Medical Malpractice

• Medical Mistake During Birth is Lifetime Injury

  Justin Madden | August 01, 2006 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A medical mistake during the birth of a child can cause a lifetime injury for the child's family. When medical mistakes occur, which interrupt or deprive an otherwise healthy baby of oxygen during birth, the family of the child is suddenly facing a tragic future. A child that would have grown, gained independence, and ultimately self-support, now represents a permanent demand for care and...

• Plastic Surgery can lead to Medical Malpractice

  Paul Grieco | July 31, 2006 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  With the popularity of TV shows such as Extreme Makeover and the constant barage of advertisements for face lifts, liposuction, and bariatric surgery, many people think that plastic surgery is a simple procedure with minimal risks. Just the opposite is true. While plastic surgery procedures are "elective" the risks involved, like any surgery, can be substantial and if not performed by a...

• Human Tissue Grafts Continue to Raise Public Health Concern

  Jack Landskroner | July 25, 2006 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Recipients of transplanted human tissue continue to be threatened by the fear of exposure to infectious diseases from donor tissue which was improperly and illegally harvested from cadavers in NY State. Surgical patients that received "allograft" or human tissue during their procedures may have been exposed to communicable diseases including HIV-1 and 2, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus...

• Drug Errors in Hospitals and Doctors' Offices Injure Millions

  Jack Landskroner | July 20, 2006 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Medical Malpractice continues to plague patients across the country. One of the most concerning areas of negligence involves drug errors in the recommendation, use and filling of prescription medication. More than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices, a count that doesn't even estimate patients' own medication mix-ups,...

• Greedy Insurance Companies Squeeze Doctors to Pad Their Own Pockets

  Jack Landskroner | July 15, 2006 9:43 AM | 3 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The Insurance Industry has misrepresented that an increase in claims and injury awards have caused a so call " insurance crisis" prohibiting carriers from making a profit and in turn resulting in a skyrocketing increase in doctors malpractice insurance premiums. This is the classic Insurance spin and doctors as well as the general public have bought it hook, line and sinker. The industry's...

• Finding a Good Doctor

  Paul Grieco | July 13, 2006 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  When someone is thinking about going to a new restaurant or buying a new car or making some other type of purchase, many times the persom will investigate to make sure what they are spending their money on is something worthwhile and to their liking. Unfortuneately, when it comes to selecting a doctor, a decision which could mean life or death, many people do not know how to go about selecting...

• Tainted Human Tissue Results in Recall and Risk of Disease

  Jack Landskroner | July 05, 2006 11:40 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Individuals across this country have received stolen human tissue during routine surgical procedures requiring bone and tissue transplants. These procedures, also known as allografts, have put recipients at increased risk for HIV, Hepatitis, Syphilis and other infectious disease processes. In December of 2005 the FDA announced a recall of tissue harvested by a New Jersey company know as...

• The Truth behind Tort Reform

  Paul Grieco | July 02, 2006 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Several times each year for the past several years, many state legislatures and our national legislature try to convince the general public that there are too many frivioulous lawsuits and runaway juries are awarding plaintiffs millions of dollars and as a result tort reform is needed. These meritless claims are nothing more than an attempt by insurance companies to limit their exposure and...

• Medical Malpractice: Defense Refuses $275,000, Jury Says $28 Million

  Staff Writer | June 26, 2006 3:56 PM | 2 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The always tongue-in-cheek Greedy Trial Lawyer brings my attention to a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit in which the defendants refused to settle for $275,000 before trial began. An Altamonte Springs woman had surgery to treat minor incontenence back in 2001. Things didn't go quite as expected, however, and now she must catheterize twice-daily for the rest of her life. At trial, the jury...