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Veterans Affairs Medical Malpractice Settlements at the higest in 12 years

$ 91.7 million was paid for more than 400 medical malpractice claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2012. Cases included missed diagnoses, delayed treatment and procedures performed on wrong body parts. The highest settlement which was also the largest in 12 years was for $17.5 million to the…

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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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New York Medical Malpractice: Spyros Paros, a former Orthopedic Surgeon at Mid Hudson Medical Group ordered by Board of Professional Medical Conduct to surrender his License following Charges of Medical Misconduct

Accused by the Office of Professional Medical Conduct of botching surgeries,faking surgeries, performing unnecessary surgeries and prolonging the ailment of hundreds of patients, Dr. Spyros Panos, an Upstate New York surgeon formerly practicing at Mid Hudson Medical Group in Poughkeepsie, N.Y was ordered to surrender his medical license by the…

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Product Liability – Defective Medical Device: Following a voluntary Recall in May, The FDA recently issued a Class I Recall for the OASYS Midline Occiput Plate, a spinal implant manufactured by Stryker

The defective product, the OASYS Midline Occiput Plate, is a specific part of the OASYS system which is used in spinal surgery to promote fusion and provide stabilization at the junction between the occipital bone and the vertebrae in the cervical and thoracic spine (see picture below of the plate…

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Wrongful Death: Fatal work injuries at the lowest ever in 2012 according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Work injuries resulting in death have been on the decline for the last 20 years. The total number of workers who died on the job was 4,383 in 2012 compared to 4,693 in 2011 and 6,217 twenty years ago according to the preliminary 2012 data from the U.S. Bureau of…

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New York Traffic Accident Prevention: New Edition of Sustainable Streets Index shows impressive reduction in crashes that injure people in New York City

Traffic fatalities recorded during the last five years are at the lowest level ever recorded in New York City according to the recently released 2012 edition of “Sustainable Streets Index“. In 2008, The New York City Department of Transportation launched a strategic plan called “Sustainable Streets” with the objective of…

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Failure to properly communicate postoperative instructions to a patient can be Medical Malpractice

A surgeon can be sued for Medical Malpractice if he or she failed to properly communicate care instructions to a patient after the surgery. Recently Web M&M analyzed the case of a woman who needed arthroscopic surgery after she tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee. The…

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New York Personal Injury and Wrongful Death: 5077 people suffered personal injury and 12 died after being involved in a traffic accident during the month of July in New York City

1697 motorists, 2055 passengers, 470 cyclists and 855 pedestrians suffered personal injury while 10 motorists and 12 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in New York City during the month of July according to the most recent data from the NYPD. The number of accidents amounted to a total of 17,548…

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