New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog

A malpractice lawsuit has been filed by a Cook County patient against her health care providers alleging malpractice. Cook County court documents indicate that Jane Filip filed a lawsuit on September 16 in Cook County Circuit Court naming Dr. Scott Glaser, Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago, Dr. Anthony DiGianfilippo, West Suburban Neurosurgical Associates, Adventist Hinsdale…

On October 16, 2015, Michael A. Bottar, a partner with Bottar Law, PLLC, received the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers “ROCKSTAR” award for his commitment to providing high-quality continuing legal education to attorneys throughout the State of New York. The Academy’s ROCKSTAR award has been issued to a handful of members who have…

A jury has sided with the defendant in a dental malpractice trial, Lacalamita v. Magid, that took place this week in Kings County Civil Court. In the court documents, the plaintiff, Jeanine Lacalamita suffered from severe headaches, vertigo and dizziness before visiting the offices of dentist Michelle Magid, DDS, in May 2010 for a cracked…

A Jefferson County jury has awarded the plaintiff in a medical malpractice suit the sum of $3.7 million. This may be the largest settlement that has ever been granted in the county in such a lawsuit. The plaintiff, Marie Clayton alleged both wrongful death and medical malpractice for her husband, Robert Clayton, who died December…

A Texas physician is currently looking at a potential decade in jail and having to pay $2 million in fines after a recent lawsuit. According to court records, Robert Hadley Gross, MD, a licensed psychiatrist based out of San Angelo, Texas, has pleaded guilty last week to one count of healthcare fraud in association with…

A patient has filed a malpractice lawsuit against a doctor and two related health care businesses following a cervical spine surgery. Rita Vazquez filed a lawsuit last month on September 21 in Cook County Circuit Court, Law Division. The lawsuit names Dr. Michel H. Malek, the Illinois Spine Institute and United Surgical Assistants Inc., also…

A man whose sister died 12 years ago after undergoing breast implant surgery at a doctor’s office is driven to try to make medicine safer for patients by putting cameras in operating rooms. Wade Ayer lost his sister, Julie Ayer Rubenzer, 38, when she died in a Brookfield nursing home on Dec. 26, 2003. Her…

The widow of a military veteran who died as a result of kidney failure after having been prescribed a medication has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The plaintiff, Janice L. Allen, filed the suit in U.S. District Court on September 15 on behalf of her husband, Lional…

A woman has been awarded $1.2 million after being injured at an Edwardsville surgery center. Also named in the malpractice suit is Granite City Illinois Hospital Co., which operates the surgery center. Connie Duft of Maryville, along with her husband, Ronald Duft, allege that Connie Duft became disabled after a back pain procedure was performed…

Across many parts of the medical profession, the pressure that clinicians feel in trying to avoid unnecessary tests and keep medical costs under control has led to an increased problem in diagnostic issues. This is the finding according to a leading healthcare expert who was one of the reviewers of the recently released Institute of…