A Judicial Overview of Medical Malpractice

Gammerman, Ira

doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-4534-6_2

Ira Gammerman

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For a period of five years beginning in 1981, I conferenced or tried most of the medical malpractice cases in the Supreme Court of New York County, perhaps the busiest trial court in the United States. The editors of this book have asked that I use that experience to discuss the issues most frequently raised by physicians in the troublesome area of medical malpractice litigaton—alleged excessive awards and meritless suits.

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Honorable Ira Gammerman
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Pulmonary Lab, Flushing Medical Center, USA
James R. Vevaina MD, FACP, FCCP (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant) (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
James R. Vevaina MD, FACP, FCCP (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant) (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant)
Pulmonary division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USA
James R. Vevaina MD, FACP, FCCP (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant) (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant)
State of New York and Consolidated Edison Corporation, USA
James R. Vevaina MD, FACP, FCCP (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant) (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant)
Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, 4500 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, NY, 11355, USA
James R. Vevaina MD, FACP, FCCP (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant) (Acting Chief, Critical Care Medicine and Associate Director, a major teaching affiliate, Consultant)
Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
Roger C. Bone MD, FACP, FCCP (The Ralph Crissman Brown Professor and Chairman) (The Ralph Crissman Brown Professor and Chairman)
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts, USA
Edwin Kassoff (Presiding Justice, Professor of Law) (Presiding Justice, Professor of Law)
Pace University, USA
Edwin Kassoff (Presiding Justice, Professor of Law) (Presiding Justice, Professor of Law)
88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, 11435, USA
Edwin Kassoff (Presiding Justice, Professor of Law) (Presiding Justice, Professor of Law)

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Gammerman, I. (1989). A Judicial Overview of Medical Malpractice. In: Vevaina, J.R., Bone, R.C., Kassoff, E. (eds) Legal Aspects of Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4534-6_2

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