Last year a neurosurgeon was sentenced to life in prison after it was found that he committed medical malpractice and butchered 33 of the 37 patients he operated on, including two who didn’t survive. His name is Christopher Duntsch. After he was arrested in Dallas, his story was covered by…
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Surgery Centers not mandated to report death or serious injuries in 17 States
Our Medical Malpractice Attorneys Jeffrey Bloom and Ben Rubinowitz represented the family of Joan Rivers after she died during a routine endoscopy at a Manhattan surgery center. Sadly many other patients have died following complications or surgical errors at this type of center as many States still do not have…
50,000 mothers are severely injured while giving birth and 700 of them die every year in the US
Among all the States in the US, New York State has the highest rate of mothers injured while giving birth. Many of these injuries are the direct result of hospital negligence and medical malpractice. A recent investigation by USA Today shows that not only in New York but all over…
Pioneering heart surgeon put research ahead of patient safety
Bud Frazier is a surgeon who is recognized worldwide for his role in the development of mechanical heart pumps and artificial hearts. Devices that are credited Today with extending the lives of thousands of people worldwide each year were tested at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and its research partner,…
Frivolous Vaginal Mesh Litigation: How unethical medical malpractice lawyers team up with finance executives, marketers and doctors to lure women into unneeded surgery
A very well organized network of profiteer personal injury law firms, doctors, marketers and finance executives have teamed up together to try to make profit out of women who previously had a vaginal mesh surgery by leading them into believing something is wrong with their implant. A recent article in…
Are doctors failing to appropriately treat stroke patients?
More than twenty years ago, a medication was developed that can save lives and reduce the disabling impacts of a stroke. Known as tissue plasminogen activator (or “T.P.A.”), this medication is now considered the gold standard for the treatment of ischemic strokes by the American Stroke Association. Generally speaking, there…
NYC Medical Malpractice Attorneys Jeffrey Bloom and Ben Rubinowitz to respectively chair and speak at the NYSBA program “Anatomy & Medicine for Lawyers”
Our partner, New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer Jeffrey Bloom will be chairing the “Anatomy & Medicine for Lawyers” program offered by the New York State Bar Association Thursday March 29th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the CFA Society, 1540 Broadway #1010 in New York City. The program will…
Are the risks of medical malpractice higher in surgery centers than in hospitals?
Two recent articles discuss the increased risks of medical practice at surgery centers as they take on increasingly risky surgeries. A global investigation by Christina Jewett from Kaiser Health News and Mark Alesia from USA Today reveals that since 2013, 260 people died of complications after they went for an in-and-out…
Ben Rubinowitz discusses Medical Malpractice at the Annual Meeting of the New York Section of the American Urological Association in Cuba
Our managing partner, New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz was invited by the New York Section of the American Urological Association Education & Research to participate in their 115th annual meeting. This meeting took place in Havana, Cuba, from November 5th to November 11th. During the meeting participants attended…
Potential Medical Malpractice related to the top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2018
Medical technology advancements globally increase quality and length of life however they don’t come without risks and hazards. New health technologies if not proprely used can also hurt patients and lead to medical malpractice. Every year the ECRI Institute publishes a list of the top 10 Health Technology Hazards. The…