Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law
Share List The definition of medical malpractice is often both simple and narrow in scope: it happens when healthcare practitioners cause “injury” to a patient by negligence or a lowered standard of healthcare. But the definition can take on or connote a more complicated, broadened scope in some cases — especially when healthcare providers put […]
Share List Garland Nelson had been on parole after he was convicted or selling mortgaged cows — a typical embezzlement scheme in which one rakes in the profits without ever paying anything back — but violated it on two counts: He went into business with a pair of Wisconsin brothers and he also purchased a […]
Share List Mesothelioma occurs when a person continually inhales asbestos fibers. Those fibers begin to concentrate in the lungs, heart, and abdomen, creating serious health problems — the most deadly of which is a malignant tumor, mesothelioma. If you know you’ve been exposed to asbestos over an extended period of time and you’re beginning to […]
Share List More importantly, they might just rule against you by default. Such was the case when Salem Orthopaedics, a clinic, was sued for a whopping $3 million by Kimberly Salyers and her attorneys, Anthony Segura and Jonathan Rogers. They also sued two members of its staff directly, Mark Hagy and Christopher Deneault. According to […]
Share List People have a difficult time understanding disorders or diseases that attack the mind. These include: depression, anxiety, behavioral disorders, and eating disorders. Eating disorders can impact mood and emotional well-being. They can also greatly change a person’s eating behaviors. In conjunction with one another, these issues can cause a big change in a […]
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 […]