Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law
Share List Living with an undiagnosed brain injury is no joke. Even seemingly benign activities like running or biking can lead to catastrophic injury if you’re not aware of your surroundings — or if someone else isn’t, like a car driver in the midst of texting. Most traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the result of […]
Share List Being placed in a situation where you have to fight simply to receive compensation for an injury caused by another party isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time. Truth be told, most Americans — at some point in their lives — will be taken advantage of financially or even physically injured because of […]
Share List Whenever a person or organization’s negligence or malevolence result in another person’s injury, that person has the right to file a personal injury lawsuit to recoup damages. One can recoup funds for medical bills, lost wages, diminished earning potential, and even pain and suffering. You probably realize that if a person decides 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 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 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 […]