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When should I consult an attorney about cancer misdiagnosis?

Steven North: It's important to consult an attorny when there's cancer misdiagnosis as soon as there's the suspicion or fear that there is the potential of a lawsuit. Most people don't really know if they have a case or not. They do have certain factual beliefs to have a sense that there is that but it's very important that the medical records be obtained timely, and because there are limitations in time it is very essential that that be started as soon as possible. I'm Steven North. I specialise in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper East side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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When should I consult an attorney about hospital negligence?

There is as much hospital negligence as there is doctor negligence and if a patient's in a hospital there are so many opportunities for things to go wrong, sometimes excusably wrong, and in those instance, not excusably wrong, those are the ones that lead to law suits. I'm Steven North, and I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan, we welcome your call.

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What are the most common types of birth injuries?

Most common type of birth injuries that result in lawsuits in New York are cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, Klumpke's palsy, trauma to the infant at the time of delivery where there's injury to the head or limbs or other parts of the body. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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How does a lawyer investigate my medical malpractice case?

As soon as a client thinks that there is a potential lawsuit, the lawyer who is investigating a medical malpractice must meet with the client, really learn all of the relevant facts and circumstances. Then, the next most important thing to be done is to secure the medical records as promptly as possible and have them evaluated by appropriate experts, who will then then be able to determine whether or not there are flaws in the treatment worthy of prosecution. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper East side of Manhattan, we welcome your call.

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How do I know if I have a medical malpractice case?

The way to determine whether there is a medical malpractice case in New York, is to obtain the medical records, have them evaluated by experts who are trained in looking at these records to see if there is some flaw in the management of treatment. And then coming to a conclusion as to whether there were departures of accepted medical practices. Which are the standards to base a case upon. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation and my office is located in a townhouse on the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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When should I consult an attorney if I suspect malpractice?

If someone suspects that there is a medical malpractice case, it's important that they contact an attorney promptly. The reason for that are multifold. One is a statute of limitations, a time limit in which a lawsuit has to be brought. And some of those time limits are very short. If municipalities are involved it's as short as three months within a claim has to be filed. It's also important to get involved early to obtain the medical records before they are potentially changed or altered. So the earlier the better is the general rule. I'm Steven North, I specialize in Medical Malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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How much money can be won in a medical malpractice claim?

In New York state, the courts set parameters as to sort of the ceiling that can be recovered in a medical malpractice case or cases that really have been resolved in the 30-40 million dollar range that are unusual and exceptional cases and that's not to say that all cases fall within that category, those are the extreme cases. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What is the statute of limitations on malpractice lawsuits in NY?

The statute of limitations in New York in medical malpractice cases for an adult is two and a half years from the date of the last related treatment by the defendant or target doctor. It's different if children are involved, there's a ten year statute of limitations. It's different if a municipality is involved because their claim limits is as short as three months that have to be filed. And when that treatment or the continuous treatment begins or ends there's a very, sometimes, complex issue that really has to be analyzed by a lawyer promptly. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What is medical malpractice?

Medical malpractice, and I think not even in New York but universally, is carelessness or negligence on the part of a health care provider. It's as simple as that. It's a negligence case involving professional negligence by a physician or a dentist, a chiropractor or whatever as compared to a lay person. It's as simple as that. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse on the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Who's at fault in a medical malpractice case?

Medical malpractice case, by definition, involves the failure of the health care provider to provide proper care - or, who provided negligent care. So, that would obviously include a doctor, a hospital. It could be a nurse. It could be a technician. It could be a chiropractor, a dentist, or any health related feild falls within the term of medical malpractice. I'm Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What are some common examples of hospital negligence?

There are many incidences of hospital negligence in New York. I have a case where a nurse rather than giving medicine once a week, gave it once a day. That ended in the death of the patient. I have a case where a patient caught on fire in the operating room. There are instances where technicians don't act as they should. Or even in the emergency department, the doctors there are a function of the hospital and if there are errors in the emergency department ordinarily the hospital will be responsible for that. I'm Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation, my office is located in a town house on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, we welcome your call.

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What is the statute of limitations on hospital negligence lawsuits?

The statute of limitations in hospital negligence is ordinarily 2-1/2 years for medical errors. There is an exception if it's a municipal hospital, in which event there is a 90-day time limit within which a claim has to be filed, a year and 90 days within which the suit has to be filed. And if the negligence really isn't malpractice but is ordinary negligence -- a slip on the floor or whatever -- then a 3-year statute of limitations would apply. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Why does hospital negligence occur in New York?

There is hospital negligence in New York because there's negligence in New York and negligence in the world. I mean people will be careless, and when somebody's careless in the health-related setting, people die, people get injured. Nurses can make a mistake in giving medicines. Doctors in the emergency room can miss a heart attack that's happening. There's a whole panoply of events that can lead to lawsuits because of negligence. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What types of eye surgeries can lead to malpractice claims?

Ophthalmologic medical malpractice cases, cases involving issues re-, relating to the eye, often fall into categories relating to the retina. One of, one of the critical things is that there's a detached retina it must be recognized, addressed, and, and surgically treated within a very narrow time frame or there's going to be permanent loss of vision. Tumors of the optic nerve, or in the cayasm where the optic nerve is must be recognized, addressed, and treated promptly or the person loses vision. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What are some medical errors that can lead to breast cancer?

The medical errors that lead to breast cancer misdiagnosis are the obvious one, failure to properly interpret a mammogram, but then the others are failure to do a sonogram or an ultrasound, which is sometimes indicated. It may be failure to do a mammogram, which could have or should have been done, and wasn't done. And the misinterpretation of the microclassifications or other indicia of cancer that just are not appreciated by the diagnostician. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Can I sue in New York if my cancer diagnosis was delayed?

A delay in diagnosis in cancer is often the basis of a cancer medical malpractice lawsuit but there are two very significant elements to a medical malpractice case. One is that the doctor missed the boat, so to speak. The other element is that it made a difference, that it had an impact on the patient's course. So if a patient goes to Doctor A on one day and he doesn't pick up the cancer but goes to another doctor the next day and it's very obvious, there's really no damage that results from it. And it's the damage that's the controlling factor. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Is cancer misdiagnosis common in New York?

Cancer misdiagnoses lawsuits in New York are among also the most serious cases that we encounter. Because of the fact that if that cancer can be caught and cured, as compared to people who go through the agonizing throws of living through a cancer to its bitter end, it makes a very big difference. And it goes across the board - from breast cancer to kidney cancer to prostate cancer to skin cancer - it’s a very common type suit. I’m Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What medical errors can lead to kidney cancer?

Kidney Cancer is often a silent type of cancer, by the time the patient has symptoms it's often too late. But there are instances where there are symptoms that really would really require a work up that would lead to the diagnosis of the kidney cancer. Or, sometimes where somebody has a study for some other reason (a cat scan/ an MRI)and the doctor is not looking for kidney cancer, but it's right in those films and there missed. That often leads to law suits. I'm Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation, my office is located in a town house on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, we welcome your call.

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What medical errors can lead to pancreatic cancer?

Pancreatic cancer in some instances can lead to lawsuits. In some instances the type of cancer is such that there really is nothing that can be done for it. In those instances, where the cancer is located in the particular portion of the pancreas, it is subject to what is known as a whipple procedure, a procedure where the pancreas is surgically addressed and the cancer is erraticated. And the timing of the diagnosis is critical in those instances. And if the doctor doesn't recognize the symptoms that the patient is having and act upon them, that often can lead to a lawsuit. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper eastside of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What types of cancers are often overlooked or misdiagnosed?

Just about every type of cancer can be, and we find is, overlooked from time to time. Breast cancer is a common occurrence, prostate cancer that's not picked up and treated properly, kidney cancer, melanoma of the skin that isn't recognized promptly, lung cancer. Virtually any type of cancer is and has been the subject of a law suit. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What is cancer misdiagnosis?

Diagnoses is the failure of a treating physician ordinarily, to appreciate either the signs and symptoms of a condition that are indicative of cancer. Bowel cancer, for example, may be manifest by a change in stool patterns, blood in the stool and so forth. Lung cancer may be evidence by spitting up blood. Any of these circumstances have to be appreciated by the clinician and acted upon promptly. If they don't and if there is cancer and if that cancer metastasizes, that becomes a very serious matter. I'm Steven North I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper eastside Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What is the cause of Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral palsy is the result of lack of oxygen to the brain. When it happens in childbirth or in the neo-natal period, it's often a result of the fetal heart rate dropping significantly and thereby producing less oxygen in the blood getting to the brain. If that persists, then brain damage will occur. If the hospital doctors and nurses see that it's happening by examining the fetal monitoring strips, it requires immediate Cesarian section to protect that fetus. I'm Steven North; I specialize in medical malpractice litigation; my office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan; we welcome your call.

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How much money can be recovered in a birth injury lawsuit?

The amount of money that can be recovered in a birth injury case in New York is in the millions of dollars. It's a function of the health care costs for the child the pain and suffering that the child encounters and when you add that up and depending on each individual case it is multiples of millions. I'm Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation, my office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome you call.

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What is Erb's Palsy?

One of the most common types of birth injuries is something known as Erb's Palsy, or Klumpke's Palsy and that involves injury to the brachial plexus, the nerve complex in the shoulder and the chest that sometimes is stretched during the course of the delivery and the consequence of that is that may severely affect the mobility of a particular arm of the child. That can be a permanent, lifelong condition and the child may go through life without use of a particular limb. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Why are birth injury awards so large?

In New York, medical malpractice awards for birth injury cases are the highest for all. The reasons for that are: One, cost of future medical care for a child who is impaired, can be hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. In addition to the, the jury, or what is taken into consideration, is the pain and suffering that this child is going to go through for the rest of their life as they move into adulthood. Especially if they have comprehension of their impairment. When you put that together, you really come up with the highest awards that you could possibly imagine. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse on the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Why does anesthesia negligence occur?

The cause of anesthesia uh, negligence are failure to properly monitor a patient during the course of surgery. It’s failure to maintain an airway, one of the basic elements of anesthesiology is to establish and maintain a patent airway. If that airway is defective, if the person isn’t getting oxygen the life (________) of living, then you have a lawsuit. So that is the fundamentals of anesthesia malpractice. I’m Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper eastside of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What problems can anesthesia negligence lead to?

From what I see is in negligence, the most serious injury is a lack of oxygen to the brain. Just like with the cerebral palsy case, which is a function of lack of oxygen to the brain, brain damage is just about the most serious injury anybody can suffer. That will affect their entire being for the rest of their life. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Why does medical malpractice occur?

Medical malpractice occurs because it simply is negligence or carelessness by somebody, justas why do automobile accidents happen. They'll always happen. They're not going to go away. Someday someone will go through a stop sign. Someday some doctor will go through a surgical stop sign. or, or will fail to do something. It doesn't mean he's a good or bad doctor. It means it was a bad day, certainly a bad day for the patient. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse on the upper eastside of Manhattan. We welcome your inquiry.

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How much does a medical malpractice lawsuit cost in NY?

The cost in a medical malpractice lawsuit is incurred by the attorneys. The attorneys in New York will pay the disbursements that are associated with prosecuting the case. If there's no recovery, the attorneys are allowed to absorb those expenses and not pass them on to a client. If there is a recovery, then those out-of-pocket disbursements are paid back to the lawyer. The range of disbursements in a malpractice case can be as low as five or six thousand dollars, and it can go above a hundred thousand dollars, if there's a lawsuit involved and a trial involved. I'm Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Why do surgical mistakes still occur in New York?

Surgical mistakes in New York often are a function of something going awry during the course of the surgery. It may be the lack of skill of the doctor; usually that’s not the case. It’s just as any of us can have an accident, make a mistake, it happens. These things happen sometimes. And there are such gross mistakes where the surgery is performed in the wrong location. But for the most part, it’s a function of life that these mistakes happen. And when people are seriously injured by that, the New York courts are designed to address those injuries. I’m Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Is there a statute of limitations on cancer misdiagnosis lawsuits?

The statute of limitations in New York for all medical malpractice lawsuits -- with some exception that we won't go into -- is 2-1/2 years. But in cancer cases it's tricky because if somebody had a mammogram, for example, two years ago and didn't know that there was a lesion on there -- that there was cancer on there that wasn't picked up -- and then they find out about it just close to that statute of limitations, they have to put that in suit right away. New York does not have a discovery rule that from the time of discovery the statute runs. It runs from the last treatment by the doctor, and one has to be specially careful in cancer cases. I'm Steven (sp?) North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What medical errors can lead to lung cancer?

Often lung cancer is not symptomatic. That is, the patient doesn't show any signs or symptoms, often until it is too late. The chronic cough, the coughing of blood, and other symptoms. But screening x-rays often are and should be done. It's a standard of care in some instances, typically depending on the age of the person, the history of the person, the smoking history of the person, the family history of the person. And if the clinician, the doctor, doesn't do those screening x-rays, or if they're done, and the x-ray is overlooked, and there is a lesion there, then that will be the basis for a lawsuit. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What medical errors can lead to prostate cancer?

Prostate Cancer is a peculiar type of cancer, in that there are standard tests that are done. Screening tests to see whether there is an additional cancer. The PSA test, is the usual test there's a Pre-PSA test also done and there's a whole level of 4.0's the cut off point when caution needs to be exerted by the physician. And I've seen cases where the prostate has gone, the PSA has gone as high as 18 and the doctors for some reason just over look it and they don't see it. The report gets in the doctor's file. The patient is never contacted, and then when symptoms really start developing, it's too late. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a town house, in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What is Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral palsy is a, uh, medical condition that usually occurs at birth and is a result of a lack of oxygen going to the brain. The brain needs oxygen, if it doesn’t get oxygen, the brain is damaged. It’s a static injury. It doesn’t get worse over time. The damage is what it is and it has profound effects upon the individual depending upon how severe that anoxic lack of oxygen or hypoxic episode is. It can happen to adults as, as well, but it-, it’s known as a birth injury that, that is the most serious. I’m Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Is anesthesia negligence common in New York?

There used to be many more losses involving anesthesia malpractice. It seems like there are fewer and fewer, and I’m happy to see and know that. There are still instances of failure to properly monitor during the course of the surgery. There are other instances where anesthesiologists venture into the realm of pain management. And they do procedures with regard to the spine, mylography and other such procedures that can cause nerve damage – serious nerve damage. And that’s another aspect of anesthesia malpractice that results in litigation. I’m Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What is anesthesia negligence?

When somebody undergoes surgery, as we know in many instances, their whole breathing system is put in the hands of an anesthesiologist who has to monitor it very carefully. If that isn't done, if the patient starts exhibiting signs of failure of blood pressure, failure of systems, they can be brought back very promptly but if the anesthesiologist is not paying attention, is not alert enough, that can be devastating. I have a case right now involving an airway that wasn't properly managed during the course of anesthesia. It was twisted, the patient lost oxygen and suffered severe brain damage and ultimately death. I'm Steven North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Who do I sue after anesthesia negligence?

Often when there’s anesthesia malpractice in New York, the anesthesiologist is the prime party that is sued. And in order to determine exactly who the anesthesiologist and/or the assistant, the medical records have to be obtained and reviewed and the persons identified. Often the hospital as well will be a party to that lawsuit. And sometimes the surgeon too, depending upon the circumstances. There are people in that operating room, and if one isn’t paying attention, others should be paying attention. So that responsibility is sometimes a shared responsibility by all the healthcare providers in that operative suite. I’m Steven North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Are hospital negligence lawsuits common in New York?

There is as much hospital negligence as there is doctor negligence, I mean, the patient's in a hospital, there are so many opportunities for things to go wrong, sometimes excusably wrong and in those instances, not excusably wrong. Those are the ones that lead to law suits. I'm Stephen North, I specialize in Medical Malpractice Litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What should I do if I suspect medical malpractice?

If someone suspects that there is unavoidable malpractice case, its important that they contact an attorney properly. The reason for that are multiple. One is the statue implementation of the time limit within which the law suit has to be brought so that the time is also short the municipality is also involved with the shortest three month with in which the claim has to be filed. It is also important to get involved early to obtain the medical records before potentially they are changed or altered. So the earlier the better is the general rule. I am Steven nor, specialized in medical malprices levigation. My office is located in a town house near pre side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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How long do medical malpractice lawsuits take?

The time from when the client walks into the door until the proceeds of the case are distributed is ordinarily between three and four years. It's a function of the availability of the court, the number of cases in the courts, the particular county where the action was brought and the complexity of the case - the amount of time that's necessary to do discovery, to find out all the elements of the case and to try them if the case needs to be tried. I'm Stephen North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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Why does medical malpractice occur?

Medical malpractice occurs because it simply is negligence or carelessness by somebody. Just as, why do automobile accidents happen? They'll always happen. They're not going to go away. Someday, someone will go through a stop sign. Someday, some doctor will go through a "surgical" stop sign or will fail to do something. It doesn't mean he's a good or bad doctor - it means it was a bad day, certainly a bad day for the patient. My name is Steve North. I specialize in medical malpractice litigation. My office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. We welcome your call.

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What medical errors can lead to skin cancer?

There are various types of skin cancer, squamous cell cancer, basal cell cancer, and melanoma. Melanoma is the most serious and if not picked up timely and treated, death is almost inevitable. And the clinician must appreciate a lesion that presents it's self under certain cicumstances and be sure to biopsy it and then even if surgery is done, to be sure that free margins are obtained and If they do excise that lesion, that they do get all of it and confirm pathologically that they have all of it. When these things don't happen, there's a very serious lawsuit that follows. I'm Stephen North, I specialize in medical malpractice litigation, my office is located in a townhouse in the upper east side of manhattan. We welcome your call.

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