Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law
Share List Many people have never even heard of nursing home abuse (also commonly referred to as elder abuse), but the commonly carried out crime is finally starting to be more often acknowledged in new legislation in states all over the country. This form of abuse occurs when our beloved nursing home residents are abused […]
Share List A new bill has been proposed which would give soldiers the right to sue for medical malpractice. The bill is named after a Fort Brag Purple Heart Green Beret who is suffering from cancer. The bill is not yet law, but it was recently added to the National Defense Authorization Act and has […]
Share List When we’re hurting, we expect good medical treatment from those whose job it is to help. That doesn’t always happen. It’s a hard pill to swallow. We hate to think that doctors can be wrong, but they are, and it happens more than anyone would like to think. These mistakes can be deadly […]
Share List Johnson & Johnson intends to repeal a judgment that ordered them to pay $29 million to a woman in California who developed Mesothelioma from their baby powder. Plaintiff, Terry Leavitt, testified that she regularly used Johnson & Johnson baby powder throughout the 60s and 70s when the product contained talc. In 2017, she […]
Share List Legislators long ago decided that the “act of god” was a legitimate defense. It’s not just a matter of personal injury. For example, if you use a service provider to fly a plane full of your product to a particular destination but that plane is then hit by an incoming asteroid and destroyed […]
Share List About one in ten diagnoses are wrong. This leads to a number of problems for medical professionals as their patients potentially receive the wrong treatment, unnecessary treatment, or even no treatment at all for diseases or conditions that could prove fatal. As you might have guessed, the cost of misdiagnosis is staggering. In […]
Share List Doctors make mistakes everyday, sometime leading to debilitating and permanent damage through mistakes, carelessness, or negligence. The thing is, sometimes you’re unconscious on a table when it happens. What if you weren’t informed you of those mistakes? What if you’re left with a lifelong injury because of your doctor’s carelessness but have no […]
Share List Motivation is the subjective value of a goal times the perceived likelihood of success. If there is no value despite the likelihood of success, there will be no motivation. If there is a huge value but little likelihood of success, then there will still be no motivation. Using drugs and/or alcohol is a […]
Share List We know our past mistakes. Our friends know, our family, even most of our neighbors. Don’t’ we just wish that we could change our name and wipe our slate clean and start over? Just a simple name change can make all our regrettable actions disappear, and we are suddenly a new person with […]
Share List Different Types of Car Accidents When it comes to car accidents, they and come in all shapes and sizes. Some types of car accidents are more likely than others and some put the driver and passengers of the vehicle at serious risk of injury. It is important to know a few of the […]