Medical Malpractice

• Medical Care and Military

  Joe Stanley | June 01, 2007 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  As the news media has exposed health care in the VA and other institutions for our veterans in subpar at best. Military parents are calling on congress to change the medical care soldiers receive once they get home.This is demonstrated in the new film The Ground Truth. We should all insist on better healthcare for current and future veterans. Our office sees many cases of medical malpractice...

• NY Fertility Clinic Used Wrong Sperm for Insemination

  Christina Cole | March 21, 2007 3:11 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  A New York judge is allowing a couple to sue a fertility clinic that is accused of inseminating a woman with sperm that was not her husband's.The couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after the wife gave birth to a baby whose skin they felt was too dark to be their child. The judge noted the couple had three DNA tests done - two professional labs and a home kit, all of which confirm that...

• New York Court Rules, Girl Can Sue for Injuries Before Birth

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  New York state appeals court has ruled a seven-year-old girl can file a lawsuit against the city of Brooklyn for injuries that she sustained while she was an unborn child. This is a landmark ruling that is an important decision regarding the rights of unborn children.When Sarah was 14 weeks into the pregnancy, her Mother Esther, a teacher, was injured when a public toilet collapsed at the school...

• University of Washington Discloses Settlment Details

  Christina Cole | January 10, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  When the University of Washington settled a medical malpractice lawsuit three years ago, a confidentiality clause barred the injured patient and her lawyers from talking about or disclosing "to anyone, including the media," the lawsuit allegations and the settlement amount paid. The University of Washington also failed to release the settlement agreement when the Seattle Times filed a public...