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Law Aims to Extend Window for Filing Malpractice Suits

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on June 1st, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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As things stand now in New York, you have 2 ½ years from the date of medical malpractice to file a suit for damages. Proposed legislation entitled Lavern’s Law is intended to change that...

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You’ll Never Guess How This Woman’s Colonoscopy Made Her $5 Million Richer

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 27th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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A New York jury awarded a woman $5.1 million in a medical malpractice case for being exposed to Hepatitis C after a routine colonoscopy. In their verdict, the jury found that a Brooklyn gastroenterologist...

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Failure to Monitor Patient Results in $44.1 Jury Award for Malpractice

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 24th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

The failure of a medical team to recognize a patient’s adverse reaction to a medication has resulted in a jury award of $44.1 million for medical malpractice. The jury found the Hospital of the...

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Doctor Exposes Horror at Coney Island Hospital

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on May 23rd, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog, Wrongful Death

A pediatrician who worked at Coney Island Hospital has come forward to tell about the frightening level of patient care he observed during his residency. In an exclusive with the New York Post, the...

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Bronx Woman Awarded $50 Million for Botched Delivery

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 25th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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A jury has awarded a Bronx woman $50 million after a ruling that her obstetrician wounded her while delivering her baby in 2009. According to documents produced during the medical malpractice trial, the physician...

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You’ll Never Guess How Many Mistakes Happen in Half of U.S. Surgeries

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 20th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

A study by the anesthesiology department at Massachusetts General Hospital has revealed that some form of medication error unforeseen drug side effect occurs in nearly half of all surgeries in the U.S. Coincidentally, numbers...

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What’s The Difference? Medical Malpractice Laws From State to State

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on April 11th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

In a recent blog, we shared results from a study that ranked states individually by how they handle malpractice claims. Because we have a network of counsel attorneys throughout the U.S. for medical malpractice...

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Surgical Errors More Common Than You’d Think

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 30th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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A 60-year-old Connecticut woman is now suing a hospital for removing the wrong rib and subsequently trying to cover up the blunder by lying. The plan was for the woman’s eight ribs to be...

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Which State Is Best With Handling Medical Malpractice? Could It Be Your State?

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 28th, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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Because we at the Fitzgerald Law Firm handle medical malpractice cases throughout the country, we were particularly interested when BMJ Quality and Safety at the University of Michigan released findings of how individual states...

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Veteran Fighting Misdiagnosis Nightmare

Posted by: James Fitzgerald on March 23rd, 2016 in Blog, Medical Malpractice Blog

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Lynn Magistrale of Lancaster, NY is used to fighting battles. She completed a tour of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Navy before going to bat for her country once again as an Air...

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