Sometimes clients or friends are concerned about the morals of filing a medical malpractice claim. They’re afraid malpractice cases are frivolous or hurt doctors and the health care industry so much that they shouldn’t be pursued. This is a reasonable question. After all, doctors do pay a lot for medical malpractice insurance, and a malpractice …
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Any item inadvertently left behind in a patient after surgery is called a “retained surgical instrument.” Retained surgical instruments can range from having no effect to causing physical trauma and even death. In addition, they often result in additional surgeries and medical costs. Leaving tools in a patient’s body after surgery may sound like a …
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Recently the Commercial Appeal reported that law enforcement has been purposefully delaying arrests. You may ask: But why in the world would they do that? Isn’t it their job to arrest people who are caught breaking the law? The police have been holding back on arrests because of soaring health care costs. When a suspect …
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If you’re in a situation where someone has had a health emergency and they are unable to breathe or unresponsive, knowing the tune to “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees could save the person’s life. “Stayin’ Alive” has the perfect rhythm (and title) to help you perform CPR until help arrives. If you can approximate …
You may have heard of nursing home abuse and neglect, or elder abuse and neglect. Whether it comes in the form of preventable bedsores, dangerous sleeping arrangements, physical assault, or something else, poor treatment in elder care facilities is serious. Our personal injury attorneys have worked with victims of nursing home abuse and neglect, and …
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When The New York Times first reported that a Brooklyn hospital was dangerously exposing infants to radiation, regulators and the public were shocked. The hospital issued a statement that they had promptly put a stop to the problem – a problem that included giving multiple full body x-rays to premature infants without proper shielding. Now …