Hospitals are supposed to help people get well, not get sicker. But avoidable medical mistakes and failure to follow, and enforce, simple common sense sanitary and safety precautions, on medical and other staff, continue to present a real threat to the health and...
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Month: March 2011
WHAT CAN GO WRONG WHEN BUYING OR SELLING REAL ESTATE?
PAFSS handles real estate litigation throughout the boroughs of New York City, Nassau and Suffolk. When the real estate bubble was heating up, sellers tried to get out of deals because they thought the property was more valuable than the price that they agreed to sell...
DAMAGE CAPS ARE NOT THE ANSWER
Governor Cuomo's 2011-12 budget contains a proposal to cap medical malpractice awards for non-economic losses at $250,000. Hospitals and doctors claim that their medical malpractice premiums are excessive, and only by instituting a cap on damages can they lower their...
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A HUMAN LIFE?
In wrongful death cases, New York law awards fair and just compensation for the monetary injuries suffered as a result of the unnecessary and untimely death. The law defines the factors that the jury may consider in calculating the value of the lost life. The...
Doctors Must Encourage Proper Colon Cancer Screening
Doctors need to do a better job of encouraging people to get appropriate screenings for cancer. This is particularly true of colon cancer, the third most deadly type of cancer.The American Cancer Society recently urged increased screening in order to reduce the number...
Do you qualify for a Short Sale?
If you bought your home several years ago when the Real Estate market was booming and financed it with a mortgage, and then possible took out a 2nd mortgage or a home equity loan, you may be one of thousands of homeowners who are "under-water". This means that the...