The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. When one considers whether or not an individual is "credentialed" one often considers the background and training of a physician and not those who are...
Month: August 2015
Coping with the Aftermath of Emergency Room Chao
EMTALA presents an interesting and potentially effective tool for attorneys representing those who are underserved medically. The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. The management of the...
Dealing with Infection as a Complication of Medical Care
The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. A sore throat, a urinary tract infection, a prescription for antibiotics and a cure. That is often the mentality with which we approach the minor...
Electronic Health Record
Last year I was at St. Lukes Hospital in Houston while a member of my family had surgery and recently I was in the same position. We are constantly getting records on behalf of clients and reviewing them. We frequently retain the services on Information technology...
Finding Sources of Litigation in Breast Cancer Cases
During October 1997 -- breast cancer awareness month -- numerous programs were held by medical centers and women's groups. One of the more interesting was the program supported by the Breast Center at the Monmouth Medical Center. The program was marketed to physicians...
Give It Time–Your Condition Will Improve
We have heard clients tell us that their doctor told then over and over again that they should have patience and with time their condition would improve and it didn't and they waited and waited and finally went to see someone else who said: "You should have come to...
How do you choose a physician?
Having the type of practice that we do, often representing patients who wish to sue physicians and at the same time representing physicians for a wide variety of situations a question that is often asked is as above: How do you choose a physician? The glib answer is a...
How Law Ignores Medicine
A recent headline in these pages reported a Supreme Court decision as "Curtailing the Right to Counsel: Hospital Resident Can Be Fired Without a Lawyer, Poritz Court Rules." This decision follows a long line of cases in which this Court and others have avoided...
How Recent Changes Affect Management of the Case
The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. Case selection in the professional negligence area is crucial. Physicians will often have the right to consent to any potential settlement. Therefore,...
Lung Cancer Screening
Over the years our office has handled many cases relating to the failure to diagnose lung cancer and therefore institute early treatment so that the individual could survive. Because of the nature of some of the lung cancers early diagnosis does not always mean a cure...
