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- Court Awards Plaintiff $417 Million in Johnson & Johnson Suit
- St. Jude Heart Implants Experience Fatal Battery Malfunction
- New Bill Aimed to Amend Civil Law and Practice Rules
- Senior Pelvic Mesh Litigation Partner David B. Rheingold Interviewed by Yudelka Cabreja
- Warnings and Precautions for Invokana (Canagliflozin)
- July
- IVC Filter Moratorium: Less Is More
- DePuy Synthes Attune Knee Implant
- Physiomesh Hernia Mesh Case Conference Date Set by Multidistrict Litigation Judge
- Popular Heartburn Medicine Linked to Increased Risk of Death
- As Injuries Mount, Lawsuits Over Stryker LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Heads Consolidated into Federal Multi-District Litigatio
- Republican Bill Slashes Rights of Medical Malpractice Victims
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- CPSC Consumer Complaint Database
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- Hospital Mistakes Are...Profitable?
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- Study Shows Outpatient Surgical Centers Pose Health Risk
- Prescription Drug Poisonings on the Rise
- Doctor Discipline Rate Drops, Complaints Rise
- Hospital-Acquired Illness: Who Should Pay?
- Taxotere May Be Reason Behind Permanent Alopecia
- Study finds birth injuries are the most common cause of autism
- Social media abuse of nursing home residents
- Agreement on Largest Drug Safety Settlement Ever
- When A Second Medical Opinion May Matter
- Leading Accrediting Agency Releases Best Hospitals List
- Pill Pushing Pharmaceutical Ads Often Mislead Consumers
- IVC Filter Lawyer Nationally
- Inadequate Monitoring of Medical Devices by FDA
- Putting medical error deaths in context
- Dangerous Prescription Drug Errors, Patients Keep Yourselves Safe
- Woman Suffers With Sjs After Taking Generic Drug
- Relying on a Rating to Pick Your Doc?
- Bayer Settles Aspirin Marketing Lawsuit for $15 million
- Hospital-Acquired Infections Show No Sign of Slowing
- Medical Device Approval Changes Outlined by FDA for 2011
- J&J Faces Sequel to Hip Implant Crisis
- Stillbirth Malpractice Cases Make Headway in New York
- Xarelto use connected to severe injury, death in patients
- Criminal Convictions in Drug Company Fraud...It's About Time!
- Medical misdiagnoses can lead to serious complications or death
- Closing St. Vincent's: Who Will Feel the Effects?
- Nationwide Data on HAIs and Other Medical Errors Released
- Dangerous Drugs and Medical Devices Marketed to Women, Hurting Women
- When can you sue for a botched appendicitis surgery?
- Understaffing of New York hospitals can lead to nursing malpractice
- U.S. to Provide Grants to Reduce Medical Malpractice Suits
- Late cancer diagnoses are common for men with breast cancer
- GlaxoSmithKline: The Repeat Offender Busted Again for Peddling Bad Drugs
- November
- Johnson & Johnson Attempts to Restore Its Standards: Shareholders Sue Management
- UnitedHealth Insurance Company Held Liable for Doctor's Errors in Hepatitis Outbreak
- Public Database of Doctor Malpractice and Discipline Info Shut Down
- Can you hold a chiropractor liable for your injuries?
- Signs of potential nursing home abuse, Part 1
- Proton Pump Inhibitors and Fosamax Use May Increase Risk of Fractures
- Doctors Often Fail to Promptly Diagnose, Treat Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers
- Brooklyn Mom Given 6 Months To Live After Kings County Hospital Mistake
- New Consumer Report Finds Lack of Medical Care at Prestigious NY Hospitals
- Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety
- Things To Consider On Your Next Hospital Visit: Shift Lengths For Doctors
- Ban on arbitration agreements in nursing homes is placed on hold
- Nuts & Bolts: Multidistrict Litigations and Maximizing a Client's Settlement or Trial Verdict
- Abbot Accused by Whistle-blower in Federal Lawsuit of Promoting Cholesterol Drug for Unapproved Uses
- Women Using NuvaRing May Be Two Times More Likely to Develop Blood Clots, Study Says
- The American Medical Association Backs Patient-Centered Model of Care to Help Reduce Diagnostic Errors
- Another Shocking Marketing Fine Against Big Pharma: Amgen Voluntarily Agrees to Pay $726 Million Fine
- Studies link distracted doctors to medical errors
- Doctor receives major grant to study perinatal brain injuries
- J&J Settles Five Lawsuits Over Risperdal: A Drug Claimed to Have Caused Breast Development in Males
- Firm's $500,000 Pre-trial Settlement for Ruptured Artery: Metropolitan Hospital, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp
- Suit filed for Pancreatic Cancer By Use of Byetta, Januvia and Janumet
- New legislation could change how drugs and medical devices are approved
- DaVinci Announces Recall
- When does a mistake rise to medical malpractice in New York?
- Can you recover compensation for a birth defect?
- Myths of medical malpractice reform claims exposed by studies
- New York hospital-acquired infections decreasing but still deadly
- Car Manufacturers Know How to Prevent Fuel Fed Fires
- How Americans Got Stuck with Endless Drug Commercials
- Pro-Business Activist Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow At Consumers
- Study Finds No Advantage to Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
- New York Hospitals Forgo Coverage for Malpractice
- October
- New technique may help remind patients to take their medication.
- The types of nursing homes
- Medical Device Recalls and the FDA Approval Process
- Modifying "Pain and Suffering" Awards: When and Why
- Johnson & Johnson Wants to Pay $3 Billion Depuy ASR Settlement But Is It Enough?
- Texas Woman Victim to Leg Pain and Tort Laws
- FDA Evaluating Increased VTE Risk Associated with Yasmin, Yaz Birth Control Pills
- 8 Things that Should Never Happen at a Hospital
- Rheingold Partners All Selected As Super Lawyers
- Proposed Medical Malpractice Reform in NY
- Record judgment award for birth injury
- Firm's $500,000 Pre-trial Settlement for Ruptured Artery: Metropolitan Hospital, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp
- Stryker Litigation Moves Toward Mediation and Potential Settlements
- FDA Inadequately Informs the Public of Drug Recalls
- NuvaRing: New Jersey Judge Releases Plaintiffs' Expert Reports Based On Public's Right Of Access To Judicial Proceedings
- Pivotal Cases on Stillborn Babies and Women's Rights to Recover Emotional Damages
- Closing St. Vincent's: Who Will Feel the Effects?
- Bill to Expand Definition of "Serious Injury" in New York
- Pharmaceutical Company Payments to Doctors Raise Ethical Concerns
- You can hold an expert liable for a bad report
- Court Orders Higher Verdict In Partner Thomas Giuffra's Sistrunk Trial
- Following increase in complications, FDA questions use of robot in surgery
- It is easier to sue nursing homes
- Maternal mortality rates rise in the United States
- Drug Companies Bribing Doctors to Prescribe Unlawful Products
- Mistakes During Outpatient Care on the Rise, Study Finds
- Device Can Quickly Identify Bacteria that Cause Deadly Sepsis Infections
- Allegations of False Reporting Put Yasmin in the Spotlight
- Study finds large number of women suffer injuries during delivery
- Three Things You Should Know Before You Go To The Emergency Room
- Obese residents strain nursing home resources
- 3T Design Recalls Cervelo Bicycles with Aura Pro Handlebars
- A Nurses's Big Mouth Stirs Up New York Clinic Lawsuit
- September
- Nuts & Bolts: Multidistrict Litigations and Maximizing a Client's Settlement or Trial Verdict
- What are the medical malpractice laws in New York?
- Potential pattern found in medical malpractice payouts
- Why are birth injuries cases difficult to prosecute?
- Miscommunication can lead to serious surgical errors
- Research: some nursing home residents are abused by other residents
- Strict medical error statute of limitations remains in New York
- More Off-Labeling Fines: $55 Million Against Wyeth
- Arizona Sues McKesson Corp. Claiming It Artificially Inflated Drug Prices
- First steps to take in a medical malpractice case
- Does the FDA Really Protect Patients from Defective Medical Devices?
- Nursing abuse is common but from an unlikely source
- Texas Medical Malpractice Leads to Leg Amputation, Tort Law Prevents Victim from Recovering Damages!
- Cranes collapse in New York City causing damage and death
- Drug Companies Voluntarily Pay the Price for Bribing Doctors to Promote Powerful Anti-Psychotics in Children
- Roche's Questionable Agreement Of Tamiflu Data
- Despite Criminal and Civil Woes, Amgen Gets Boost from Congress
- Biotech Giant, Amgen, Pleads Guilty to Criminal and Civil Allegations
- Answers to typical questions after a surgical error
- Falsified Drug Testing Data No Hurdle For FDA Approval
- Chinese Drywall: A Battle for Homeowners
- The Continued Defense of Amgen Provisions
- Whistleblower Lawsuits Keep Pharmaceutical Companies in Check
- Merck's Woes From Vytorin-Related Shareholder Suits
- Tainted FDA Advisory Panel Votes for Big Business and Disregards Women's Safety
- Loosened FDA Conflicts Rules May Cause Unwanted Side Effects
- Only 251 hospitals received top scores under Medicare
- Abbott Fined Heavily by Federal Court for Off-Label Promotion of Anti-Seizure Drug
- Heparin: Yet Another Dangerous Chinese Product Shipped to the United States
- Nursing homes are rated by the government
- Justice Department Seeks to Identify Defibrillator Surgeries in Local Hospitals
- Metal-on-metal hip implants under fire for causing injuries to patients
- August
- New Study on Increase of Rehabilitation Facility Negligence and Malpractice
- Misused surgical tools
- What is defensive medicine?
- Study uncovers shocking rate of pancreatic cancer misdiagnosis
- Using sport's medicine techniques may help childbirth injuries
- Study finds that half of all surgeries involve an error
- Blincyto, FDA Approved B-cell ALL Treatment, Linked to Pancreatitis
- Can you sue a nursing home for abuse or neglect?
- July
- Do you think a surgeon would tell you if there was an error during surgery?
- Statistics on hospital errors might be misleading
- Nursing home loses $1.1M in wrongful death suit
- Six Issues to Consider Before Filing a Medical Malpractice Suit
- Verdict of $46.5 Million for Plaintiffs Who Developed Cancer from Monsanto Product
- Unacceptable Delay Leads to Loss of Limb for Brooklynite at Local Hospitals
- Hospitals rarely disclose errors they make
- Federal Judge Rejects Monsanto's Motion for Dismissal in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit
- What is the Medical Indemnity Fund?
- June
- .IVC Filters and Blood Clots
- FDA Updates SGLT2 Warnings for Invokana and Farxiga
- Sometimes Nursing Home Neglect Is Not Easy To Spot
- Common Causes of Surgical Errors, Part 2
- Medical Device Guardian's Act Expands Adverse Event Reporting Requirement
- Study Finds Smaller Doses of Heartburn Drugs May Benefit Women Just as Well as Larger Doses
- Common Causes of Surgical Errors, Part 1
- State Senate debates bill to extend medical malpractice deadlines
- Dangerous Kidney Side Effects from Proton Pump Inhibitors: Recent Science May Show Why
- Most doctors are repeat medical malpractice offenders
- Johnson and Johnson Forced to Pay $124 Million on Risperdal Case
- States Sue Johnson & Johnson Over Pelvic Mesh
- Nursing Homes Are Prone to Commit Errors
- Congressman Fitzpatrick Takes a Stance Against Power Morcellator Manufacturers
- Fluoroquinolone Use Restricted According to FDA Suggestion
- EU to Vote on Use of Glyphosate Containing Weed Killers
- May
- Hospital pays settlement due to unauthorized filming of patients
- Northport VA Hospital Forced to Shut Down Operating Rooms
- When the unthinkable happens during surgery
- FDA Warns of Possible Risk of Amputation from Invokana
- Home health worker wanted for neglect of elderly woman
- Doctors that don't listen are dangerous
- Medical Malpractice: 3rd Leading Cause of Death in the USA
- Alarm fatigue can cause patient harm in New York hospitals
- Medication errors a major concern
- Reality show gets hospital fined for filming death
- Complicated birth injuries require dedicated attention
- April
- Recognizing bedsores as a sign of neglect
- Push to make clinic practices safer
- The many causes of newborn hypoxia
- Opening the New York Courts to Sexual Abuse Victims
- Practice of Law Blog by Paul Rheingold
- Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- New York Physician Responsibility: Crack Down on Opioid Epidemic
- Illegal Vaccines Causes Outrage in China
- Hold negligent hospitals accountable
- Invega associated with Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Finding information on physicians may be difficult
- Are robotic surgeries safe?
- March
- RGRP Files Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit
- Rhabdomyolysis Caused By Hepatitis C Drugs
- Caput succedaneum can lead to serious injuries
- Granny cams growing in popularity
- Cruise Ship Medical Malpractice
- Thomas P. Giuffra inducted as "Advocate" to American Board of Trial Advocates
- Who can be held responsible for medical malpractice?
- Legionnaires' Disease Claims Seven Lives in NY
- Don't be intimidated, be empowered
- Can a hospital be responsible for slip and fall accidents?
- St. Jude Medical Recalls Defibrillator Leads Due to Damaged Insulation
- Long time coming for birth injury claim
- Reflux Drugs Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease
- UK Man's Leg Catches Fire From Exploding E-Cigarette
- February
- E-Cigarette Explodes in Man's Pocket
- What are the common causes of surgical errors?
- Stroke Bleeding Risks after Stenting with Xaretlto and Eliquis Use
- End nursing home neglect with the help of an attorney
- Misdiagnosis is both common and dangerous
- Crumb Rubber Truf Fields and Playground under EPA Investigation
- FDA Alert for Lariat Suture Delivery Device
- Long Island Doctor Arrested Over Prescription Painkillers
- PFOA Contaminated Water Found in Hoosick Falls, NY
- Can I sue my nurse for wrongdoing?
- Social worker faces four years on felony abuse charge
- How do I know if my child suffered oxygen deprivation?
- January
- A big hospital is no match for a good attorney
- Mount Sinai doctor investigated after inappropriate behavior
- Understanding informed consent
- Senate Report Implicates Olympus and FDA in Deadly Bacterial Infection
- Tecfidera Label Updated by FDA with PML Death Case
- Can senior neglect happen in your own home?
- Button Battery Likely Cuase of Death of Young Girl
- Increased Regulation for TVM Devices
- If there is any question of wrongdoing, speak to an attorney
- Boston Scientific Guiding Sheath Recall For Fracture
- FDA Investigating Essure Birth Control Device for Related Health Issues
- Fair compensation for birth injury claims
- Can a surgical site infection be a negligence claim?
- December
- 2015
- December
- Hoverboard Explosion and Failure
- Why is abuse and neglect so prevalent in nursing homes?
- What are the basics of vicarious liability?
- How do you distinguish between birth defects and birth injuries?
- Harvard Study Reveals Dangers of E-Cigarettes
- Trainers must provide acceptable care to student athletes
- FDA Takes Action to Protect Consumers from Potentially Dangerous Dietary Supplements
- Owners in nursing home abuse case plead guilty to cover-up
- Babies are not the only ones to suffer birth injuries
- E-Cigarette Battery Burn Victim Awarded $1.9 Million
- RGRP featured in New York Law Journal Verdicts and Settlements Hall of Fame
- November
- Are surgical black-box recordings in New York's future?
- Medical malpractice cases could lead to bad faith claims
- Bait and switch birthing facilities
- Finding the right fit for your medical malpractice claim
- Age plays a role in elder sexual abuse convictions
- Child awarded in medical malpractice lawsuit
- Pitfalls of the Consumer Arbitration Clause
- Xarelto and Eliquis
- ER wait times are concerning
- October
- Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics may be Associated with an Increased Risk of Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection
- New Receommendations for Breast Cancer Screening by American Cancer Society
- FDA Class I Recall for MicroPort Hip Implant
- FDA Warns of Serious Liver Injury Risk with Hepatitis C Drugs Viekira Pak and Technivie
- Teleflex Hit With Class 1 Recall of its Emergency Resuscitation Device
- Elder abuse posted on social media
- Dementia Drugs Linked to Serious Weight Loss
- GOP candidate allegedly left sponge in brain
- 18th Million Dollar Verdict for Partner Thomas Giuffra
- FDA Changes Warnings on Ibuprofen and Other NSAIDs
- FDA Warns that Use of Heater-Cooler Devices are Associated with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections
- FDA May Tap Google to Beef Up Drug-Safety Monitoring
- The FDA's Medical Device Issues
- Zofran Litigation Centralized in Massachusetts District Court
- Man dies twice, wife sues
- FDA Launches Probe into Safety of Common MRI Contrast Agent
- TOM GIUFFRA WINS PLAINTIFF VERDICT OF $2.5 MILLION AGAINST RUMC IN CANCER MISDIAGNOSIS
- Worker locked in hospital bathroom dies
- Nursing home abuse by residents
- Suit Filed Against Generic Manufacturer of Zofran
- Suit Filed Against Morcellator Manufacturer Karl Storz, Inc.
- Harmful medication during pregnancy
- September
- Diagnostic errors are a big problem in medicine
- Recognize the signs of abuse
- Doctors Tell FDA to Regulate Robotic Surgery Cautiously in Anticipation of Competitors to da Vinci
- FDA Revises Warning Labels For Diabetes Drugs Invokana & Invokamet
- Medical neglect may be connected to inmate deaths
- Human error responsible for fetal asphyxia
- Can a missed illness be negligence?
- VA Reports 307,000 Veterans Died Before Their Application For Medical Treatment Was Timely Processed
- Bill to change negligence filing stomped
- August
- What is a vacuum extractor injury?
- Wrongful death of baby brings lawsuit to nurse
- Longer filing time for medical malpractice claims in New York
- Eliquis Study Reveals New Statistics
- Hospital negligence is not just bodily harm
- Not much room for error but still happens
- Class 1 Recall - Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters
- New Eliquis Information Revealed From Recent Study
- Proving nurse negligence
- Senior neglect happens more than we think
- July
- Can naming your baby prevent hospital errors?
- After nine dead infants, hospital suspends surgeries
- Are surgeons tweeting or treating?
- New York nursing home owner uses shady tactics to expel residents
- Why don't more doctors admit to mistakes?
- Allegations of abuse and neglect at U.S. nursing homeowners
- Recall of Zimmer Hip Implant Parts
- June
- SR Suntour N.A. Recalls Bicycle Forks
- How prevalent are errors by medical professionals?
- How common are infections at hospitals?
- Colnago Bicycle Recall for Front Brake Defect
- Verdict of $7.25 Million for Plaintiff Involved in Work Accident
- What is Erb's palsy?
- HeartWare Ventricular Assist Systems Class I Recall
- Subsequent to $13B merger with Biomet, Zimmer to cut staff and close dental headquarters
- Law Firm Starts First Suit For Death Of Eliquis User
- Surgical mistakes are more common than you might think
- New York jury awards parents $45 after botched surgery
- When can you sue a hospital for negligence?
- Persistent Pulmonary Hyperension In Babies Linked To Use Of Lexapro, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa -- A New Basis For Litigation
- HBO Real Sports reports on Under Regulated Dietary Supplements, DMAA and Military Bases
- Recall of Avea Ventilator by CareFusion for Potential Malfunction
- Boston Scientific Ordered to Pay $100 Million in Transvaginal Mesh Case
- May
- What you can do about nursing home negligence
- NYU and NYC HHC Settle Death Case for $3 Million
- Plaintiff sues landlord after fall in the shower and receives verdict of $1,900,000
- Who can be held legally responsible for birth injuries?
- FDA Warns of Blood Acids from SGLT2 Drugs
- Job Site Accident Plaintiff Receives over $5.5 Million Verdict
- Melissa Rivers files medical malpractice suit over mother's death
- FDA Issues Class I Recall for Tiger Paw System II for Tears and Bleeding in Heart Tissue
- ADVAIR SUDDEN DEATH LITIGATION
- Mistakes in surgery are still very common
- BIRTH DEFECT SUITS OVER ZOFRAN RAMP UP
- ENTEROPATHY DUE TO DIOVAN (VALSARTAN)
- Nerve injuries from surgical errors
- Car Crash Plaintiff Settles for almost $2 Million
- Medical errors preventable with better communication
- Liaison Counsel Appointed and Stay Ordered in Philadelphia Xarelto Litigation
- Customer Trip and Fall Receives $3,875,000
- FDA, DOJ File Complaint Against Medtronic Over Faulty Pain Drug Pumps
- April
- FDA Plans New Prescription Label for Pregnancy Risks
- Eliquis and Uncontrolled Bleeding
- Larger infants may benefit from early induced labor
- Trek Recalls Nearly 1 Million Bicycles
- Study finds diagnosis mistakes lead lawsuits against ER doctors
- Software may help surgeons with spine operations
- Xarelto Lawsuits Filed
- Complications associated with laser surgery
- Committee Votes to Change Labels for Onglyza and Nesina
- Zofran and Hypospadias: Possible Link Indicated in 2004 Medical Journal
- Onglyza May Increase Death Rate According to FDA
- Recall of Zimmer Persona Knee Implant
- Unnecessary medical tests have potential to harm patients
- Despite Record Settlement GlaxoSmithKline Continues to Deny Zofran May Cause Birth Defects
- New Lawsuits Against GSK For Zofran
- Surgical errors in New York
- Patient's Bedsores result in $500,000 Verdict
- Coney Island Cyclone Rollercoaster Still an Injury Threat to Patrons
- Patients Improperly Being Prescribed Feraheme: Medical Malpractice
- $5,088,000 Verdict for Pedestrian Hit by Pickup Truck
- Some medical professionals have trouble telling right from left
- FDA Strengthens Warning and Prescribing Instructions for Feraheme
- March
- Painter Settles for $4 Million after Workplace Injury
- FDA Warns of Symptomatic Bradycardia (slowing heart rate) While Taking Combination of Hepatitis C Drugs
- $1,500,000 Verdict for Estate of Man Given Morphine Mistakenly
- FDA Did Not Approve Superbug Scopes
- Social Worker Awarded $1 Million after Slipping in Public School
- Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Agrees To Pay $25 Million In Settlement For Recall Probe
- Pedestrian Struck by Car Receives Verdict of $260,000
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Associated with Blood Clots & Stroke
- Elder abuse in nursing homes and assisted living facilities
- Birth injuries reduced by implementation of safety procedures
- FDA Warns of Deadly Superbug Outbreak
- Study reveals biopsy errors common for precancerous cells
- FDA Issues Notices for Intuitive Surgical da Vinci Vessel Sealer
- NYC Health & Hospitals and NYU Langone Settle Case for $3 Million
- Children's Tylenol Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Selling Tylenol Contaminated With Metal Particles
- Jury Awards Plaintiff $5.7 Million Over Sling Mesh Incontinence Implant
- New York children may be at risk of circumcision injuries
- FDA Warns, Pfizer's Chantix Associated With Seizures and Lower Alcohol Tolerance
- Class Action Filed Against Lumber Liquidators
- Understanding the risks and avoiding birth trauma in delivery
- Neglect one of many potential problems for nursing home patients
- New FDA Warning about Reprocessed Duodenoscopes
- Transvaginal Mesh Settlement
- Update on Use of Testosterone Products to Treat Low Testosterone
- Appeals Court Upholds $3.61 Million Transvaginal Mesh Verdict
- Plaintiffs Awarded $26.7 Million in Boston Scientific Pinnacle TVM Case
- Federal Jury Awards Obtryx Transvaginal Mesh Plaintiffs $18.5 Million
- Over $20 Million Paid For Playground Injuries
- February
- Penalties increase for preventable hospital mistakes
- Man Hit by Van Settles for $3,000,000.00
- Landmark decision in case involving concierge medicine practice
- PLAINTIFF NURSE RECEIVES VERDICT OF OVER $4 MILLION FROM HOSPITAL INCLUDING PUNITIVES
- PLAINTIFF RECEIVES OVER $900,000 FROM SETTLEMENT WITH DEFENDANT'S INSURER
- PEDESTRIAN SETTLES WITH PRIVATE BUS COMPANY FOR NEARLY $900,000
- MOTORCYCLIST RECEIVES OVER $3 MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM NYC
- The applicable standard of care in surgery and medical treatment
- Vacuum delivery complications and risks
- Doctor involvement in the spread of measles
- January
- December
- 2014
- December
- Rheingold Partners Dominate Super Lawyers
- What is the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur?
- Recent declines in hospital errors
- Understanding nursing home abuse and neglect
- An overview of stillbirth
- Partner Thomas Giuffra Enters Trial Verdict Hall of Fame
- Nerve damage due to use of Avalox, Levaquin and other fluoroquinolones
- November
- October
- How is nursing home abuse or neglect defined?
- Prevention measures for wrong-site surgeries
- What constitutes medical misconduct by a physician
- Medical malpractice and cerebral palsy
- Family claims elderly relative was neglected at nursing home
- Rheingold Firm Files First Wrongful Death Lawsuit For Use Of Benicar
- September
- August
- July
- Experts speak out about medical errors
- Preventing medication errors after hospital discharge
- Uncertain testing leaves lyme sufferers in poor health
- Initiatives underway to protect lives of mothers in childbirth
- Hospital faces wrongful death lawsuit in misdiagnosis
- Tips for hospital patients to protect their health
- June
- May
- Negligence and patient notification
- Mother files lawsuit after being pressured to have C-section
- Lawsuit filed after suicide in hospital
- Misconduct in Actos Product Liability Bladder Cancer Trial
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals & Eli Lilly's To Pay $9 Billion In Damages.
- Nursing home employees charged after cameras expose negligence
- Injured Victims Voice Outrage Over Johnson & Johnson's Defective and Dangerous Products
- Patient awarded millions after New York doctor's misdiagnosis
- April
- Settlement reached in New York medical malpractice case
- Five Boston Scientific Vaginal Mesh Cases Transferred to Florida
- Mid-Size SUVs Fail U.S. Crash Test
- U.S. Stock Market & Investors Alleged To Be Victimized by High-Frequency Traders
- Northern Boulevard, Queens: NYCDOT Doing Major Traffic Safety Upgrades
- More Defective Medical Devices Harming Patients
- Nursing home aide facing charges of neglect
- Parents of Children Killed In Traffic Accident Plea For Traffic Changes
- Rabbinic Student Struck by City Sanitation Truck
- Pedestrians Frustrated by Pizza Delivery Bicyclers
- U.S. Department of Justice Investigates Johnson & Johnson for Destroying Litigation Documents
- Toyota Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion to End Criminal Investigation
- Nurse pleads guilty for neglecting patient with Alzheimer's
- GM Continues to Face Legal Backlash
- Boxer's family files lawsuit against several defendants
- Doctor Failed to Recognize Cancer Symptoms Leading to Plaintiff Verdict
- Another Nissan/Infiniti Recall
- Plaintiff Awarded $1.5 Million for Defendants' Neglect of Sidewalk
- March
- Hospital Acquired Infections Increase Injuries and Healthcare Costs
- DANGEROUS SIDEWALKS
- Stryker settles through mediation; more cases are expected to be determined
- Court Stops Lawsuit, Cold Turkey
- Woman sues doctor over botched sterilization
- Study connects nurse education to patient safety
- Advocacy Groups Call For Heart Attack Warnings on Testosterone Drugs
- Endo Health Solution's $193 Million Settlement For Illegal Marketing of Lidoderm
- South Nassau Communities Hospital Insulin Pen Use Exposes Patients to HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
- New York doctor given federal prison sentence
- Negligence and medical malpractice alleged in boxer's injury
- Feds Join A Whistleblower Lawsuit Against 2 Hospital Operators
- ETHICON SPOILS EVIDENCE IN A SURGICAL MESH PRODUCTS' LITIGATION
- February
- Physicians Payment Sunshine Act
- Snowy Tragedy Strikes Pregnant Woman in Brooklyn, NY
- New Pedestrian Hazards for Howard Beach, NY Seniors
- Faulty Buckle Brings About One Of The Largest Car Seat Recalls To Date
- General Motors recalled 750,000 vehicles
- Family of brain-damaged boxer to file lawsuit
- Dangerous New York City Sidewalks: Courts Making Lawsuits for Injuries More Difficult
- NYPD's Most-sued Cop is Among Its Biggest Overtime Earners
- Benicar Litigation Update and New York Times Article
- AstraZeneca's Diabetes Drug and Increased Risk of Heart Failure
- New York nursing home accused of neglect after patient dies
- Little Cars Equal Little Protection?
- Teenager suffers brain damage after cosmetic surgery
- Backhoe Responsible for Death in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY
- New York man dies after 8-hour wait in a hospital waiting room
- Low-T Drugs Linked to Heart Attacks in Men
- Manhattan Case Clarifies Law Where Pedestrian Struck By Left Turning Car
- Amsco/Steris Surgical Beds Collapse Causing Patient Injuries
- Testosterone Drugs Causing Severe and Fatal Heart Complications
- FDA Concerned Women Not Equally Included in Medical Device Testing
- Causes of Construction Accidents in New York City
- NYC Hospitals' Malpractice Costs Drop by $3 million from Last Year
- 8-Year Old Boy Tragically Killed by Truck at Queens Intersection Well-known Intersection for Pedestrian Injuries and Deaths
- Families of New York Accident Victims Featured in NYC Campaign Against Reckless Driving
- Dangerous Roadways in Queens Confirmed by Elmhurst Hospital Center Study
- January
- Nursing aide breaks elderly woman's arm, staff ignores injury
- Cyclists in New York City: Injuries and Fatalities Continue
- Family sues doctor who walked out of surgery
- Woman awarded $62 million by a New York City jury
- Toddler's parents sue dentist for malpractice
- Intuitive Surgical Recalls Robot Machines Due to Mechanical Problems
- Robotic surgery injuries lead to questions about FDA oversight
- New Italian Study Relates Incretin-Mimetic Drugs to Pancreatitis
- December
- 2013
- December
- Teenager pronounced brain dead after surgery
- Fire during surgery leaves woman unable to speak
- Attorney Paul D. Rheingold has been quoted on recent news stories
- Million Dollar Verdict in Fall on Sidewalk
- New training uses simulators to prepare doctors for surgery
- Thomas P. Giuffra elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
- Doctors may not report the errors of others
- Generic Drug-maker Settles Whistleblower Suit for $500 Million
- Nissan/Infiniti Recalls Vehicles for the Third Time
- Ohio's Hands-Off Assisted Living Approach Leaves the Elderly at Risk
- Baby Monitors Recalled After Two Infant Deaths, Entanglements
- Study Results Find Claims in TV Drugs Ads to be Misleading and False
- November
- Distracted By 'So Much Sun', NYC Yellow Cab Driver Injures Man in SoHo Friday
- Paralyzed vet awarded $8.3 million
- Better Safety Plans for City Schools: Avonte Oquendo's Family Files Notice Claim Against City
- Safety Guidelines Are Questioned When Construction Worker Dies from Scaffolding On A NYU Building
- Improper treatment of simple infection leads to patient's death
- FDA Confirms Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Injuries and Deaths Growing
- Woman seeks compensation for loss of legs and hearing
- Limo Driver's Career Ends in Rear End Accident
- Bicyclists vs. Unleashed Dogs: The Injured Can Sue Dog Owner for Negligence
- Administrator fined in nursing home sexual assault review
- Ptotiga Anti-Seizure Drug: FDA Warns of Serious Harm to Eyes, Blindness
- Elderly patients left in abandoned facility
- October
- Laser Surgery Lawsuits Against Non-doctors on The Rise
- "Never Events" -- Retained Surgical Items Are More Common Than You Think!
- Tesla Model S Fire
- Forgotten surgical tools harm patients
- FDA fails to Thoroughly Evaluate and Regulate Surgical Robotic Devices
- Sulfonylurea May Increase Mortality Rates for Diabetic Patients
- When mistakes are made by hospitals, people die
- Drug makers of Tygacil are warned by FDA because of its high risks
- Another Toyota Recall
- Automobile Injuries from Dangers of Distracted Driving
- Changes to VA documents cause concern
- FDA Finds Shocking Quality Control Problems By Generic Drugmaker
- Bicycle Fork Failure Injures Rider, Are You Next?
- Nurse charged with abusing an elderly woman
- Tired Trucker Causes Fatal Crash
- Researchers Predict Higher American Death Rates Due to Medical Mistakes
- Swing-Coaster Crash, Is Fun Overrated?
- Secrets that hospitals don't tell their patients
- September
- Deaths and Injuries from Texting Drivers: 100% Preventable
- Fatal medical errors common
- Johnson & Johnson recalling more products questions their best interest of the consumers
- Dentist to Pay $3 Million Verdict for Ignoring Infection
- Hospital infections cost U.S. billions per year
- Hospital Acquired Infections Costing Lives and Billions
- Study indicates electronic records may lead to medical errors
- New Robotic Surgery Side Effect Presenting Problems: Pneumonia
- The Science of Vehicle Crashworthiness
- Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Injuries and Deaths Vastly Underreported
- Hospital faces malpractice claim after throwing out donor kidney
- Chrysler Recalls 3 Million Vehicles for Fuel Tank Deficiencies
- 4-Step Guide to Diagnosing Your Child's Scoliosis
- Amgen to Pay $11 Million to Settle Misbranded Drug Charge
- August
- Rockefeller Center Taxi-Bicyclist Feud Turns Grisly
- State medical boards not punishing doctors for malpractice
- Two False Claims Act Lawsuits Filed Against Novartis
- Coney Island Coaster Accident Injures 5-Year Old, Are They Safe or Not?
- Walgreens Agrees to Record $80 Million Settlement Over Distribution of Painkillers
- FEDERAL JURY AWARDS $2M TO PLAINTIFF IN FIRST SURGICAL MESH TRIAL
- FDA To Launch Study on Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Ball-Head/Stem-Taper Junction Corrosion
- New Study Identifies Ineffective Medical Practices and Raises Risk Of Malpractice
- Improper injection practices continue to cause issues
- Improper injection practices continue to cause issues
- New Interactive Map Presents NYPD Crash Data
- Surgical Site Infections
- Reducing Staph Infections Post-Surgery
- Inducing labor may increase the risk of autism
- STUDY REVEALS MOST COMMON CAUSES OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUITS: FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND MEDICATION ERRORS
- PFIZER VOLUNTARILY SETTLES UNLAWFUL MARKETING SUIT FOR $490 MILLION
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DIES AFTER TRACTOR -TRAILER COLLISON ON UPPER EAST SIDE
- Medical oversight results in woman's death
- Intestinal Damage from Blood Pressure Drug: Benicar Gets Warnings Change
- Lucentis Study Warned by FDA Over Protocol Failures
- Man dies in assisted living facility after drinking detergent
- July
- NEW JERSEY HOSPITALS IMPROVE PATIENT INFECTIONS, ADDRESSING PATIENT SAFETY AND MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CONCERNS
- EUROPE BATTLES WITH HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
- Minnesota Doctor's Innovative Device Gone Wrong
- Mother's death leads push to reform medical malpractice laws
- THE FIGHT AGAINST HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
- Study finds many medical practices ineffective
- MISTRIAL IN C.R. BARD VAGINAL MESH CASE
- Hospital alarms may put patients at risk
- C.R. BARD HID VAGINAL MESH FLAWS
- $5.7 MILLION VERDICT AGAINST MONTEFIORE HOSPITAL: OVERUSE OF SPLINTS CAUSES PERMANENT DAMAGE TO PATIENT
- FDA PROPOSES NEW RULE ALLOWING GENERIC DRUGMAKERS TO CHANGE LABELLING
- NOT SO FAST AND FURIOUS: THE BIKE ACCIDENT EDITION
- RULES OF THE ROAD FOR BICYLCISTS
- CITI BIKES, HELMETS, AND NYC SUMMER FUN
- Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Insulin Infusion Set Recall
- Emergency gallbladder surgery more likely to have complications
- LITIGATION BATTLE FOR CHEERLEADING CONCUSSION AND BRAIN INJURIES
- CONGRESS URGES THE FDA TO CHANGE GENRIC DRUG APPROVAL RULES
- FDA FINALLY LOOKS TO TIGHTEN CYBER SECURITY ON MEDICAL DEVICES
- MASS TORT LITIGATION RISES IN NEW JERSEY
- New technology may reduce birth injuries during C-section
- June
- 3M Faces Lawsuit for Catastrophic Orthopedic Infection
- Is the Bair Hugger Device a Danger for Patients?
- Mesh Plastic Used by CR Bard Deemed Unfit for Humans
- FDA Critical Again of Intuitive Surgical's Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System
- Doctors Reap Profits From Thousands of Unnecessary Surgeries
- Minnesota Nurse Claims Reporting Safety Violations Led to Firing
- WellPoint Agrees to Pay $6 Million Settlement
- New York woman charged in connection with missing patient
- Cyclist Knocked Down
- Mother Sues NYC for Fatal Crash
- California Tour Bus Company Faces Lawsuit Over Fatal Crash
- Patient Falls in Hospital
- Another Bus Crash
- New Study Indicates More Practice Needed on da Vinci
- Claims Against NYPD Climb
- FDA Panel Backs Easing Diabetes Treatment Restrictions
- Wrong-Way "Hit-and-Run" Driver Plows Into Cyclist Before Crashing Into Store
- Federal Consolidation For Stryker Metal-On-Metal Hip Implant Litigation
- CT Scans Lead to Cancer Risks in Children
- Patients Die From Falling in Hospitals
- NYC Employee Gets Off Free After Hit-And-Run
- Child Critically Injured After SUV Plows Through Pedestrians on Fifth Avenue
- Study finds suprising matter on endoscopes
- Transparency will reduce the incidence of medical errors
- New Article Discusses Risks of Burns With da Vinci Robot
- Ford Recalls 465,000 Vehicles For Fuel Leak
- May
- New York nursing homes increasing use of drugs
- JOHNS HOPKINS MALPRACTICE STUDY: SURGICAL 'NEVER EVENTS' OCCUR AT LEAST 4,000 TIMES PER YEAR
- Nurse charged in nursing home incident
- METAL-ON-METAL PINNACLE DEPUY FINALLY PULLED FROM MARKET
- NEW YORK DOCTOR REMOVES WRONG KIDNEY
- Surly Bicycle Recalled Due to Fork Failure
- Economic Loss Toyota Settlement to be Decided Next Month
- Ford Latest Manufacturer Investigated by NHTSA
- HARMFUL DEFECTS FOUND IN SURGICAL ROBOT, LITIGATION GROWS
- 5 WOMEN DIE IN TRAGIC LIMOUSINE FIRE
- SALES REPRESENTATIVES FAIL TO INFORM DOCTORS ABOUT SERIOUS DRUG SIDE EFFECTS
- Couple sues hospital after daughter suffers brain damage
- da Vinci May 8, 2013 Recall Notification and Surgical Usage Precautions
- BMW Latest Car Manufacturer To Recall Airbags
- MERCK AND PFIZER JOIN FORCES ON A DIABETES DRUG
- $6.5 MILLION VERDICT IN FIRST ACTOS BLADDER CANCER TRIAL
- Medical errors profitable for some hospitals
- PARALYSIS OF ARM DURING DELIVERY OF NEWBORNS
- April
- .DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS AS BASIS OF GOOD MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUIT
- First Mirena Suit Filed in MDL Litigation
- CAUSATION AND PREVENTION OF CEREBRAL PALSY
- 3T Design Recalls Bicycles
- ACTOS BLADDER CANCER TRIAL EXPOSES DAMAGING EVIDENCE
- Malpractice During Orthopedic Surgery
- POPULAR STATIN DRUG LIPITOR LINKED TO INCREASE IN DIABETES, NEW LITIGATION
- A WIN FOR ALBANY NURSES
- Attaching photos to X-rays could reduce mistakes
- MEDICATION ERRORS: A WELL KNOWN CAUSE OF MALPRACTICE
- MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION SOUGHT TO BE CONSOLIDATED IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
- MCCALLA CASE FEATURED ON CNBC
- Prenatal blood tests carry potential errors
- FDA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DA VINCI ROBOT
- Shorter shifts lead to more medical residency errors
- Stryker Rejuvenate & ABG II Hip Implant Litigation Mediation Program
- And Still More Vehicles Recalled- This Time for Airbag Defects
- ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS NURSING HOME RATED ONE OF THE NATIONS WORST NURSING HOME'S
- THE END OF FUNG WAH'S ROAD
- Add Chrysler to the Manufacturer Recall List
- Drugs being given to enhance academics
- General Motors Recalls Encores For Steering Wheel Problems
- Hyundai and Kia Latest to Recall Vehicles
- BAYER OPPOSES CONSOLIDATION OF LEGAL ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST MIRENA
- OKLAHOMA DENTIST MAY HAVE EXPOSED 7,000 PATIENTS TO HIV OR HEPATITIS
- March
- Malfunctioning of Robotic Systems During Laparoscopy
- Ford Now Seeing Sudden Acceleration Problems
- Plaintiff awarded $250,000 for medical malpractice
- MASSACHUSETTS FIRST STATE SCRUTINIZNG ROBOTIC SURGERY INJURIES
- MEDICAL ASSOCIATION DEMANDS BETTER ROBOTIC SURGERY TRAINING
- INTUIVE SURGICAL'S INTERNAL EMAILS SHOW DESIRE TO SCALE BACK ROBOTIC SURGERY TRAINING
- DETAILS OF FRED TAYLOR WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT CAUSED BY ROBOTIC SURGERY
- BICYCLE ACCIDENT VICTIM IN ASTORIA, QUEENS
- FDA
- Victims of surgical errors cope with medical costs, health risks
- ONE PERSON DIES IN LACROSSE TEAM BUS ACCIDENT
- AAJ PRESS RELEASE: PATIENT SAFETY AT RISK WITH SCOTUS MUTUAL V. BARTLETT
- Trucks and Trailers Recalled
- Subaru Recalls Vehicles
- FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE SCOLIOSIS IN CHILDREN
- PROSTATECTOMY SURGERY SIDE EFFECTS FROM DA VINCI ROBOTIC MACHINE
- Patients file suit against Olean hospital, others
- HYSTERECTOMY SURGERY SIDE EFFECTS FROM DA VINCI ROBOTIC MACHINE
- STUDY: COMPANY EMPLOYEE WARNS THAT PANCREATITIS LINKED TO POPULAR DIABETES DRUG
- CROSSING GUARD'S BATHROOM BREAK RESULTS IN 6 YEAR OLD BOY'S DEATH
- STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN NEW YORK STATE: LOBBYING TO PROTECT PATIENTS' RIGHTS
- KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL'S NEGLIGENCE BRINGS TRAGIC END TO THE LIFE OF LAVERNE WILKINSON
- OUR FIRM'S MCCALLA ROBOTIC SURGERY CASE REPORTED BY BLOOMBERG NEWS
- Kings County Hospital pone una etiqueta de precio de medio millón de dólares sobre la vida de Laverne Wilkinson
- KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL PUTS OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG ON LAVERNE WILKINSON'S LIFE
- Bloomberg News Interviews Rheingold Firm
- Research uncovers growing rate of laser surgical errors
- JURY ADDS $7.8 MILLION IN JOHNSON & JOHNSON PUNITIVE DAMAGES
- RECALL OF ANEMIA DRUG OMONTYS
- JURY ORDERS TO PAY$3.35 MILLION IN FIRST VAGINAL MESH CASE
- TO FUNG WAH OR NOT TO FUNG WAH: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
- ANOTHER RECALL FOR DEPUY/JOHNSON & JOHNSON
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL ROBOTS PROBED BY U.S. REGULATORS
- DOCTORS LACK TRAINING IN USING DA VINCI SURGICAL ROBOT
- Hidden camera reveals New York nursing home abuse
- February
- Defectively Designed Surgical Robot
- DO ROBOTIC SURGERIES OUTWEIGH THE COST?
- CHRYSLER RECALLING CHRYSLER 200s, DODGE AVENGERS
- DANGERS OF NUVARING'S THIRD GENERATION PROGESTIN
- St. JUDE DEVICE RECALLED FOR POTENTIAL 'FRACTURE'
- Vehicles Most Affected by 2012 Recalls
- EXPOSED TO CONTAMINATED INSULIN PENS?
- HIP FAILURE HIGHER IN WOMEN
- Research shows doctors stressed by malpractice claims
- ULTIMOS FABICANTES DE GM AL RETIRAR DEL MERCADO VEHICULOS
- ORGANON KNEW OF INCREASED SIDE EFFECTS EVEN BEFORE NUVARING'S 2001 FDA APPROVAL
- SEGUNDA INFECCION POSIBLEMENTE RESULTADO DE PLUMA DE INSULINA EN HOSPITAL IN OLEAN, NUEVA YORK
- Negligent addiction treatment may lead to malpractice lawsuit
- DEPUY EMPLOYEES ADMIT TO POOR TESTING AND DOCTORS' COMPLAINTS
- UPDATE: INSULIN PEN INFECTION IN NY HOSPITAL
- DENTISTA PELIGROSO EN EL CANDADO DE SUFFOLK COUNTY, LONG ISLAND EN NUEVA YORK
- QUANTIFYING THE COST OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
- DECLINE IN CASES FILED IN NEW YORK COURTS IN 2011 YET COURTHOUSE ACCESS THREATENED
- FOOTBALL PLAYER'S FAMILY SUES THE NFL FOR BRAIN INJURIES
- GM LATEST MANUFACTURER TO RECALL VEHICLES
- DEPUY'S ASR AND PINNACLE HIP IMPLANT WOES CONTINUE
- DANGEROUS DENTIST IN SUFFOLK COUNTY LONG ISLAND
- STRYKER IMPLANT FAILURE LITIGATION MOVED TO BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
- SECOND POSSIBLE INSULIN PEN INFECTION IN NY HOSPITAL IN JANUARY
- MUERTO DE UN EXECUTIVO, HACE UN PADRE DEMAN
- DEATH OF AD EXECUTIVE LEADS FATHER TO SUE
- January
- TOYOTA RECALLS MORE VEHICLES
- NEWSPAPER REPORT FINDS DOCTORS RARELY FACE PENALTIES FOR MISTAKES
- ASR IMPLANTS WITH A 40+% FAILURE RATE?
- SHOCKING NEWS AT FIRST DEPUY ASR TRIAL
- UNAWARE QUEENS WOMAN PLUNGES INTO INJURIES, UES SIDEWALK
- PATIENTS DIES AFTER NURSING HOME FAILS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE CARE
- BYETTA, JANUVIA, AND JANUMET DIABETES DRUGS LINKED TO CANCERS
- CRANE COLLAPSES IN QUEENS, INJURING SEVEN WORKERS
- NEW JERSEY FERRY CRASHES INTO DOCK
- MEDICATION ERRORS RARELY DISCLOSED TO PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
- NEW YORK CITY INDICTMENT FOR NURSING HOME ABUSE
- A WELCOME TOOL FOR NURSING HOME STANDARDS OF CARES
- TOYOTA RECALLING 150,000 TACOMA PICKUPS
- TOYOTA PAYS RECORD $17.35 MILLION FOR RECALL DELAY
- HONDA RECALLING 800,000 MINIVANS AND SUVs
- RECALL FOR FIVE TODDLER DEATHS: NAP NANNY BABY RECLINERS
- MORE GOVERNMENT FINES AGAINST HOSPITALS FOR PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS
- Mirena IUD Litigation Consolidated in New Jersey
- PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES REMAIN A CONCERN ON HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE, NEW YORK'S UNSAFEST ROAD
- FDA QUESTIONS ST. JUDE MEDICAL
- Mirapex Under Ongoing Safety Review
- December
- 2012
- December
- November
- The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing Mirapex (a drug which is generally used to treat Parkinson's disease as
- Stryker Widens Recall of Surgical Waste Management Line
- Justice Department Queries Local Hospitals on Improper Defribrillator Surgeries
- New System for Patients to Report Medical Mistakes
- October
- Family of Woman Killed by Dump Truck in Union Square, New York City Sues City
- Meningitis Outbreak Death Toll Reaches Fifteen Deaths
- Rheingold Firm #1 in Combined Verdict Values!
- NAACP Files Complaint Over Entrance Exam into Topy NYC High Schools
- Justice Department Seeks to Identify Improper Defribrillator Surgeries in Local Hospitals
- Mirapex Under Ongoing Safety Review
- Bisphosphonate Drugs Fosamax and Boniva Provide No Clinical Benefit for Women in Pre-Menopause
- Bisphosphonate Drugs Fosamax and Boniva Provide No Clinical Benefit for Women in Pre-Menopause
- Rheingold Firm Commences Mirena Litigation
- Lawsuit Claims New York Donor Network Presurring Hospitals to Declare Patients Brain Dead to Harvest Organs
- Deadly Steroid Injections from the New England Compounding Center
- U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Hears Oral Arguments for Consolidating Biomet Lawsuits
- Honda Recalls Over 500,000 Accords Over Fire Risk
- TGA Recommends Regular Checks on Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
- Bronx Pharmacy Mistakenly Dispenses Methadone to 7-Year-Old Boy
- September
- Most Older Doctors Are Not Tested For Competency as They Age
- Bicycle Maker Recalls Approximately 12,000 Bicycles
- Antidepressants Increase Risk of Car Accidents by 70%
- Thomas Giuffra's $9 Million Verdict is Lead Jury Verdict Reporter Article
- Executives of DePuy to Testify in Hip Implant Lawsuits
- Whistleblower Awarded $104 Million
- FDA Panel Chair Sees "No Reason" to Use Metal-on-Metal Implants
- Abbott Accused by Whistle-Blower in Federal Lawsuit of Promoting Cholestoral Drug for Unapproved Uses
- IIHS Introduces New Crash Test
- 14.5M Settlement for Boy's Brain Injury from Metal Bat
- Failing Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants May Pose Health Risks by Releasing Toxic Nano-Particles
- List of Suspected Transvaginal Mesh
- Doctor Study Shows Why Robot Fails
- Recalls of Medical Devices Reach a 2-Year High
- Another CareFusion Pump Recalled by the FDA
- Experts Find Birth Experience More Traumatic Than Commonly Thought
- August
- July
- Ford Recalls 421,000 Escapes Over Unintended Acceleration Problem
- GlaxoSmithKline Voluntarily Pays $3 Billion in Fraud Settlement
- Another Tour Bus Crash Near NYC
- ERBS Palsy and Shoulder Dystocias
- Drug and Alcohol Test Results Requested for Commercial Drivers
- Recall of Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Modular-Neck Stems
- Government Expands Investigation of Jeep Gas Tank Fires
- NHTSA Expands GM Door-Fire Investigation
- Physicians Not Always Informed of Harmful Drug Recalls
- June
- Consumer Federation of America Claims Insurance Companies Use Software to "Low-Ball" Customers
- Toyota May Be Sanctioned Due to Inspection of Crash Vehicle
- 24/7 Wall Street Names Dodge Ram "Most Dangerous Car" in America
- Dialysis Company's Failure to Warn of Product Risk Draws Inquiry
- More Toyota Vehicles Added to NHTSA Investigation Due to Fires
- Whistleblower Helps Win Another Victory Against Medicare Fraudster
- Whistleblower Takes Down CVS Caremark as Successor to Longs
- Hip, Knee Implant Patients at Greater Risk for Critical Care Need
- Stryker Medical Implant Maker Offers $33 Million to End Probe
- Transvaginal Mesh Sales Halted: Johnson & Johnson
- Another Actos Study Confirms Bladder Cancer Increase
- Esophageal Cancer Scare Continues: Actonel, Boniva, Fosamax, Reclast, Zometa
- AAA Cautions Drivers to Examine Tires Closely During Summer
- Recent Lawsuit Filed by Our Firm: Pharmacist's Negligent Filling of PrescriptionRecent Lawsuit Filed by Our Firm: Pharmacist's N
- $9 Million Verdict in Car Accident Case Tried by Tom Giuffra
- Metal-on-Metal Implants: A Tweak Too Far
- Baby on Board? Recalled Birth Control Pills
- Newly Filed Medical Malpractice Lawsuit: Yet Another Preventable Medication Error at Montifiore Hospital
- Kio Rios Recalled for Air Bag Defect
- Metal Implants: Is Anyone Studying the Carcinogenic Potential?
- Newly Filed Lawsuit: Beware of the Cyclone Roller Coaster at Coney Island- -Especially the First DropNewly Filed Lawsuit: Beware
- Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Consolidated Litigation
- Consumers Harmed When Drug Companies Misrepresent Side Effects
- May
- Pfizer Executives Can Run, But They Can't Hide!
- Who Will Protect the Children from Prescription Drug Deaths?
- Medtronic Voluntarily Pays $23.5 million Fine to the U.S. Justice Department; Whistleblowers Crucial
- Update on the Johnson & Johnson DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-Metal Implant Litigation
- NuvaRing Clotting Risk Doubled When Compared to Other Hormonal Birth Control
- Adverse Tissue Reactions to Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: New Study Confirms Metallosis Reactions in the Taper Area
- INSULATION FAILURES IN ROBOT SURGERY
- Dirt Bikes Made by Baja Sports Recalled Again
- Senator Schumer Sponsors Legislation Barring Companies from Renting or Selling Vehicles Until Defects Are Fixed
- Landmark $1.6 Billion Fine Voluntarily Paid by Abbott for Depakote
- New Follow Up Study Finds Increased Risk of VTE With Vaginal Ring
- Legislation Needs to Address Faulty Medical Devices
- New Bill Would Require Disclosure of All Clinical Trial Results
- Greater Risks with Robotic Surgery When Surgeons are Less Experienced
- April
- More Federal Consolidations
- $1,000,000+ NYC Jury Verdict for Cyclist in Federal Court
- Defense Verdict is Latest Fosamax ONJ Trial
- FDA Targeting Diet Drugs for Heart Studies (Deja Vu All Over Again)
- Shocking Surgical Stats for New Zealand DePuy ASR Recipients (Victims?!)
- FDA Takes Unprecedented Step to Hire Experts in Metal-on-Metal Poisoning Crisis
- Brooklyn Hospital Faces Excessive Number Of Malpractice Claims
- Yet More Warnings Needed for Lipitor, Crestor, and Zocor: FDA
- Defective Tire Case- $4.3 Million Verdict in Broome County
- Medical Devices Implanted in Patients Create Risk, Escape Testing
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL SUED IN NEW YORK FOR DEATH ARISING OUT OF USE OF ITS DA VINCI ROBOT
- March
- Unverified Claims Made by Hospitals Advertising for Robotic Surgery
- Kaiser Foundation Critical of High Costs of Robotic Surgery
- Fourteen Hospitals Settle for $12 Million in False Claims
- 15% of US Surgeons Admit Alcohol Abuse
- Continuing Attacks on the Yaz/Yasmin FDA Advisory Panel
- Whistleblower Lawsuit Reinstated Against Construction Company
- Yet Another Honda Airbag Recall
- German Merck Receives FDA Warning
- The Disgusting Truth About Dangerous Surgical Instruments
- Manufacturing Defects in Carbon Fiber Bicycles
- Experts say All-Metal Hip Replacements Should Not Be Used; May Lead to Cancer
- FEDS INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS WITH SIDE AIR BAGS
- Manufacturing Defects in Titanium Bicycles
- More Ways to Short-Circuit the FDA Guidelines
- Another Article Reveals Risks Associated With MoM Implants
- February
- RGRP Files Suit In DePuy Pinnacle Litigation
- Alexander v. Dunlop Trial Team heads to Binghamton, NY
- Fire Risk From Chevy Volt Car Batteries
- Helmet Recall for Child's Bicycle Helmets
- More Trouble to Transvaginal Mesh Makers: Safety Studies Ordered
- Ex-NFL Players Blame League for Brain Injuries
- Families of Wrongful Death Victims in New York Gain Key Victory
- Johnson & Johnson Faulted by FDA for Defective Insulin Pumps
- Lung Problems for Newborns
- Johnson & Johnson Accused of Recall Cover-up
- Fosamax, Boniva, Actonel, Reclast and Bisphosphonate Consolidation
- Merck Voluntarily Pays $24 Million Settlement Fine
- Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Birth Control Pill Packages
- January
- $327 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson
- J&J Wins Third MDL Levaquin Bellwether Trial
- New Jersey Judge Stays Yaz/Yasmin/Beyaz Litigation
- Bayer $750 Million Accord in Modified-Rice Case
- Medtronic Inc Voluntarily Agrees to Pay Criminal Fine of Over $23 million
- Bus Crash Settlement for $36 Million
- Alleged New York Medical Malpractice Claims a Holocaust Survivor
- Doctors are Cheating on Exams
- Two Major Killers: Drug Poisoning and Car Crashes
- Helmets Recalled After Safety is Called Into Question
- Judge Rules New York City's Taxis Must Comply with Disabilities Act
- Technology Can Be a Distraction for the Medical Profession
- 2011
- December
- Attempt to Standardize Keyless Entry Controls
- Federal Probe into Post-Crash Fires of Chevrolet Volts
- Children's Sleepwear Recalled
- Yaz/Yasmin Plaintiff Approved to Use 10 Discovery Documents to Petition FDA
- Researchers Investigate the Link between Contraceptive Pills and Risk of Prostate Cancer
- Risks of Injury Associated with Transvaginal Mesh
- Subaru and Honda Brake Recall
- Vioxx False Marketing Lawsuit Settles for $950M
- Rhode Island Lawmaker Calls for Hospital Investigations after Medication ErrorsRhode Island Lawmaker Calls for Hospital Investig
- November
- Huge Verdict in St. Catherine's MRSA Trial
- Study Shows Bone Medication Infuse Increases Cancer Risk
- Rheingold, Giuffra, Ruffo & Plotkin LLP File Actos Lawsuits in Federal Court
- New York Law Authorizes Insurance Care for Autism
- Public Safety Advocacy Group Asks For Warning on Tigecycline
- Newer Birth Control Pills May Increase VTE
- Investigation Begins for Medtronic Insulin Pump Software
- RGRP Yaz Bellwether Cases
- Bellwether Cases: Fair or Foul for Participants?
- Venture Capitalists Funding Lawmakers Who Support Quicker Medical Device Approval
- Recall Issued for Trek Bicycles
- Thomas Giuffra Begins Trial in St. Catherine MRSA Case
- Federal Warning about Decorative Contact Lenses
- October
- September
- August
- Non-Profit Group Petitioning For Ban of Surgical Mesh Products
- New York Times Highlights Metal on Metal Implant Problems
- Medical Watchdog Group Calls for End to FDA 501(k) Process
- Actos Link to Bladder Cancer Expected to Cause Huge Litigations
- Medtronic- Too Little, Too Late for Infuse
- "Punitive" Damages Should Be Just That
- Fosamax Could Increase Throat Cancer Risk
- July
- Pliva v. Mensing Supreme Court Decision: Huh?
- FDA Panel to Convene on Bisphosphonate Drugs
- Paxil Study Under Scrutiny
- Buffalo Families of Plane Crash Victims Get Relief
- Actos Recalled in Europe, FDA Adds to Warning
- PODs Under Senate Scrutiny
- Ford Freestyle: The New Toyota?
- Automobile Accidents: Many Are Preventable
- June
- Joint Commision Releases New Surgery Standards
- New Suit Against Dial for Consumer Fraud
- Fosamax and other Biophosphonate Users Need More Vitamin D
- Hospital-Acquired Infections: Getting Sick at the Hospital
- Tasmanians File Against DePuy
- Bicycle Defects
- Pre-2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee: A Fire Hazard?
- Judge to Allow Punitives in Levaquin MDL
- Baxter Found Liable in First Contaminated Herapin Trial
- Clomid Linked To New Birth Defects
- Drug Advertisement Claims: Fact or Fiction?
- Transparency in Drug Information
- DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant: Litigation to be Consolidated
- Off-Label Marketing Continues Despite Enforcement Efforts
- Faulty Testing Prompts Pool Drain Cover Recall
- Yaz, Yazmin, Beyaz and Ocella Increases Risk of Blood Clots Three-fold, Say New Studies
- April
- March
- What Happens if You Don't Opt-In to a Settlement
- Settlement Disaster Relief Funds
- More DePuy Hip Implant Recall Information Revealed
- Rising Problem of Patient Injuries Due to Alarm Fatigue
- Mass Tort Multidistrict Litigations: Sizes and Scope
- FDA: Topamax May Pose Cleft Lip Birth Defect Risk
- Thoughts on the new Principles of Aggregate Litigation
- FDA Creates New Metal-on-Metal Warning Page After Recalls
- February
- January
- December
- 2010
- December
- New Drug Safety Bill Introduced Into Congress
- FDA May Strengthen Rules on External Defibrillators
- Billions Charged to Pharma Over Fraud on Government
- Clomid (clomiphene) Associated with Birth Defects
- Kaba Keyless Lock Defect Stuns Owners: Class Action Filed
- Another Bike Frame Recall
- Plaintiffs Win $1.8 Million in First Levaquin Trial
- Northern District of Ohio Chosen for DePuy ASR Litigation
- Credentials of Doctors on Pharma Payrolls
- NHTSA Backs Auto Safety Bill
- Kaba Simplex Pushbutton Mechanical Lock Class Action
- November
- October
- Toyota Bought Back SUA Vehicles from Customers
- BMW Recalls 130,000 Vehicles With Engine Problems
- Patients Need to Know: What is Sepsis?
- Medtronic Agrees to Pay $268 Million Over Recalled Leads
- FDA Links Biphosphonates and Femur Fractures
- Car Insurance Company Files Lawsuit Over SUA
- Positive Drug Trial Outcomes: Bought and Paid For?
- September
- More Trouble for DePuy
- Antipsychotics Linked to Thromboembolisms
- Congress to Hold Another J&J Recall Hearing, World Chair Resigns
- Expert Panel links Biphosphonates to Femur Fracture, Wants New Labels
- Conflicts of Interest Among Doctors and Device Makers
- Big Pharma and Ghostwriting
- Saying "I'm Sorry" Really Does Help
- Allergan Settles DOJ Botox Probe for $600 million
- August
- Radiation Scandal Mushrooms in Hospitals Across the Country
- Johnson & Johnson Recalls Hip Implants
- Survey Says: Pharma Industry Influence on Everyone's mind
- Plaintiff's Awarded $1.5 Million in Second Kugel Bellwether
- Some Ignored Tests Showed Evidence of Heart Disease
- Pharma Bribery Inquiry Gets Larger
- FDA Clot Device Advisory
- Study Shows Medical Errors Cost the US $19.5 BillionStudy Shows Medical Errors Cost the US $19.5 Billion
- Misdiagnosis a Common and Underreported Problem
- Lawsuit Claims Toyota Knew About SUA Seven Years Ago
- Industry Funded Clinical Trial Result in More Positive Outcomes
- Senator Grassley Inquires about Zimmer Implants
- July
- NJ Superior Consolidates Reglan Litigation
- Fatal Medication Errors Peak in July
- Study Links Half of Infection Deaths Directly to Hospital Care
- New York Grand Jury Subpoenas Toyota
- Redline Bicycles Recalled over Frame Failures
- Glaxo to pay 460 Million to Settle Most Avandia Cases
- Surprise! Qnexa(Phentermine & Topiramate) Causes Side Effects.
- Bike Recall Over Fork Failure
- Toyota Recalls 270,000 Lexus Sedans By Rheingold, Giuffra, Ruffo & Plotkin LLP
- June
- Toyota Recalls ANOTHER Vehicle
- VA Exposes 1,812 Veterans to HIV and Other Infections
- Merck Loses Fosamax Case: 8 Million in Compensatory Damages
- Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections on the Rise
- Mylotarg Withdrawn from the Market Over Safety Issues
- TEVA Admits to Mislabeling Generic Yaz
- Congressional Investigators and JJ Feud Over Recall
- FDA Warns Pfizer for Failing to Report Side Effects
- Big Pharma Spends Billions On Samples
- Requip, Others Linked to Impulse Control Disorders
- Advair and Other Asthma Medication Get New Warnings
- Generic Manufacturers Lose Another Preemption Case
- May
- NHTSA Raises Death Toll Linked to Toyota Cases
- FDA to Add New Warnings on PPI's
- Wyeth, Pfizer Promote Off-label Rapamune Use Despite Risks
- Supreme Court Considers New Preemption Issues
- Queens Man Dies from Uterine Cancer
- Another Bike Frame Recall
- NHTSA Investigating Another Toyota Recall
- Nexium, Prilosec, and Other PPI Increase Risk of Bone Fracture
- Lidle Discovery Goes Our Way
- Bike Recall Alert: Specialized "Epic" and "Era" Mountain Bikes
- New Standards for Cars, More Penalities for Manufacturers
- Lawmakers Upset With Heparin Investigation
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