Medical Malpractice Defense

Medical malpractice is a critical issue for healthcare providers in New York. It occurs when a healthcare professional deviates from the accepted standard of care and harm to the patient results. In New York, medical malpractice is defined as a deviation from accepted...

It is common for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who are facing medical malpractice claims to want to be aggressive with their defense strategy. After all, such a claim can jeopardize an individual’s professional reputation and credentials. However,...

A medical malpractice lawsuit has the potential to devastate your career. It can negatively impact your reputation, lead to a large judgment against you, and perhaps even have implications for your professional license. That can be stressful to think about but take...

When things go wrong, it may be natural for us to look for someone to blame. And when things go seriously wrong, we may want to take action against the person we think is at fault. So, it's understandable that, when a patient finds out that their condition was...

Registered nurses work very hard to obtain their licenses in New York. If a nurse is threatened with revocation of their RN license, the consequences can be disastrous. Anyone who has reason to believe that their license to practice is or may be under investigation...

Many New Yorkers may be aware that when a patient sues their medical provider for malpractice, their attorney will take a substantial cut of any settlement or judgment the patient receives. This arrangement, called a contingency fee, has been around for a long time....

Unfortunately, the risk of a malpractice lawsuit at some point in a medical career is high. To make matters even more frustrating, the rate of mega malpractice lawsuits is on the rise. Earlier this year, a New York jury ordered a hospital system to pay more than $100...

Doctors in New York can have a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against them for many reasons. Any medical procedure has some degree of risk. After a bad outcome, patients and their families could easily be looking for someone to blame for what really was an...

Most of our readers in New York probably know that the heart of any court case – criminal or civil, prosecution, plaintiff or defense – is witness testimony. However, it’s not always eyewitnesses to events who take the stand. Witnesses can testify about a wide range...

Throughout New York, when a person suffers an illness, condition or injury in a hospital or healthcare setting and there is no clear explanation for it, the natural reaction is to think the medical professionals made some sort of error. This leads to accusations and...