UPDATE re: NYC’s Potholes
There is a new development in the story of NYC’s Pothole Map, and its continued viability (see my December 19th posting regarding the NY Court of Appeals’ problems with the map).
According to the Gothamist’s John Del Signore, Mayor Bloomberg, just back from Israel, has been out on City streets fixing the potholes himself! Could this mean [...]
WHEN YOUR DR. SHOULD TELL YOU TO GO TAKE A HIKE
Should part of the informed consent discussion include your physician’s telling you that you would get better care elsewhere? That is the subject of a fascinating article in today’s NY Times. Reporter Denise Grady discusses the awkward situation that can arise when your local surgeon, for example, should tell you that your rectal cancer would [...]
Breakfast with Med Mal Judge and Practitioners Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning, January 6, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, there will be a breakfast program on LITIGATING IN THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PARTS IN SUPREME COURT. The Honorable Sheila Abdus-Salaam, one of NY County Supreme Court’s Medical Malpractice Part judges, will be the guest speaker. She will [...]