Lavern’s Law and Medical Misdiagnosis
The failure to correctly diagnose cancer is the most common form of misdiagnosis that results in a medical malpractice claim. But because of the slow-moving nature of the disease, it can take years for a …
Warning Signs of Nursing Home Neglect
We trust nursing homes to take care of our elderly parents and other family members who require daily assistance. It is difficult to accept the possibility that your loved one is being mistreated in a …
Handling the Emotional Impact of a Birth Injury
Being a parent is stressful even under the best of circumstances, but caring for a child with the complex physical and developmental disabilities that arise from a birth injury can lead to a different degree …
Brain Damaged Infants: Recovering for Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy is a brain injury that causes a number of different neurological problems. In many cases cerebral palsy is caused by medical errors in the delivery process.
Examples of medical negligence that can cause …
Understanding Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries can be caused in a variety of ways. They frequently occur as the result of auto accidents, but can also be the result of falls or other accidents that cause a sudden, …
Most Frequently Misdiagnosed Cancers: Breast Cancer
The key to beating cancer is early diagnosis. Delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis may cause the cancer to advance and worsen, thus reducing, or even eliminating, a patient’s chance for survival If the cancer is allowed …
Lead Paint: Know Your Rights, Protect Your Child
America is supposed to be the land of equal opportunity, but here in New York many children’s opportunities are being stripped away by a poison hidden in the walls of their homes: lead paint. Lead …
Recovering For Elevator Accidents
The attorneys at Bonina and Bonina, P.C., are experienced lawyers who have held irresponsible business and property owners accountable for their negligence in premises liability lawsuits for over 50 years.
While typically uncommon, elevator …
Most Frequently Misdiagnosed Cancers: Lung Cancer
Health care providers may commit medical malpractice by misdiagnosing, failing to diagnose, or delaying the diagnosis of an illness. Misdiagnosis may occur because of the provider’s failure to ask certain, vital questions or to recognize …
Most Recent Product Recalls Spring 2018
In our 50 plus years of representing injured New Yorkers, we have recovered for consumers injured by defective products in diverse fields and industries, including cases involving defective auto lifts, printing presses, office furniture, meat …