Posts tagged new york

• Connecticut AG Announces Suit Against CVS for Selling Expired Products

  David Mittleman | December 03, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  New York Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, recently sued and successfully settled with CVS for $875,000 after discovering that the pharmaceutical company was selling expired products at 60% of its New...

• CVS Pharmacy Settles with NY Officials After Selling Expired Products

  David Mittleman | November 11, 2009 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  New York Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, recently announced that CVS Pharmacy, Inc. has agreed to pay $875,000 in settlement costs after the company sold expired products. The officials...

• Debt Settlement Company Ordered to Pay $200,000 for Defrauding New York State Customers

  David Mittleman | October 17, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  During a time when most people are desperate to pay off those high-interest rate credit card balances, it can be tempting to call up a debt settlement company. They often promise a quick fix: by...

• Brooklyn Man Dies of Heart Attack After a Series of Medical Errors at Maimonides Medical Center

  David Mittleman | September 28, 2009 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Doctors at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, seriously dropped the ball on maintaining the standard of care in 2008. Jacob Goldbrenner, a Brooklyn man, was brought to...

• DOJ Investigation Reveals Excessive Force Was Used at NY Juvenile Prisons

  David Mittleman | September 04, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A recent investigation by the United States Department of Justice revealed that prison staff at New York juvenile prisons used excessive physical force to discipline children. In fact, the...

• Man's Liver Donation to Save Brother's Life Produces Law to Protect Living Donors

  David Mittleman | August 20, 2009 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Michael Hurewitz chose to give a portion of his liver to save his brother’s life. Unfortunately, that decision ended his own life after he suffered horribly from an infection after the...

• Daily News Uncovers Horrifying Trend of Medical Staff Falsifying Medical Records at City-Run Hospitals

  David Mittleman | July 28, 2009 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a New York Daily News investigation, medical staffers at city-run hospitals are going to great lengths to cover up medical mistakes, including falsifying hospital records. Specifically,...

• Casual Hugging the Latest Teen Trend to Come Under Fire

  David Mittleman | May 29, 2009 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Hugging is a common method of showing affection among good friends. It seems like a fairly innocuous way to express one’s feelings toward another. However, according to an article in the New...

• Abandoned Surgical Patient Speaks Out

  David Mittleman | May 14, 2009 7:41 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A 32-year-old Pennsylvania woman who was left on an operating table in a New York hospital last month is speaking out about her ordeal. Jennifer Ronca, the mother of three children, had her head...

• Independent Medical Exams Scrutinized, Criticized

  David Mittleman | April 03, 2009 11:29 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Independent medical examinations, or IMEs, are a tool commonly used by insurance companies to determine whether a claimant truly requires medical care. In theory, an unbiased doctor examines the...