Our Partner Stephen Mackauf will speak at The New York State Bar Association Seminar: Medical Malpractice to be held on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at New York Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.) New York, NY. Stephen will speak on Discovery (Plaintiff’s Perspective). For more information click here.…
By: Anthony H. Gair Blepharoplasty basically is surgery in which excess tissue is removed from the eyelids. It is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgery on the face. Upper eyelid surgery is usually performed for removal of excess skin, muscle and fat and lower lid surgery for the removal of…
By Anthony H. Gair; New York medical malpractice attorney Anthony Gair discusses a medical malpractice case, which was tried in New York Supreme Court, New York County, in which a woman who had since birth a congenital abnormality known as an hemangioma on the left side of the face which…
In Parnell v Montefiore Med. Ctr. decided June 23, 2009, The New York Appellate Division, First Department, reinstated the complaint in a Medical Malpractice Case against the defendant hospital which had been dismissed by the New york Supreme Court, Bronx County. While affirming the dismissal of the complaint against the…
By Anthony H. Gair The human body contains forty six osteofacial compartments. Within these compartments are muscles, veins, arteries and nerves surrounded by tissue called fascia which is dense and unyielding. The most common orthopedic setting for compartment syndrome is the closed tibia fracture for which the incidence is 3%…
Following extensive settlement negotiations, our partner, Jeffrey Bloom, on May 8, 2009, obtained a settlement of $9,260,500 in a medical malpractice case in which it was alleged that the defendant doctors failed to timely diagnose a small bowel obstruction in a 37 year old woman. As a result of the…
Our Partner Robert L. Conason is on The Faculty of This program which will be held from October 12 – 14, 2009 at the Marriott Eastside Hotel, New York, New York. This CME program is designed to cover clinical aspects of breast imaging including conventional and digital mammography, breast ultrasound,…
Our Partner, Stephen H. Mackauf is The Co-Chair of The American Conference Institutes’s 8th Annual Advanced Forum on Preventing, Managing and Defending Claims of Obstetric Malpractice. The Forum will be held on June 23 & 24, 2009 at The Union League of Philadelphia-Philadelphia, PA. Stephen will also be participating in…
Our Partner Stephen H. Mackauf will be participating in a two day Seminar, “Defending the Delivery Team: Obstetric Malpractice” sponsored by Legal iQ. The program will be held in San Francisco on April 28th and 29th, 2009. Stephen will be discussing the Plaintiff’s perspective. For more information click here.
Our partner Robert Conason will be speaking at the International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc.’s Mount Sinai Update 2008: Breast Imaging. Bob will be speaking as to the plaintiff’s viewpoint on Breast Imaging Malpractice: An Attorney’s Perspective. The program is scheduled for October 13 – 15, 2008. The program…