Testosterone Drugs Causing Severe and Fatal Heart Complications
How safe are the heavily promoted Axiron and AndroGel testosterone drugs? Is there litigation for injuries related to testosterone drugs? A recent study regarding testosterone therapy has unveiled a worryingly […]
NYC Hospitals’ Malpractice Costs Drop by $3 million from Last Year
In 2013 the City of New York paid $131 million in malpractice settlements. In 2012, $134 million was paid to the victims of malpractice at City run hospitals. New York […]
Families of New York Accident Victims Featured in NYC Campaign Against Reckless Driving
The New York City Department of Transportation launched an advertising campaign in areas where dangerous driving is common. “Reckless Driving Kills” public service advertisements are going up on bus shelters […]
Dangerous Roadways in Queens Confirmed by Elmhurst Hospital Center Study
Our firm has a special pedestrian litigation team, pressing litigation in all boroughs, always suspecting Queens pedestrians are at a much higher risk for being struck by a car than […]
Causes of Construction Accidents in New York City
Since it was founded in 1971, Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo Plotkin & Hellman LLP has been in the forefront of protecting the rights of construction workers and their families. The construction […]
8-Year-Old Boy Tragically Killed by Truck at Queens Intersection Well-known Intersection for Pedestrian Injuries and Deaths
Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo Plotkin & Hellman LLP has been commenting on the problems confronted by pedestrians in certain parts of Queens. In 2008, Elmhurst Hospital researchers released a study that […]
Nursing aide breaks elderly woman’s arm, staff ignores injury
An investigation by the New York Health Department revealed that an elderly woman had her arm broken by a nursing aide at Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. During the […]
Cyclists in New York City: Injuries and Fatalities Continue
By: Laurel Beth Penn In 2013, in New York City, there have been approximately 15,000 pedestrians and cyclists injured as a result of motorists and 155 of them were killed. […]
Family sues doctor who walked out of surgery
New York residents whose loved ones will soon be going through surgery may have heard that a 72-year-old California man was left in a vegetative state after the surgeon allegedly […]
Woman awarded $62 million by a New York City jury
A New York City jury awarded a Brooklyn woman $62 million after she sued a hospital following complications associated with a laparoscopic procedure, which led to partial deafness and the […]