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New York Personal Injury Attorney Ben Rubinowitz to chair the New York State Bar Association’s BASICS OF CIVIL TRIAL program

Gair Gair Steigman Mackauf Bloom and Rubinowitz is proud to announce that Partner Ben Rubinowitz is Chairing the New York State Bar Association’s BASICS OF CIVIL TRIAL program on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 New York City at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.), New York, NY 10001…

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Product Liability: Dietary Supplement OxyElite Pro pulled from shelves nationwide after a mother of seven died and two people required liver transplants in Hawaii

1 person died and 11 suffered serious personal injury and were hospitalized with two having to receive liver transplants following multiple non viral Acute Hepatitis cases in Hawaii. Out of a total of 29 cases, 24 were linked to a dietary supplement product labeled as OxyElite Pro. The CDC is…

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Product Liability: FDA warns of a dangerous rising trend of Hidden Drug Ingredients in dietary supplements

Hidden Drugs or Chemicals in dietary supplements or conventional food can cause severe personal injury and sometimes lead to death. According to the FDA, some products promoting sexual enhancement, weight loss, or bodybuilding and advertised as “all natural” may contain dangerous drugs or chemicals that have been previously removed from…

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Medical Malpractice – Failure to Diagnose a condition: Institute of Medicine (IOM) to undertake a report on Diagnostic Error as part of the “Quality Chasm” Series

Diagnostic errors are among the leading causes for Medical Malpractice Claims in the US. They cause personal injury to patients and waste resources. Recently the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) announced that the Institute Of Medicine (IOM) had accepted the SIDM’s proposal to undertake a report on diagnostic…

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Product Liability: to prevent Wrongful Death and Personal Injury to Children, the Consumer Product Safety Commission approves New Safety Standards for Bassinets and Cradles

426 personal injury incidents including 132 wrongful deaths related to bassinets and cradles have been reported to the CPSC between November 2007 and March 2013. Therefore the CPSC has approved a new federal mandatory standard to improve the safety of bassinets and cradles. To create the new mandatory standard, the…

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Product Liability: FDA approves new boxed warning and new recommendations to decrease risk of hepatitis B reactivation with the immune-suppressing and anti-cancer drugs Arzerra (ofatumumab) and Rituxan (rituximab)

Cases of hepatitis B reactivation leading to serious personal injury and death after cancer patients have been prescribed Arzerra (ofatumumab) and Rituxan (rituximab) are still occurring even though the risk of HBV reactivation is already described in the Warnings and Precautions section of the labels for both drugs. For this…

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Bronx family brings lawsuit against landlord for deadly fire

Our partner, New York Personal Injury Lawyer Howard Hershenhorn, represents the Bronx family of a four-year old girl who has been severely burned (see picture of Haile Martinez) and her seven year old sister who died from smoke inhalation and burns covering 80 percent of her body after a kitchen…

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New York Personal Injury Attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman to lecture on Trial Practice at the New York State Trial Lawyers Association Flagship Program “DECISIONS 2013: Recent Developments in Tort Law”

New York Personal Injury Lawyers are invited to attend the The Flagship Program of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association “DECISIONS” that gets underway this coming Friday and Saturday, September 27 & 28th. Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom and Rubinowitz is pleased to announce that two of their…

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10 Lawyers from New York Personal Injury Law Firm Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom&Rubinowitz Named 2013 New York Super Lawyers

10 Lawyers from Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom&Rubinowitz were recently selected by their peers as New York Super Lawyers for 2013. Our primary practice area is personal injury. We handle all types of personal injury cases including medical malpractice, car accident, product liability, construction accident and wrongful death cases.…

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New York Personal Injury Attorney Peter J. Saghir Named as New York Super Lawyer Rising Star

Peter J. Saghir has been selected to the 2013 New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in New York are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Since joining the firm, Peter’s focus has been…

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