Recent Posts in October, 2014

• How is nursing home abuse or neglect defined?

  Oct 30, 2014
  Nursing home abuse and neglect are widely defined. The Administration on Aging, a federal agency that oversees the welfare of elderly people in New ...
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• Prevention measures for wrong-site surgeries

  Oct 21, 2014
  Research has shown that doctors in New York and across the nation are not infallible. One clear example of this is wrong-site surgeries. Whether the ...
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• What constitutes medical misconduct by a physician

  Oct 14, 2014
  Medical misconduct takes on many forms in New York. It may be reported to the Office of Professional Medical Conduct of the New York State Department ...
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• Medical malpractice and cerebral palsy

  Oct 8, 2014
  Cerebral palsy is a series of conditions that affects a child's brain and nervous system. Cerebral palsy is often the result of head trauma or oxygen ...
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• Family claims elderly relative was neglected at nursing home

  Oct 2, 2014
  The family of an elderly woman in New York has filed a Notice of Claim alleging that two caregivers neglected to provide their loved one with adequate ...
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• Rheingold Firm Files First Wrongful Death Lawsuit For Use Of Benicar

  Oct 2, 2014
  As Published today: NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The first wrongful death case arising out of the use of the prescription drug Benicar was ...
  Posted By Rheingold, Giuffra, Ruffo & Plotkin LLP
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