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Years After Boxer Suffers Brain Damage, a Settlement and Continued Push for Safety Law
Magomed Abdusalamov, his family and lawyer Paul Edelstein have settled lawsuits against both the state and several physicians on hand at the Madison Square Garden fight. But they've also pushed publicly for a new boxer-protection law in New York, to be called "Mago's Law."
Years After Heavyweight Suffers Brain Damage, a Settlement and Continued Push for Boxer Safety Law
Magomed Abdusalamov, his family and lawyer Paul Edelstein have settled lawsuits against both the state and several physicians on hand at the Madison Square Garden fight. But they've also pushed publicly for a new boxer-protection law in New York, to be called "Mago's Law."
Law on 'Unindicated Conditions' Thwarts Case Over Emergency Room Patient's Death
In a case involving a patient on dialysis who had a bacterial staph infection that a laboratory discovered but did not report to the patient, the First Department appellate panel wrote that "the failure to investigate a condition that would have led to an incidental discovery of an unindicated condition, does not constitute malpractice."
Failure to Narrow Deposition Demands Wrongly Ended Med Mal Case, Court Rules
But the Appellate Division, Second Department panel did choose to penalize the plaintiff and his attorneys for discovery issues by cutting off further depositions of the defendants.
Med Mal Case Over Plastic Surgeon's Facial Injection That Blinded Patient Will Proceed
Pointing to a lack of certainty in the surgeon's own deposition testimony, the First Department panel ruled that the surgeon failed to meet his prima facie burden at the dismissal motion stage “of establishing that he did not depart from accepted medical practice in his method of injecting fat into plaintiff’s face.”
Hospital Fall Case Must Go Forward Amid Experts' Divergence, Appeals Court Rules
In reversing the trial court's dismissal, an Appellate Division, Second Department, panel has ruled that a stroke victim who fell from his hospital bed “raised triable issues of fact” regarding whether North Shore University Hospital and a treating physician departed from accepted practice and whether the fall caused his condition to worsen.
'Such a F---ing Hard Time': A Look at Attorneys Behaving Badly in 2018
There was no shortage this year of Connecticut attorneys who had to face the music for other disciplinary sanctions or criminal activity. The Connecticut Law Tribune found the five most interesting cases to highlight.
'F--- Him': Profanity and Belligerence Land a Law Firm Partner Her 7th Sanction
In one instance, Heidell Pittoni Murphy & Bach partner Madonna Sacco apparently forgot she had a lapel microphone on in court and said: "F--- him. I am going to give him such a f------ hard time." It's not clear if she was talking about opposing counsel or the judge.
Panel Rejects New Liability Theory in Med Mal Suit
A medical malpractice plaintiff cannot assert a new liability theory after the doctors and hospital she sued presented prima facie evidence that her hearing loss was a reasonable result of surgery, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.TRENDING STORIES
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