New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog

A woman has been awarded $1.75 million dollars by a Jefferson County Circuit Court in a medical malpractice case after deliberating for approximately three hours. According to court documents, Angela Thornton filed suit against Dr. Shabir Dharamsey, alleging that he implanted an internal cardiac defibrillator that was medically unnecessary. Attorneys for the plaintiff asserted that…

A woman has filed a malpractice lawsuit against her husband’s doctors and the hospital where he was treated. She alleges that malpractice resulted in her husband’s wrongful death. The lawsuit brought by Stephanie Kleinman alleges that while under the medical care of the named defendants, Gary Klienman was cleared for a surgical procedure in spite…

Three people have been convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and five counts of healthcare fraud by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force. According to court records, Yaroslav “Steven” Proshak, Emilia Zverev, and Sharetta Michelle Wallace were connected to and convicted in the case. Proshak is the owner and operator of Los…

A lawsuit has been initiated by a man who is suing for alleged mistreatment by a physician in an Illinois healthcare center. On August 10th, Lawrence Natonski filed a lawsuit in the Cook County Circuit Court naming Dr. Tahir Rohail, M.D., Premier Internal Medicine Group, S.C., and LaGrange Skilled Nursing Facility LLC, doing business as…

A patient from Cook County has brought suit against a hospital and health care professionals alleging that he was mistreated while in their care. Luis Gonzalez filed a lawsuit on August 17th in Cook County Circuit Court against Ingalls Memorial Hospital and Health Systems. Also named as defendants in the case are Dr. Bimal Shah…

A Cook County woman has initiated a lawsuit against St. Joseph Hospital in connection with the alleged mistreatment and wrongful death of her friend. On August 17th, independent administrator for the estate of Dorlas Culbertson (deceased), Tressia Permoda, filed a malpractice and wrongful death of Culbertson in Cook County Circuit Court. The lawsuit names St.…

A Las Vegas physician is facing a second lawsuit of medical malpractice this year. Arlene Muller, a widow, has filed a malpractice suit against urologist Dr. Michael Kaplan in Clark County District Court on July 24th. Muller’s suit comes approximately five months after Connie Mulick filed a malpractice lawsuit against Kaplan. Both women’s husbands died…

Former Cal football safety Brandon Hicks has initiated a lawsuit against UC Berkeley and three of its regents alleging malpractice involving the prevention and treatment of concussions. Hicks, who played for Cal from 2004 through 2008, suffered multiple concussions. The lawsuit alleges that the university failed to inform players of the long-term neurological diseases that…

An Upper Darby man has been awarded nearly $12 million in a civil lawsuit by a jury in connection to the treatment he received at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in 2011 which left him paralyzed from the chest down. The jury trial lasted for nearly two weeks before Common Pleas Judge Spiros Angelo. The jury…

A jury has awarded a Toledo woman and her husband $10.9 million in their lawsuit against a Maumee OB-GYN practice because of negligence that caused the woman to suffer a stroke. According to court documents, the plaintiffs, Al and Jennifer Billups brought a malpractice lawsuit against Maumee OB-GYN Associates, part of ProMedica Central Physicians LLC.…