Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz is pleased to announce that our Partner Ben Rubinowitz has been asked to deliver a lecture on Medical Malpractice at the 35th Annual Winter Urologic Forum in Colorado this January. Known for its expertise in the field, GGCSMB&R has successfully resolved thousands…
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New York Appellate Division, Second Department Denies Defendant’s Motion To Recover Damages Based Upon Lack of Informed Consent
In Wilson-Toby v. Bushkin, a New York Medical Malpractice case, our partner Rhonda Kay, obtained an affirmance of the lower Court’s denial of defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the second cause of action to recover damages based upon lack of informed consent. The plaintiff underwent elective cosmetic breast surgery…
Stephen Mackauf To Speak At New York State Bar Association Seminar-MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
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.…
NEW YORK MEDICAL MALPRACTICE- BLEPHAROPLASTY
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…
NEW YORK MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, ELECTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY
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…
New York Medical Malpractice
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…
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
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%…
$9.2 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE
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…
MOUNT SINAI 2009 UPDATE: BREAST IMAGING
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,…
OBSTETRIC MALPRACTICE
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…