At Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, McCartney & Giuffra LLP we have always known that one of our primary missions is to inform the public of health information which affects their daily lives. Our long and continuing history of courtroom battles with drug and medical device companies has exposed us to information vital to the general public yet is not covered by the mainstream media from the consumer’s perspective. The articles on this page are intended to expose how dangerous drugs and medical products go from the initial development process to being mass marketed to the public. These articles explore how our society repeatedly fails to safeguard the consumer from dangerous drugs and defective medical devices. Aggressive litigation firms such as ours are sometimes the only protection consumers have when manufacturers and governmental agencies fail to honor their legal and moral responsibility to people.
These articles also address the healthcare system, and how current regulations repeatedly fail to protect patients. Unfortunately, hospitals and medical societies are self-regulating and many deserve a failing grade. Like gaps in protections from dangerous drugs and medical devices, there are patterns of failure with healthcare providers where litigation attorneys are the only recourse for patients injured by medical negligence.
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- Nuts & Bolts: Multidistrict Litigations and Maximizing a Client’s Settlement or Trial Verdict
- A Nurses’s Big Mouth Stirs Up New York Clinic Lawsuit
- Things To Consider On Your Next Hospital Visit: Shift Lengths For Doctors
- Late cancer diagnoses are common for men with breast cancer
- WOMAN SUFFERS WITH SJS AFTER TAKING GENERIC DRUG
- THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN NEW YORK STATE: LOBBYING TO PROTECT PATIENTS’ RIGHTS
- UnitedHealth Insurance Company Held Liable for Doctor’s Errors in Hepatitis Outbreak
- Brooklyn Mom Given 6 Months To Live After Kings County Hospital Mistake
- FDA Safety Regs Under Scrutiny
- FIRST DEPUY LAWSUIT UNDERWAY
- Texas Woman Victim to Leg Pain and Tort Laws
- NuvaRing: New Jersey Judge Releases Plaintiffs' Expert Reports Based On Public's Right Of Access To Judicial Proceedings
- Thomas Giuffra's $9 Million Verdict is Lead Jury Verdict Reporter Article
- Device Can Quickly Identify Bacteria that Cause Deadly Sepsis Infections
- Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety
- J&J Faces Sequel to Hip Implant Crisis
- 8 Things that Should Never Happen at a Hospital
- Drug Companies Bribing Doctors to Prescribe Unlawful Products
- Deadly Infections Behind Closed Hospital Doors
- Inadequate Monitoring of Medical Devices by FDA
- New Consumer Report Finds Lack of Medical Care at Prestigious NY Hospitals
- New York Hospitals Forgo Coverage for Malpractice
- Pivotal Cases on Stillborn Babies and Women’s Rights to Recover Emotional Damages
- FDA Inadequately Informs the Public of Drug Recalls
- Study Finds No Advantage to Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
- Allegations of False Reporting Put Yasmin in the Spotlight
- Leading Accrediting Agency Releases Best Hospitals List
- Public Database of Doctor Malpractice and Discipline Info Shut Down
- Pharmaceutical Company Payments to Doctors Raise Ethical Concerns
- Stillbirth Malpractice Cases Make Headway in New York
- Mistakes During Outpatient Care on the Rise, Study Finds
- FDA Evaluating Increased VTE Risk Associated with Yasmin, Yaz Birth Control Pills
- Nationwide Data on HAIs and Other Medical Errors Released
- Proton Pump Inhibitors and Fosamax Use May Increase Risk of Fractures
- Medical Device Recalls and the FDA Approval Process
- Medical Device Approval Changes Outlined by FDA for 2011
- Problems with Dialysis Procedures
- CPSC Consumer Complaint Database
- Pill Pushing Pharmaceutical Ads Often Mislead Consumers
- The American Medical Association Backs Patient-Centered Model of Care to Help Reduce Diagnostic Errors
- Relying on a Rating to Pick Your Doc?
- U.S. to Provide Grants to Reduce Medical Malpractice Suits
- Doctor Discipline Rate Drops, Complaints Rise
- Proposed Medical Malpractice Reform in NY
- Closing St. Vincent’s: Who Will Feel the Effects?
- Bill to Expand Definition of "Serious Injury" in New York
- Modifying "Pain and Suffering" Awards: When and Why
- Prescription Drug Poisonings on the Rise
- Hospital-Acquired Infections Show No Sign of Slowing
- Hospital-Acquired Illness: Who Should Pay?
- Problems With the Prius Persist
- Dangerous Prescription Drug Errors, Patients Keep Yourselves Safe
