Our Partner Ben Rubinowitz will be a featured speaker at the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Program “THE TRIAL OF A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE.” This 3 part program will be held on May 1, 8 and 16 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM. The program will be both live and by webcast. To…
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Ben Rubinowitz to be a featured speaker at New York Medical Malpractice Program
Ben B. Rubinowitz Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz Our Partner Ben Rubinowitz will be a featured speaker at the Suffolk County Bar Association‘s Program “THE TRIAL OF A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE.” This is a three part program which will include trial demonstrations from top notch trial attorneys…
JURY AWARDS $1.9 MILLON IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE ALLEGING NEGLIGENT PRESCRIPTION OF METHADONE
This medical malpractice trial commenced on April 4, 2012 in Penobscot County Superior Court, Maine. On April 12, 2012, the jury returned a verdict for $1,912,934 in damages against a physcian for overprescribing methadone. According to a story in the Bangor News the initial dose was 40mg. It was alleged…
$3,450,000.00 SETTLEMENT IN NEW YORK PERSONAL INJURY CASE
Our partner, Jeffrey Bloom, settled the personal injury case of a 16 year old boy, who suffered burns in an explosion. Jeffrey obtained Summary Judgment on liability which was affirmed by The Appellate Division, Second Department. The case settled following opening statements in Nassau County Supreme Court. The explosion occurred…
New York State Bar Association Seminar-Basics of Handling An Auto Accident Case
Christopher Sallay Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz Our Partner, Chris Sallay is the Co-Chair of this New York State Bar Association seminar together with Robert A. Glick, Esq; Brand, Glick & Brand, PC. Our Partner Anthony Gair will be speaking at the New York City and Long…
Personal Injury News Roundup
A judge has dismissed a personal injury lawsuit that 14 West Virginia families brought against DuPont over a former zinc smelting operation, saying they failed to produce evidence that toxins from the plant made them sick. A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary downplayed and hid risks associated with the antipsychotic drug…
New York City Police Department Clean Halls Program-Lawsuit Filed
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), the Bronx Defenders and the LatinoJustice PRLDEF filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the NYPD last week over a stop-and-frisk-type of program that allows officers to patrol private apartment buildings. The lawsuit claims that the officers are violating residents’ rights and the rights…
Personal Injury News Roundup
Seventy-two ex-NFL football players sued the National Football League last week, accusing it of conspiring to keep data on head trauma research from them to influence collective bargaining agreement negotiations. Dr. Tammy Reynolds, an obstetrician who had her first child by C-section and her second vaginally, argues that doctors practice…
Commission Clears Judge Luis Gonzalez of Misconduct
The Commission on Judicial Conduct has cleared the presiding justice of the First Department Appellate Division, Judge Luis Gonzalez, of all charges of misconduct in connection with allegations that he improperly made attestations on certain mortgage documents, improperly permitted the private practice of law by his executive assistant, permitted a…
Medial Malpractice Trial Begins Alleging Negligent Prescrpition of Methadone
This medical malpractice trial commenced on April 4, 2012 in Penobscot County Superior Court, Maine. The details are set forth in an article in The Bangor News. Although essential facts are not included in the article it appears that the defendant physician prescribed methadone for pain resulting from prolotherapy for…