Unnecessary Angioplasties? Doctors Must Treat Chest Pain Properly
The dangers of failing to diagnose cancer and other serious health conditions are well known. Less appreciated, however, are the risks that come from overtreatment. Those risks can also lead to severe consequences. The result can be injuries caused by medical malpractice. The New York Times reported recently on a major hospital chain that used […]
Accountability Follows Construction Crane Collapse
Construction is dangerous work. Injuries can happen in so many different ways. Falls from scaffolding, defective tools and accidents involving vehicles are only some of them. But precisely because construction sites are dangerous is why taking shortcuts cannot be tolerated. This is especially so when a construction site injury results not only in a need for workers’ […]
Medication Errors: Heart Patients at Risk After Release From Hospital
Even if a patient survives an initial heart attack, a dangerous period awaits upon release from the hospital. According to a new study, half of all patients who are hospitalized for heart attack or heart failure make medication mistakes in the first month upon returning home. If a medication error is made by a health […]
Car Involved in New York Elevator Accident
Elevator accidents caused by mechanical failure are invariably dangerous. When a motor vehicle is involved, that only raises the ante. Such was the case last week on the Upper East Side, when an employee of a parking garage drove a car into an open elevator shaft. Two workers were injured in the incident. The accident […]
Trial in New York Bus Crash Case Highlights Victims’ Rights
New Yorkers are used to relying on different forms of alternative transportation. For trips close to home, they take the subway, a taxi or a city bus. For longer trips outside of the city, many choose trains or commercial bus services. Unfortunately, those bus rides are not always as safe as they should be. Over […]
NYC Citi Bike Share Program Leads to Bike Safety Debate
New York City’s crowded streets are about to gain some additional traffic – not from taxis or other motor vehicles as you might expect, but in the form of up to 10,000 bicycles that will be a part of the Citi Bike share program. The program has raised some eyebrows, as New York residents wonder […]
Traumatic Brain Injuries: Impact on Relationships Can Be Profound
When someone suffers a serious brain injury, the effect on his or her personal relationships can be profound. New York City brain injury attorneys are keenly aware of this. Last winter, the New York Times published an article entitled “When Injuries to the Brain Tear at Hearts.” The piece outlined some of the challenges facing couples […]
Police Officer Hurt While Saving Man on Subway Tracks
New York police officers put themselves in the line of danger every day to protect the city’s citizens. This includes not only a risk of violence, but also of workplace accidents. For example, an NYPD officer fell on the subway tracks at Times Square while trying to rescue a man picking up trash on the tracks. […]
Businesses get extra time to file workers’ comp claims after Sandy
Super storm Sandy will not be easily forgotten in the areas affected-especially those counties that were declared disaster zones, such as Richmond County, the county encompassing Staten Island, as well as Orange, Rockland, and Westchester counties. In these areas, residents and businesses are still trying to recover and rebuild, as any NYC workplaces injury attorney knows. Governor […]
Doctor’s relationship with patient leads to medical malpractice
The term “medical malpractice” usually brings to mind doctor or hospital negligence, errors in treatment, anesthesia or surgery, or some element of worsened medical condition. A key aspect of the legal concept is injury to the patient, and that injury is often physical. However, the scope of medical malpractice may be broader in certain circumstances. The New […]