If you have an elderly loved one who currently resides in a nursing home or assisted-living facility in New York and you have concerns about nursing home abuse, it is essential to learn more about making a report. A large percentage of nursing home abuse cases likely go unreported every year, according to the National …
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When you have a medical procedure completed, and it does not go as planned, you may be wondering if you should think about filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. Generally speaking, the fact that a procedure was unsuccessful does not necessarily mean that the healthcare provider committed malpractice. However, an unsuccessful procedure can be the result of …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Uses of medical records can seem vague or unclear to many patients, especially when they have never actually looked at their own medical records themselves. The way in which healthcare providers obtain information from medical records, and the process by which physicians and specialists have access to a particular patient’s medical record can also be …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Wrongful Death
No amount of money awarded is adequate enough to replace a loved one, such as a parent, spouse, or child. However, providing compensation in the form of money damages is all a civil court can really do, so our clients are well within their rights to ask how much they can receive in a lawsuit. …
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As a New York medical malpractice and personal injury law firm, we have received many inquiries as to how the coronavirus outbreak might impact lawsuits. I want to share some of my thoughts on how the coronavirus could have an impact on your potential legal claim and why you need to contact our firm right …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Medical malpractice cases turn on key facts, such as what treatment a doctor ordered and what information the doctor knew at the time of diagnosis or treatment. Often, it is difficult to piece together what happened after the fact, so medical records serve a vital purpose. By analyzing records, attorneys and others can reconstruct what …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Doctors make mistakes, and one common situation involves making a wrong diagnosis. A patient might show up at the emergency room with signs of measles, but the doctor doesn’t correctly identify the disease either because of carelessness, inexperience, or lack of skill. Sometimes a diagnosis is correct but is delayed for various reasons. Any delay …
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Perhaps even more devastating than suffering any injury to one’s own person is losing a loved one following a catastrophic incident, such as a car accident or medical negligence. When a serious and fatal incident occurs, surviving family members are often at a loss of what to do next. While thinking about filing a legal …
While any injury has the potential to feel traumatic and serious, there are only a handful of injury types that experts classify as “catastrophic.” Catastrophic injuries aren’t only those that cause severe amounts of physical harm, but those that are disabling or disfiguring as well. At the law office of Powers & Santola, LLP, our …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Child Abuse
At the outset, the answer to this question shouldn’t matter. Any and every child who suffers sexual abuse at the hands of an offender has experienced unbearable pain, emotional anguish, and agonizing suffering. Unfortunately, according to data assembled by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), this horrific misconduct is shockingly common – and …
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