by Eva Brindisi Pearlman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2018 | Medical Malpractice
One evening, Jane’s husband was experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath. Being a concerned wife, she called a family member to supervise their children and rushed her husband to the emergency room. The physician took note of her husband’s medical...
by Eva Brindisi Pearlman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2018 | Medical Malpractice
Cerebral palsy is the most common disability in babies and children. Occurring in about 3 of every 1,000 live births, about 10,000 babies born each year will have cerebral palsy or CP. There are about 764,000 children and adults who currently suffer from the disease,...
by Eva Brindisi Pearlman, Esq. | Feb 2, 2018 | Medical Malpractice
Lavern’s Law was recently signed into law by Governor Cuomo on January 31st, 2018, after the recent Senate (53-1) and Assembly (104-8) amendments were passed on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. With Lavern’s Law finally enacted, misdiagnosed cancer victims of...
by Eva Brindisi Pearlman, Esq. | Aug 11, 2017 | Medical Malpractice
Lavern’s Law was recently passed by the NYS legislature this past June to revise New York State’s current medical malpractice statute of limitations law. This specific piece of legislation is worth paying attention to, as it could help you or your family one day....
by Eva Brindisi Pearlman, Esq. | Apr 6, 2017 | Medical Malpractice
There are an estimated 40,000 medical errors that occur everyday in the United States. There are a projected over 200,000 patients who will die due to medical mistakes and hospital infections. In 2015, New York State was among the highest for total medical malpractice...
by Eva Brindisi Pearlman, Esq. | Oct 21, 2016 | Medical Malpractice
As mental health concerns are more widely publicized, psychiatric drugs are on the rise. In 2009 alone, doctors wrote more psychiatric prescriptions than there are people in the United States. From 2001 to 2010, the number of adults on medications used to treat mental...
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