Rheingold Partners All Selected As Super Lawyers
This year, all of the partners of Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo Plotkin & Hellman LLP were selected to appear in New York Super Lawyers 2016. Additionally the associates at the firm […]
Record judgment award for birth injury
One of the largest judgments ever, $53 million, was awarded earlier this year in a Cook County, Illinois courtroom. The lawsuit was focused on a 12-year-old child who suffered a serious […]
FDA Inadequately Informs the Public of Drug Recalls
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalls a significant number drugs on a monthly basis; unfortunately, the news of these recalls is not effectively delivered to the doctors and […]
NuvaRing: New Jersey Judge Releases Plaintiffs’ Expert Reports Based On Public’s Right Of Access To Judicial Proceedings
Defendants Had Sought To Keep Sealed Some Documents That Show NuvaRing Estrogen Levels Were Apparently Concealed Or Misrepresented By Organon In a defeat for Defendants Organon USA Inc., Organon Pharmaceuticals […]
Pivotal Cases on Stillborn Babies and Women’s Rights to Recover Emotional Damages
Two med mal cases Fahey v. Canino and Broadnax v. Gonzalez mark the Court of Appeals’ decision in 2004 to overturn a twenty-year old ruling stating that a mother could […]
Bill to Expand Definition of “Serious Injury” in New York
New York’s Sen. Antoine Thompson (D-Buffalo) withdrew his sponsorship of S. 7518, a Senate bill that would broaden the definition of serious injury under the state’s insurance law 5102(d), after […]
Pharmaceutical Company Payments to Doctors Raise Ethical Concerns
We expect our doctors to “first do no harm” and to provide treatment based on what’s in our best interest. However, this tenet of the Hippocratic Oath may be compromised when […]
Court Orders Higher Verdict In Partner Thomas Giuffra’s Sistrunk Trial
What happens when you win a case, but the jury fails to award damages which adequately pay for your injuries? According to Dannick v. County of Onondaga, a trial court has discretion […]
It is easier to sue nursing homes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, passed a new regulation that prevents nursing homes that accept federal funding from […]
You can hold an expert liable for a bad report
The traditional rule held that medical expert testimony was immune. You could not sue or hold responsible a doctor who gave a bad report or testimony; you were stuck with […]