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Pregnancy-Related Injuries and Maternal Mortality

Gary Silverstein May 17, 2019

What is a Pregnancy-Related Injury?

A pregnancy-related injury is an injury that a woman sustains during pregnancy, at delivery, or shortly after delivery. These injuries can range from mild to severe with the worst cases resulting in death – known as maternal mortality. 700 women die each year in the United States due to pregnancy-related injuries resulting in maternal mortality.

What is Maternal Mortality?

Maternal Mortality is a term used to explain the deaths of women during their pregnancies and childbirth. Startingly, pregnant women in the United Starts are more likely to be at risk for maternal mortality than in any other developed country.

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Elevator Accident

Do You Need a Bronx, NY Elevator Accident Attorney to Pursue a Damages Claim?

Gary Silverstein May 16, 2019

Did you know there are more than 50,000 escalators and 900,000 elevators in the US?  Each elevator services an average of 20,000 people every year. The number doesn’t sound that crazy considering how much we depend on them to get to-and-from work every day. But have you stopped to consider how dangerous these seemingly safe elevators can be? Every year, nearly 30 people lose their lives in elevator-related accidents. There are dozens of different ways an elevator can malfunction and the passengers inside can get injured. Here are a few ways an elevator can cause injuries:

  • A mechanical breakdown or malfunction in the pulley
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Wrong Site Surgical Errors

Robert Wolff May 15, 2019

Wrong Site Surgical Errors

Surgical errors have been commonplace since the dawn of medicine, however, in the 21st century age of rapid innovation, such errors are now unacceptable and more likely to result in successful medical malpractice lawsuits than ever before.

What is a Wrong Site Surgical Error?

A wrong-site error is a surgical error that involves surgeons operating on the wrong area of your body. This type of surgical error is severe, as its aftereffects can be both debilitating and deadly.

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Birth Injuries and Cerebral Palsy

Gary Silverstein May 10, 2019

What Is Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral Palsy is a neurological condition which commonly presents through disordered movement, muscle tone, and posture. It is caused by damage affecting your child’s developing brain before and/or during birth – this is why it is considered a birth injury.

What separates cerebral palsy from other birth injuries is that its effect on functional abilities varies significantly. This means that the medical costs associated with the condition will also vary, and the emotional strain on you and your family will be affected as well. For example, some individuals with cerebral palsy may have an average intellectual capacity whereas

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Hospital Negligence

Robert Wolff May 6, 2019

Oftentimes, there is confusion regarding hospital negligence and other forms of medical malpractice. Unlike other types of medical negligence, hospital negligence is not related to individual physicians; but it involves improper conduct on the part of hospital administration or hospital employees which results in physical injury to you or a family member.

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Surgical Errors

Robert Wolff May 3, 2019

Whilst many errors in healthcare are inevitable, surgical errors can often be the most debilitating. These events are termed “never events,” as they are errors which should never have occurred, and are indicative of alarming underlying safety issues.

What Are Surgical Errors?

In short, surgical errors are preventable mistakes made during surgery which can lead to injury, disability, or even death.

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Important Laws Related to Slip and Fall Accidents in Brooklyn, NY

Robert Wolff May 3, 2019

Have you or a loved one been injured in a slip and fall accident in Brooklyn, NY? Did you sustain severe injuries after tripping and falling on someone else’s property? If this is the case, you have the right to sue the parties responsible for your accident and get your rightful damages. An experienced slip and fall injury attorney in Brooklyn can help you receive financial damages, including lost wages and medical bills. Slip, trip, and fall accidents in Brooklyn, NY, rely on negligence law i.e. the plaintiff needs to establish that the accident occurred due to the negligence of property owner or caretaker. Also,

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Nursing Negligence

Gary Silverstein April 29, 2019

Nursing negligence is a type of medical malpractice whereby a nurse, who is fully capable of providing quality nursing services, does not care for you the way a reasonable nurse would. The result of this is unnecessary suffering on your behalf.

Types of Nursing Negligence

There are five major types of nursing negligences that can occur:

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Construction Worker

Construction Worker Injury Laws in The Bronx, NY

Gary Silverstein April 29, 2019

The construction industry in Bronx, NY, is considered one of the most dangerous places to work, as any laborer, contractor, foreman, or other blue-collar workers will attest. According to a recent study published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest proportion of workplace accidents and injuries in America are suffered by the laborers. As surprising as it may sound, accidents on construction sites in Bronx, NY, virtually occur on a daily basis. As one of the oldest law firms in the region, we at Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff & Wolff have represented Bronx workers involved in:

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Wrongful Death

Gary Silverstein April 26, 2019

What Is Wrongful Death?

Wrongful Death occurs when you, or someone you know, is killed because of a healthcare practitioner’s negligence or misconduct – whether intentional or not.

It is different from medical malpractice in that medical malpractice occurs when your healthcare provider is negligent, and you are harmed but your injury isn’t fatal. Wrongful death, on the other hand, occurs when you, or someone you know, dies as a direct result of medical negligence.

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