Medical Malpractice

• Unreported Medical Errors Alarming

  Jeremy Thurman | December 28, 2005 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Did you know that statistics on medical malpractice reveal that for every medical error reported, over 50 go unreported? This has to disturbing to anyone who seeks medical treatment. When a doctor fails to render the appropriate medical advice or procedure it can often lead to the disability or even death of their patient. It is imperative that if anyone thinks that they or a family member...

• A Medical Malpractice Story

  Jeremy Thurman | December 28, 2005 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A 28 year old, mother of two, will most likely never be able to walk and live the life she once did. Recently, a $35,000,000.00 settlement was awarded to a woman who went into cardiac arrest and suffered brain damage allegedly as a result of the malpractice of her anesthesiologist. The anesthesiologist, who was 78 years old at the time, reportedly had arthritis. The woman's attorney believes...

• TPA For Treatment of Strokes

  Jeremy Thurman | December 27, 2005 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  One major aspect of emergency management and treatment of heart attacks and ischemic strokes that the general public is unaware of, is a drug called TPA (tissue plasminogen activator). TPA will accelerate clot breakdown and help reestablish blood flow to an ischemic area. For this to be beneficial, TPA needs to be administered within the first three hours after the stroke. According to the...

• Erb's Palsy Injury (aka a Brachial Plexus Injury)

  Jeremy Thurman | December 27, 2005 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Recently, Jeffrey A. Guzman, a partner in the law firm Napoli, Bern, Krentsel & Guzman, LLP in Manhattan, New York won a $6.65 Million jury award in favor of an infant client, for an Erb's Palsy Injury. A Westchester County Jury unanimously determined that the defendant obstetrician had departed from good and accepted medical practice during the infant's birth.Brachial Plexus Palsy is when...

• Police Officer Sues for Neurosurgeon's Negligence

  Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Plaintiff sued a neurosurgeon on a medical malpractice theory claiming that the defendant doctor negligently performed a surgery on the Plaintiff's leg with the result that it is permanently swollen and painful. Plaintiff claimed that Defendant severed a main vein during a 1999 operation and failed to prescribe blood thinners following the surgery. Plaintiffwas a police officer for Rumford,...

• Nursing Homes Denying Residents' Rights?

  Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  How far will nursing homes go to deny residents their constitutional rights? Recently, a Florida nursing home devised a scheme to deny its residents important rights before they even moved into the facility. This case went all the way to the appellate level in Florida, where the Florida Appellate Court found that the nursing home effectively buried an agreement requiring arbitration and...

• Attacking the Patient

  Jeremy Thurman | December 19, 2005 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The following link is a great commentary on tort reform and how it attacks the patient.Medical Malpractice Tort ReformAn Excerpt:The truth is that there is a medical malpractice crisis facing our nation. It has its origins in the operating room, not the courtroom. According to an Institute of Medicine study published a few years ago, between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die in hospitals every...

• $6.65M Medical Malpractice Award To Infant Victim

  Staff Writer | November 30, 2005 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  I would just like to take a couple of seconds to congratulate Jeffrey A. Guzman, a member of our firm, for sucessfully trying a birth injury case involving Erb's Palsy. The jury decided unanimously that the defendant obstetrician did not adhere to the medical standard of care during the infant's delivery. I'm happy that our firm in general, and Jeffrey specifically, was able to help protect...