Staten Island Fights New York School Bus Accidents. Stop on Red!
Staten Island Assemblyman Michael Cusick says 50,000 New York accidents occur each year, due to drivers who negligently pass school buses whose red lights are flashing. Many car and truck drivers disregard the state law, and pass, creating dangerous conditions. New York State law requires that drivers from all directions,...
Best New York Personal Injury Lawyers Hold Doctors Accountable for Negligence
Had a personal injury, car accident or malpractice that left you or a loved one in a hospital? According to the NY Times, 98,000 patients die in the US every year due to avoidable hospital mistakes. This includes medical malpractice, negligence, errors and omissions. New York's best personal injury lawyers know...
Busted :: Bogus NY Worker Compensation Claims
When a worker gets hurt on the job, such as due to a dangerous condition, he/she is often entitled to worker compensation for the NY job injury. If an employee collects worker's comp for his job accident, he gives up his right to sue the employer for negligence. As such, it pays for an NY...
NY Kite Injury Victim Says Park Negligent, Caused NY Personal Injury
In Asian Kite Fighting, runners line their kite strings with sharp glass and metal, in the hope of slicing down opposing kites. The sport has a history of dangerous conditions in countries such as, India, Korea and Pakistan. When player brought the sport to a New York City park, a serious dangerous condition ensued, says top...
Flu Vaccinations :: NY Personal Injury vs. Public Protection
Two months ago, Top NY Personal injury Lawyers wrote about the efforts of New York hospitals to brace for Swine Flu injuries. Fears of claims regarding medical malpractice, negligence and failure to diagnose prompted some medical centers to order wall-to-wall supplies of the H1N1 vaccine. Suppose a patient walks into a NY hospital and presents signs of the disease,...
Long Island New York Hospital Leaves Patient on Operating Table
Hospitals make mistakes. Errors and omissions can occur before, during, and after any given medical procedure, say New York's personal injury attorneys. In fact, New York hospitals have a history of medical malpractice. Recall the $3 Million Meningitis Medical Malpractice in which Morrison & Wagner successfully proved a NY hospital's failure to diagnose. Recently, New...
Medical Malpractice Fears Driving New York Hospitals to Brace for Swine Flu Injury
New York Hospitals are bracing for the worst, say New York personal injury lawyers. According to this week's NY Daily News, forty-seven New Yorkers have already died wrongful deaths due to Swine Flu H1N1 infections. Medical centers are fearful, trying hard to avoid a failure to diagnose a Swine Flu H1N1 infection. New York...
Fight Against Cancer & Infection :: Merck Vaccine Wins Again
Hospitals and doctors frequently prescribe heavy drugs in efforts to treat infection and its accompanying injury. But top New York injury lawyers insist that an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure. Failure to diagnose and treat an infection can lead to long-term personal injury, pain and suffering. In a classic instance of...
Birth Injury: Hospital Negligence Causes Infant Death
Babies are born every hour in New York's busy hospitals. Unfortunately, medical malpractice strikes with similar vengeance, say New York's top personal injury lawyers. Maryland hospitals show the same trend. According to a Maryland jury, these first-time parents lost their newborn son due to avoidable childbirth complications. Their obstetrician elected to force the baby out during birth, using...
Wrongful Death While Waiting in Hospital Emergency Room
Personal injury victims, like New York car accident victims and pedestrians, often head straight to the hospital for urgent medical care. But many discover that Hospital Emergency Rooms can be traumatic and fatal places, especially for those who cannot get in. Take this story of a 58-year old man who died of a...
Nursing Home Negligence Causes Wrongful Death
Personal injury often involves professionals providing negligent care for senior citizens, the infirmed and children. To illustrate, see this $3 Million medical malpractice involving failure to diagnose, for a two-year old, and this failure to diagnose an infant infection. According to top accident and injury lawyers, these types of slip and falls are often blatantly preventable, if negligent parties...
NY Dog Owners Liable for Personal Injury from Dog Bites
New York residents see dogs walking up and down Manhattan streets. Many dogs are friendly; others are not. Dog bites occur all the time, resulting in serious cuts, pain, personal injuries, infection and even wrongful death. When a dog bites, an owner may be held responsible for compensation. Top New York...
$3.4 Million Dollar Medical Malpractice - Failure to Diagnose
Failure to diagnose an infection in a child's hips resulted in orthopedic injury with permanent disability. Top Injury Attorneys helped the injured party receive righful compensation in the amount of $3,425,000. How common is a failure to diagnose? Approximately 40% of all medical malpractice claims involve a failure to diagnose some...
