changes in the law, the goal of which, are to deprive victims of…
On April 4, 2011, a jury, after a two-week trial in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court awarded $10 Million to a 60-year-old man in a medical malpractice case in which it was claimed that the plaintiff was mis-diagnosed as suffering from ALS a fatal neuromuscular disease. The Plaintiff’s attorney, Matthew Casey,…
In recognition of his success in the Courtroom, Ben Rubinowitz has been asked to lecture to students attending St. John’s Law School on February 28, 2011. Not only will Ben lecture to the students but he will demonstrate successful cross examination techniques in cases in which Ben has obtained multi-million…
Glens Falls Hospital Dr. Stephen Serlin, an obstetrician-gynecologist, has been ordered to pay $3 million for medical malpractice for brain injuries sustained by a girl during childbirth over 17 years ago. Those injuries have been blamed for serious development problems, including cerebral palsy, during the child’s life. For Serlin, the…