New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog

On May 11, 2016, an appeals court in Pennsylvania upheld a $3 million verdict against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson was found liable in a birth injury case filed by a mother who had taken Topamax during her pregnancy. Parents Kelly and Brian Anderson sued the pharmaceutical company in the Court…

You know your body. You know your moles. You also know when a mole suddenly appears or an old mole changes shape. These are both indicators that you should see your physician or a dermatologist sooner rather than later. Instances of skin cancer are on the rise and, left untreated, can be deadly. If you…

Your heart is pounding, your skin is clammy and you can’t take a deep breath. You head to the emergency room, certain that something is wrong. You are seen by a medical professional who diagnoses you as having had experienced a panic attack or as suffering with anxiety. But could they be wrong? Many people…

There are thousands of babies born across the country every day. In most cases, babies are born healthy and without incident. In some unfortunate cases, babies are born with birth injuries that can have lifelong consequences for the child and their families. Not all of these injuries result in lawsuits. Here’s how to know when…

Harvey Hospital is being sued by an estate administrator who is claiming that the hospital was negligent and caused a relative’s death. The independent executor of Gwendolyn Davis’ estate, Lynn M. Hubbard, filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on May 4. Named in the lawsuit is Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey. The suit…

Melissa Rivers, daughter of the late Joan Rivers, has settled the medical malpractice lawsuit she filed after her mother’s death in 2014. Rivers had sued Yorksville Endoscopy Center in New York. It was at the center that her mother had been undergoing surgery when she went into cardiac arrest. The elder Rivers died a week…

Many patients believe that antibiotics are the cure for all. This misconception may be due, in part, to the rate at which they are frequently prescribed. In a recent study, researchers found that antibiotics were prescribed in millions of cases for which they were not indicated. Whether or not this could be considered a form…

There has been much in the news about antibiotic resistance. Many of the articles that have been written are full of medical-speak, making it hard to understand exactly what is going on. What we do know is this: Antibiotics have been prescribed at such a high rate that diseases are developing resistance to them. In…

Russel Farnsworth was fired from his job for using too many sick days. Every morning, when he could, he went to work with a pounding headache. He worked through the pain while sitting at his desk, only to stand and feel as though he had pinched nerves in his back. According to Farnsworth, he began…

The University of Pennsylvania has been hit with a $44.1 million verdict after a court found that hospital staff failed to recognize a patient’s adverse reaction to heparin, an anti-coagulant medication. As a result of the reaction, the female patient suffered a brain hemorrhage. The verdict came down last month, with the jury finding the…