As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Anastomic Failures If you’ve had abdominal surgery, or an intestinal-bowel-colon resection and it failed, it may be due to medical malpractice, product liability (such as the device that seals the ends malfunctioned or has a defective design), or both. Increasingly mechanical staplers are used in the anastomosis, or…
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Glass Flakes Found in Anemia Drugs On September 24, 2010, Amgen announced that certain lots of anemia drugs Epogen and Procrit vials are being voluntarily recalled because they may contain glass flakes. These drugs are used to treat anemia related to HIV therapy, chronic renal failure, and chemotherapy….
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Agreeable, Amenable and Malleable to Win In order to consistently prevail you must be agreeable, amenable, and malleable. These characteristics make it possible to gain trust, show compromise, and restructure deals. It is so easy, and similarly, adolescent to stand firmly on your position and refuse to yield….
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Treacherous Taxicabs Treacherous taxicabs cause accidents because of their reckless driving. Yellow cab drivers seem to believe that they have the right to break every rule of the road since they make a living driving, says Alan Ripka, Esq. Whether it is speeding, changing lanes suddenly, stopping in…
During holiday or business trips to New York, with many visitors and tourists enjoying what New York has to offer, many people are injured as a result of automobile and trip and fall accidents, as well as medical malpractice. Unfortunately, most people don’t know their legal rights or who to call in a place far…
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Trying Your Case After years of legal jousting, it is finally time for your case to go to trial. Of course, you had hoped it would settle for enough money to make the entire experience worthwhile and compensate you for your pain, suffering, lost wages and medical bills….
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Toyota Recalls Millions of Cars Toyota announced today that it will recall an additional 1.09 million vehicles in the United States because of problems with gas pedals and floor mats, which comes only a day after Toyota announced that it would suspend U.S. sales of eight models –…
PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER IN NY In life, accidents and injuries can happen at any time. Whether you’re at work or driving to the store, there is always a chance that you may be involved in an accident that can change your life in an instant. If you were recently involved in an accident that left…
As Published By ALAN S. RIPKA, ESQUIRE Healthcare Provider Alleged Misconduct The California state insurance Commissioner Dave Jones alleged earlier this week that Sutter Health, one of California’s largest health care givers, routinely and fraudulently charged insurers up to hundreds of millions of dollars over the past decade for anesthesia services that were not provided,…
