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NY Consumer Protection Board Finds Toys With Unsafe Lead Levels Remain on Store Shelves

The state Consumer Protection Board's (CPB) Safe Toys NY Campaign has found that toys with unsafe lead levels remain on store shelves across the state,…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Dec 17, 2007

Mystery Surrounds How One Window Washer But Not Other Survived 47 Floor Plunge From Scaffolding Previously Cited for 10 Violations

The scaffoldingthat broke last Friday (12/7/07), causing a pair of brother window washers to plunge 47 stories (550 feet) on Manhattan's upper East Side, had…

Posted by SEO Admin on Dec 14, 2007

8,500 More Patients of Dr. Harvey Finkelstein are Advised to Get Tested as Tests Find Additional Hepatitis Cases Among His Patients

Approximately 8,500 additional patients of Dr. Harvey Finkelstein will be advised to get tested for blood-borne diseases as a probe into his practice expands, a…

Posted by SEO Admin on Dec 12, 2007

Results of Survey of Practicing Doctors Renew Doubts Regarding the Medical Profession's Ability to Regulate Itself

A survey of a national random sample of practicing doctors found that nearly half of all U.S. doctors fail to report incompetent or unethical colleagues,…

Dec 10, 2007

NY State Senator to Craft Bill to Open Doctor Disciplinary Process

State Senator Kemp Hannon said at a hearing held at Farmingdale State College to address questions surrounding the transmission of hepatitis C in the medical…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Dec 08, 2007

A Purse Filled with a Pocket Size Cell Phone and a Taser?? ("Don't Tase Me, Sis")

Don't be surprised if one day you're out somewhere and you hear someone plead, "Don't tase me, sis!" The manufacturer of Tasers, the controversial stun…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Dec 06, 2007

Hospital's Mistaken Medication Overdose of Dennis Quaid's 2-Week Old Twins Underscores a Big Problem in Health System

Each year at least 1.5 million Americans are injured - and 15,000 die - after receiving the wrong medication or an incorrect dose, says the…

Posted by SEO Admin on Dec 04, 2007

Latest Brain Scan Technology May Help Increase Recovery for Conscious Pain and Suffering of "Vegetative" People

Brain scans using the most recent technologies are challenging the decade-old doctors' assumption that patients who have been diagnosed as vegetative lack any capacity for…

Dec 01, 2007

South Carolina Judge Rules that Mayor Bloomberg's "Sting" to Reduce Guns on NYC Streets Could be Considered Extreme and Outrageous

A South Carolina judge has ruled that countersuits by a South Carolina gun dealer against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and New York City over tactics…

Posted by SEO Admin on Nov 28, 2007

St. Judes Riata Line of Defibrillator Leads May Puncture Holes in Patients' Hearts

Not long after Medtronic pulled a flawed Sprint Fidelis leads off the market because of an apparent tendency to break, there are concerns that similarleads…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Nov 26, 2007

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The law firm of Levine & Slavit, PLLC has served clients in Long Island and the Greater New York City-area since 1957. We are a team of personal injury and wrongful death lawyers who work tirelessly for victims' rights. Our team is licensed and affiliated with the:

  • New York State Bar Association
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  • Florida Board of Bar Examiners
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

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