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22 Jan 2010, 7:54 pm
Recovering Damages in a Utah Personal Injury Lawsuit
The law of personal injury is based on the principle of restitution. Restitution is carried out by tortfeasor (he who caused the injury) by restoring all that has been lost by the injured party. Generally speaking, there are many physical injuries which simply cannot be restored. Many injuries involved in car accidents, for example, simply cannot be undone, such as injuries to the spinal cord in many cases. Further, there is no way to get… [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 7:17 am
It is disappointing when otherwise intelligent, insightful people simply choose to ignore facts and fail to protect the very people they have sworn to serve. It is no secret that many industry-wed lawmakers have been working for a long time to place damage caps on injuries caused by the negligence of others. Those same industry-owned lawmakers stand for protecting the profits of hospitals and insurance companies over the protection of citizens. These are legislators and executive branch folks who… [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 9:34 am
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As a Memphis, Tennessee medical malpractice lawyer, we wanted to report on the following article and advise we are available to discuss the facts of your case with you.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer (12/29, Ho) reported, “The family of a woman who died after liposuction at a Bellevue clinic has sued the clinic and doctor who did the procedure, a month after the state charged the doctor with unprofessional conduct.”… [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 9:32 am
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As a Memphis, Tennessee medical malpractice lawyer, we wanted to report on the following article and advise we are available to discuss the facts of your case with you.
HealthDay (12/29, Dotinga) reported that “bacteria often contaminate the hands of those who give anesthesia to surgical patients, and those germs contribute to disease transmission during operations,” according to a study published in the journal… [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 9:43 am
By Mark Favaloro, Virginia (VA) Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Being misdiagnosed for a simple medical issue can leave a victim scared and upset but being misdiagnosed for cancer is life altering and traumatic. The rate of misdiagnoses of breast cancer is climbing at an alarming rate as breast cancer numbers rise. To find out why this is happening follow the link to “Breast Cancer Misdiagnoses Leading to Malpractice Suits”
About the Editors: The VA-NC medical malpractice attorneys at… [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 9:42 am
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As a Memphis, Tennessee medical malpractice lawyer, we wanted to report on the following article and advise we are available to discuss the facts of your case with you.
A low vitality score, better known as an Apgar score, at birth is a strong predictor of a later diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy according to a new study published on bmj.com. The authors learned that children with an Apgar score of less than 3 at birth had a 100… [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 7:39 am
It is a part of the Florida Constitution. It seemed fair to patients. With hospitals and doctors claiming the medical negligence problem was over blown, Florida Section 25, "Patients' right to know about adverse medical incidents", seemed like a common sense and fair law. Read it. It is not very complicated. But, since 2004, hospitals have been spending a great deal of time and money trying to circumvent, dodge and slip under the law. Sadly, hospitals have had reasonable success in throwing up… [read post]
8 Jul 2012, 12:50 pm
Richard Shapiro, an attorney with the Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton law firm recently wrote about a medical malpractice case in which the jury awarded $78 million to a three-year-old girl who suffers from cerebral palsy after a delay in her birth caused by faulty hospital equipment. To learn more, read Jury Awards $78 Million in Medical Malpractice Case against Hospital.
by Jim Lewis
About the Editors: The VA-NC medical malpractice attorneys at Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton include medical and surgical… [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 9:03 am
The Big Boys of the print media are catching on to the injustice that may result if proposed anti-consumer legislation is passed in Albany. First, the usually conservative Forbes Magazine gives a begrudging nod to a powerful, yet sober post from Eric Turkewitz, author of the New York Personal Injury Law Blog. The Forbes post is entitled “New York Mulls Caps on Medical Malpractice Verdicts.” If you click on the Forbes link, you’ll get to a link to Eric’s blog, which is… [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 5:28 pm
Salt Lake City Utah Auto Accident Lawyers
When someone has been in a car accident in Salt Lake City and other areas of Utah, especially when the auto accident involves serious injury, the injured victim wants to know how he is going to recovery, how much time it will take, and what his chances are of actually recovering.
The Salt Lake City Utah Car Accident Attorneys at Salcido Law Firm PLLC will help you the process of recovering compensation for the injuries you sustained in your Utah auto… [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 7:00 am
Utica's Observer-Dispatch newspaper recently posted a Guest View column titled "Tort Reform: Make Negligence Behavior Focus." I wholeheartedly agree with this Guest View. Rather than blaming the lawyers for the fictitious "lawsuit crisis," why don't we blame the true culprit - the parties responsible for injuring innocent people. The doctors and hospitals that commit malpractice injuring more than 98,000 people a year… The nursing homes who neglect their elderly patients… The drunk drivers who… [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 8:07 am
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As a Memphis, Tennessee medical malpractice lawyer, we wanted to report on the following article and advise we are available to discuss the facts of your case with you.
The Chicago Tribune (12/27, Twohey) reported, “A private program that has long kept secret watch over Illinois doctors receiving substance-abuse treatment is now monitoring health care professionals with sexual misconduct violations – including some… [read post]
18 Feb 2010, 3:18 pm
Utah Injury from Pharmaceuticals | Utah Dangerous Drug Attorney
Like any product manufacturer, pharmaceutical companies provide a needed supply of highly demanded goods. Prescription drugs and other pharmaceutical products have helped relieve pain and suffering for many people and have helped cure dangerous diseases and saved many lives.
Unfortunately, there are many pharmaceutical products which do not provide the anticipated results and even severely injure the person taking them. Nearly… [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 8:00 am
In legal cases, a term regularly shows up: "standard of care". It is talked about, defined and ruled on by the court. In many state statutes, the term is defined as something similar to: "that level of care, skill, and treatment which, in light of all relevant surrounding circumstances, is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by reasonably prudent similar health care providers." What is the standard of care in its most basic terms? If I am a pedestrian, do I have a "standard of care" as I walk… [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 8:25 am
Florida medical malpractice statutes are a great deal about procedure and less about substance.
As in many states, Florida citizens have suffered the removal of legal rights under Florida’s medical malpractice laws by legislators with specific agendas other than the improvement of citizens’ lives. More often, business and insurance lobbies push for legislation to improve their own financial bottom lines.
In Florida, we have “pre-suit screening procedures” for any medical negligence case… [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 1:09 pm
Please just take a moment to concentrate. Close your eyes and try to imagine that you are lying back in a bed. This bed has not had the bed clothes changed for a while and you are currently laying in feces and urine because you are not able to get out of bed by yourself. You have not seen anyone come by or into the room for several hours. You have open bedsores that, although bandaged, are infected and now soaked with urine and feces. You are 85 years old and during your life you helped a great… [read post]
16 Mar 2013, 5:29 am
By Jim Lewis, Medical Malpractice Injury Lawyer
Our firm published an article discussing the five most-common myths surrounding medical malpractice. Unfortunately, these myths have infiltrated media outlets, newspapers, and the medical community, which has led to tort reform laws getting passed in a myriad of states. The article explains how this is unproductive and will not help reduce health-care spending or improve the health-care system in our country…
Medical Malpractice Myths… [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 8:43 pm
By Jim Lewis, Medical Malpractice Attorney in Virginia
Use a robotic surgical assistant called the Da Vinci Surgical System has quadrupled since 2007, now being used by surgeons in 2,000 hospitals around the world performing. According to the Los Angeles Times. Da Vinci robots perform incisions and sutures in the course of heart bypass, valve repair, hysterectomy, prostate and other major surgeries.
Before you get visions of “I-Robot” in your head, keep in mind that Da Vinci does not perform… [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 6:44 am
It is all about research and publishing. That is the pressure supposedly exerted on academics, scientists and some physicians - "publish or perish". Scientific research is no different than any other form of research from the perspective of "garbage in garbage out". These days most of us do some form of research on the internet. It may be simply trying to find the very best camera or the very best doctor for a tragic illness. The internet is crammed full of valuable information and…garbage.… [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 5:47 am
Integrity is a funny concept. Some define themselves by it, and live by its precepts. Others use it as a shield, behind which they act in ways that are anything but integrious. (Thanks to Antonin Pribetic, author of The Trial Warrior Blog, for pointing out this site, which provides an expanded definition of the term.)
With that in mind, let’s have a look at Capitol Confidential’s most recent post on Albany’s tort “reform” push. You may recall that the Governor’s… [read post]