September 8, 2026

A blurred warehouse store aisle where a slip and fall at big box stores in New York can happen.

Slip and Fall at Big Box Stores in New York: Surveillance, Spoliation, and Settlement Value

A Target, Walmart, or Costco slip and fall in New York looks different from a small store fall from the moment the case begins. National retailers have in-house risk management arms, standardized cleaning protocols, retention policies for surveillance video, and defense counsel who process hundreds of these cases a year. That structure creates both hurdles […]

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Surgical Errors in NYC Hospitals: Retained Objects, Wrong-Site Surgery, and the 2.5-Year Rule

Surgical malpractice in New York often begins in the operating room and ends in a second procedure to correct what should never have happened in the first place. From retained gauze that shows up on a post-operative CT (computed tomography) scan to wrong-site surgery that removes the wrong body part, these errors are usually preventable

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A doctor standing behind a graphic with delayed diagnosis text related to failure to diagnose cancer in New York.

Failure to Diagnose Cancer in New York: When Delayed Diagnosis Becomes Malpractice

A failure to diagnose cancer in New York can shift a treatable early-stage disease into an advanced one, and the difference between catching it in time and missing the window often comes down to whether the doctor followed the accepted standard of care.  When a missed or delayed cancer diagnosis harms a patient, state law

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