Medical Malpractice

• The President Misses the Mark on Medical Malpractice

  Jack Landskroner | January 24, 2007 8:46 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  If you are a victim of medical malpractice in Ohio, you have your back up against the wall and if President Bush has his way that's exactly where you will stay. Last night during his annual State of the Union address, President Bush said, "[T]o protect good doctors from junk lawsuits, we need to pass medical liability reform." In a continuation of a theme repeated throughout his presidency,...

• Decrease in Cancer Deaths for Second Straight Year

  Rebecca Castell | January 17, 2007 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Today, the Associate Press reports that the number of cancer-related deaths has dropped for the second year in a row. Since 1930, the number of deaths each year has continued to climb until 2002-2003, where a small drop in deaths was first seen. Statistics were just released for 2003-2004, indicating a substantial decline in deaths due to cancer. A second year of decrease proves the decrease...

• Human Tissue Litigaiton Update

  Jack Landskroner | January 17, 2007 1:15 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  There are many individuals who have received transplanted human cadaver tissue during surgical procedures that should remain informed as to the status of the Human Tissue Litigation being prosecuted in a multi-district litigation forum centralized in the Federal District Court in Newark, NJ. My clients and others regularly contact my office to get an update on the status of these lawsuits. At...

• Lack of Communication Between Medical Providers Can Be Deadly

  Jack Landskroner | January 06, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  When physicians and medical care providers fail to communicate or miscommunicate in the treatment of a patient it can be deadly. Kenneth Margolin, a Boston Attorney, highlights what can happen when there is an operating room miscommunication. Surgical malpractice with catastrophic results are often caused by miscommunication amongst members of the operating team. The very term operating "team"...

• Tort Reform Statutes Effecting Victims Ability to Retain a Medical Mapractice Attorney

  Jack Landskroner | January 04, 2007 1:12 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Patients injured by the Medical Malpractice of physicians and hospitals are finding it more and more difficult to find a medical malpractice attorney willing to handle their case. Veteran plaintiffs' attorneys are leaving the field or dramatically limiting the cases they take, in the wake of tort reform and dwindling jury awards.For years the insurance industry has driven up the litigation...

• Doctors Get Immunity - Victims of Medical Malpractice Get the Shaft

  Jack Landskroner | December 14, 2006 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The Ohio Supreme Court issued its opinion this week in Theobald .v University of Cincinnati, granting blanket immunity from liability to physicians for their negligent acts when the medical malpractice occurs while the physician is teaching medical students or residents of a state medical school. It makes no difference whether the doctor is being paid privately or whether the doctor is acting...

• Lack of Sleep Can Lead To Medical Mistakes

  Paul Grieco | December 13, 2006 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A recent study has indicated that medical residents who are required to work long shifts and are often sleep deprived, put patients at risk of being the victim of a medical mistake. Allowing medical residents to practice medicine after having been awake for over 18 -24 hours straight, jeopordizes patients as the lack of sleep affects ones abilty to think clearly. Researchers found that when...

• Judge Orders Doctor Into Court-Faces 110 Lawsuits

  Paul Grieco | December 01, 2006 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A Charleston West Virginia doctor was ordered to court by a judge and was instructed to bring with him various documents so that plaintiffs attorneys could review the documents with regard to malpractice suits against the doctor. The particular doctor has 110 pending medical malpractice cases against him arising out of care he provided to patients at Putnam General Hospital. The owner of the...

• Birth defects related to Paxil during pregnancy

  Rebecca Castell | November 30, 2006 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A year after Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline reclassified the drug to indicate a risk of birth defects, a group of obstetricians has declared that pregnant women and those who plan to become pregnant should steer clear of the drug. The antidepressant has been linked to heart defects when taken in the first trimester and other complications when taken later in pregnancy. Use of Paxil and...

• Medical errors are preventable: Tips to keep you safe at the hospital

  Rebecca Castell | November 29, 2006 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A recent article in the Washington Post points out some scary statistics regarding the rate of human error in health care settings. Human error -- whether it stems from overworked and exhausted medical interns or other causes -- is a leading source of medical errors that kill as many as 98,000 Americans a year, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The problem is particularly acute in...