A New York Jury Tackles the Issue of Compensating for the Loss of an Eye
 A New York Jury Tackles the Issue of Compensating for the Loss of an Eye
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Who Is Legally Responsible for the Treatment You Receive at a Hospital?
 Who Is Legally Responsible for the Treatment You Receive at a Hospital?
Lawsuit Over Missing Brain

A $4 million dollar has been filed against the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner over a brain belonging to a deceased husband of a Central Islip widow. Mozelle Purifoy is claiming that the brain of her late husband, Tom Purifoy, was removed at Mount Sinai Medical Center and taken from his body following […]

Stony Brook Hospital Implements “Watchful Eye” Algorithm

One year ago, a 6 year-old boy died in the emergency room of Stony Brook University Medical Center as a result of heart complications. The hospital violated New York State regulations in its failure to determine that the boy had an enlarged heart and consider different explanations for the boy’s condition. Sadly, the hospital treated […]

The Doctrine of Spoliation: What Happens When Important Evidence is Lost or Destroyed Before a Trial?
 The Doctrine of Spoliation: What Happens When Important Evidence is Lost or Destroyed Before a Trial?
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SUV Crashes through a Busy New York Restaurant

On Sunday, October 26, 2008, an SUV drove into a busy upper Westside Manhattan restaurant. Traveling in the SUV was Haitian Senator Cemethyse Gilles, 43. Senator Gilles was in the United States to raise funds for hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean. The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m. when the Senator’s vehicle, a Honda Pilot, […]

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