Dr. Spyros Panos: How Did One Surgeon Cause So Much Harm?
September 27, 2013
On September 2, 2013, 44-year-old former New York orthopedic surgeon Dr. Spyros Panos surrendered his medical license, closing the last chapter of his disgraced medical career that had ended with charges filed by the New York Office of Professional Medical Conduct that alleged that Dr. Panos ha[...]
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A-Rod’s Possible Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
August 30, 2013
It was reported last week that lawyers for New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez (“A-Rod”) are preparing a medical malpractice lawsuit on his behalf against the Yankees’ team doctor, Christopher Ahmad, arising out of an incident that occurred in October 2012, when the Yankees were[...]
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New York State-Operated Hospital Killed Patient With Impunity
July 15, 2013
On March 7, 2013, a 41-year-old single mother of a mentally disabled teenage daughter died after her over two-year battle with lung cancer that was treatable and curable had a New York state-operated hospital not committed medical malpractice in 2010. When the woman arrived at the emergency roo[...]
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$2.1 Million New York Radiology Malpractice Verdict
April 6, 2013
After almost three weeks of trial and on the second day of jury deliberations, a New York medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of nearly $2.1 million against a radiologist and in favor of a 56-year-old man whose lesion found on a CT scan of his spine in February 2008 was not p[...]
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New York Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Father’s Death
August 19, 2012
The son of a man who died as a result of alleged medical negligence that occurred in a local New York hospital filed a medical malpractice case in court on August 14, 2012 against the hospital, three of its doctors, and the town in which the hospital is located. The medical malpractice case was file[...]
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New York Medical Malpractice $1.3 Million Settlement For Infant
August 10, 2012
A medical malpractice claim against a New York hospital involving a newborn who was allegedly injured during delivery was recently settled out-of-court for $1.3 million after the medical malpractice case was filed. The medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that negligent medical care during the deli[...]
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California Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Turns Criminal
March 19, 2012
A 77-year-old Alzheimer’s patient, who had been married to her 81-year-old husband for 60 years, was admitted into a California nursing home for care so that she could recover from pneumonia. At the time of her admission to the nursing home, it was known that the woman was prone to chronic[...]
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