A recent case out of Illinois alleges that a husband’s disabling injury was caused by a neck injection. According to the complaint, on March 20, 2015, Bill Blechinger came under the care of a doctor for an undisclosed ailment. A day later, the plaintiff entered the emergency department at St.…
According to a recent article out of the New York Times, shorter hospital stays are not because hospitalized patients are becoming younger and healthier. In fact, by and large, today’s patients are actually older and sicker. Rather, shorter hospital stays may be attributed to hospital financing. According to the New…
Crouse Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center are being penalized by the federal government for having high rates of avoidable patient complications. They are among 758 U.S. hospitals – 46 in New York – having their payments from Medicare reduced by 1 percent over the course of the federal…
According to a paper published in the new issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, more than one in four doctors in the early stages of their careers have signs of depression, and their patients – now and in the future – may suffer because of it. The…
More than 140,000 people die every year from a stroke. As strokes are the number three cause of death in the United States, health care providers should consider a stroke when a patient presents to an emergency room with complaints of a severe headache, face droop, arm drift, and/or slurred…
According to the American Heart Association, patients with stroke symptoms who are admitted to a hospital over a weekend have a higher risk of death than those admitted on a weekday. The risk is more than 17% higher. “This known as the weekend effect,” said Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer Michael…
“Even though stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, the signs and symptoms are often overlooked in the emergency room,” said Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer Michael A. Bottar, Esq., of Bottar Law, PLLC. “We are currently representing a man who actually asked emergency room staff…
At the forefront of the current New York State budget debate is whether or not non-economic damages in New York medical malpractice lawsuits should be capped at $250,000.00. Non-economic damages are those damages awarded by a jury for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. According to hospitals…
“Stroke is the number three cause of death in the United States,” said NY medical malpractice attorney Michael A. Bottar, of Bottar Law, PLLC, a Syracuse-based law firm prosecuting New York stroke misdiagnosis lawsuits. On top of the ‘usual’ stroke risk is the increased risk of a cerebral vein thrombosis…
“Baby boomers are spending more and more time in hospital emergency rooms because of the medications that they take,” said New York medication error lawyer Michael A. Bottar, Esq., an attorney with Syracuse-based Bottar Law, PLLC, a team of lawyers handling New York emergency room lawsuits. “Unfortunately,” Bottar added, “many…