Dec
13
2012
Nashua, NH (Law Firm Newswire) December 13, 2012 – The medical malpractice lawsuits that get to court litigate serious issues. It is rare to see a frivolous medical negligence lawsuit. “Many people don’t realize that each and every medical malpractice lawsuit is painstakingly researched and evaluated before it is brought to suit. We use our connections and medical experts to determine if a case is valid, and this costs the plaintiff ‘nothing.’ That’s right, absolutely nothing. That means you have nothing to lose if you even just suspect you are a victim of medical malpractice,” outlined Charlie Donahue, a Nashua [...]
Dec
12
2012
Waxahachie, TX (Law Firm Newswire) December 12, 2012 – According to elder care advocates, approximately 2,000 dependent adults go “missing” each year from adult care facilities. Advocates are calling for a standard, quick response which would start with dialing 911, and are pushing for that 911 call to be law. In Concord, CA, 86-year-old Yolanda Membreno left a residential facility and was later found by police dogs, deceased, at a playground just 100 yards away from the facility’s front door. While caregivers had searched their facility for signs of Ms. Membreno, they did not call 911 when they noted her [...]
Dec
12
2012
Little Rock, AR (Law Firm Newswire) December 12, 2012 – Hospital errors are more prevalent than most people are aware. A solution may be medication bar coding. “Bar coding is an innovative system,” remarked Mike Smith, an Arkansas injury lawyer and Arkansas accident lawyer, practicing personal injury law in Arkansas personal injury lawyer, “and it has the potential to make an enormous difference. In fact, this system is in place in Michigan, and it’s helped prevent about 23,500 possible drug errors in a six-month period in 2012. That kind of statistic should get your attention.” The fact that close to [...]
Dec
11
2012
Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) December 11, 2012 – This wrongful death suit involves police shooting and killing a man armed with a BB gun. “It helps to look before shooting,” suggested Brooks Schuelke, an Austin personal injury lawyer with Perlmutter & Schuelke, L.L.P. “It may save wrongful death lawsuits, such as this one, in which the family of the deceased is seeking $20 million in damages for the death of their husband, son and father.” The 36-year-old deceased was shot to death by members of a SWAT team, and the family alleges he was shot without cause, while in [...]
Dec
10
2012
Atlanta, GA (Law Firm Newswire) December 10, 2012 – Wrongful death may even come calling in a jail cell. This mentally ill inmate died after being attacked. “Wrongful death may result from a car accident, a collision with a truck or other vehicle, or it may come about as a result of an accident with falling scaffolding or playground equipment. It may also pay a visit in a jail cell, as it did in this case, involving a prisoner who was allegedly beaten and shot with a stun gun. He was known to be mentally ill, and his family filed [...]
Dec
7
2012
Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) December 7 , 2012 – The idea of transvaginal kits began as a good one. However, the concept was fatally flawed from the beginning. “While the idea of a transvaginal kit had some merit, it turns out that they were flawed before they even got out of the design stage. Consider the story of a Fort Lauderdale woman, implanted with a mesh in 2001. The procedure nearly killed her. Since then, she has been responsible for getting FDA warnings on the synthetic mesh, and has spent thousands of hours researching surgical mesh and advocating for [...]
Dec
7
2012
Atlanta, GA (Law Firm Newswire) December 7, 2012 – When an attorney does an outstanding job, they are recognized by their peers and receive accolades for their dedication to justice. Atlanta injury lawyer, Stephen M. Ozcomert of Decatur, GA has been recognized by GeorgiaTrend in its 2012 selection of the “Legal Elite” recognizing “Georgia’s Top Attorneys.” This special honor appears this month in the GeorgiaTrend Magazine, published by Trend Publications. “This is a real honor for me,” said Atlanta injury lawyer, Stephen M. Ozcomert. “I work hard to deliver excellence to my clients, and the fact that GeorgiaTrend has included [...]
Dec
6
2012
Nashua, NH (Law Firm Newswire) December 6, 2012 – A New England compounding pharmacy sent out tainted steroids. The fallout involves pharmacy malpractice lawsuits, among other charges. “This story really got the attention of the nation, largely because there were hundreds of people who were injected with the tainted steroids. Those affected filed lawsuits. The biggest issue though is how this situation affects health care professionals. The news is not good,” suggested Charlie Donahue, a Manchester medical malpractice lawyer with offices in Keene, New Hampshire. “Lawsuits filed are sounding in general negligence, breach of warranty, pharmacy malpractice and other wrongdoing.” [...]
Dec
6
2012
Waxahachie, TX (Law Firm Newswire) December 6, 2012 – Disturbing safety issues, including insects and corrosion were found at a drug plant. Federal inspectors looking for safety and quality issues at a drug-manufacturing facility run by a company currently being investigated for a deadly outbreak of meningitis found numerous issues, including insects and corrosion. “Individuals depend on drug manufacturers and compounders to observe all precautions and quality measures to ensure the safety and health of the end users is not threatened,” stated John Hale, Waxahachie personal injury attorney. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report about the [...]
Dec
5
2012
Cleveland, OH (Law Firm Newswire) December 5, 2012 – Being a whistleblower is not fun. It typically has a variety of consequences. “Many whistleblowers face distain and are ostracized not only in their workplace, if they are still employed, but from other sources as well. One of the most high profile cases dealing with the fall out of being a whistleblower is the case filed by former Penn State assistant football coach, Mike McQueary,” said Tom Robenalt, a Cleveland whistleblower lawyer. Many will recognize the McQueary name from the Jerry Sandusky child molestation case. This case was a hot potato [...]
Dec
4
2012
Brunswick, GA (Law Firm Newswire) December 4, 2012 – A new study by Swiss researchers looked at college-age “front-loading” or “pre-drinking:” the act of having a drink or two before heading out for the evening. The study, which included analysis of the behavior of more than 250 students over the course of five weeks, found that the college-aged individuals who participated in pre-drinking were far more likely to later drive under the influence of alcohol (DUI), experience blackouts, and use drugs. Researchers also stated that when the students consumed alcoholic beverages prior to going to the planned event, they tended [...]
Nov
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2012
Little Rock, AR (Law Firm Newswire) November 30, 2012 – Some do not think twice about ripping off an insurance company by filing a false claim. But insurance fraud is not a victimless crime. There are some fraud and scam artists whose sole means of support is filing false claims with insurance companies to get money. Consider a relatively recent case where three people were arrested for defrauding insurance finance companies. The defendants, ranging in age from 60 to 64, were arrested as the result of a federal grand jury returning an indictment charging the three with mail and wire [...]
Nov
29
2012
Waxahachie, TX (Law Firm Newswire) November 29, 2012 – In Des Moines County, a jury has been unable to reach a verdict in a medical malpractice trial. The lawsuit was brought against a medical center and an emergency room doctor after the death of William Thye. The judge released the jury with instructions to return the next day to continue deliberations in the case against the emergency room staff at Great River Medical Center and Dr. Vandenberg, who treated William Thye. Thye’s wife and family filed a lawsuit claiming negligence in his treatment. Thye died from respiratory failure. If the [...]
Nov
29
2012
Cleveland, OH (Law Firm Newswire) November 29, 2012 – Many people believe that nothing can go wrong with liposuction and other cosmetic procedures. People generally believe these procedures are universally safe because they are elective and not done because someone is sick or has an underlying medical problem. Nothing could be further from the truth. What seems like a simple surgery to get fat sucked out of your body could result in death. “People think getting liposuction is easy, safe and fairly routine these days. It is anything but, and they need to know it could cost them their lives. [...]
Nov
29
2012
Brunswick, GA (Law Firm Newswire) November 29, 2012 – According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there are an estimated 11 million tractor trailers on the roadways. Those tractor trailers are traveling more than 250 billion miles each year along U.S. highways. With the sheer number of trucks on the road, it is hardly surprising that there were more than 275,000 truck crashes in 2009 involving large rigs. Those accidents led to almost 75,000 injuries and 3,000 fatalities. Tractor trailers have wide turn radiuses, slow stopping ability and, weigh on average more than 10,000 pounds. More tractor trailer [...]
Nov
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2012
Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) November 28, 2012 – Nursing home abuse may escalate into a wrongful death scenario. This case did. “It’s difficult to read and hear about senior citizens being mistreated so badly that they die as a result of someone’s abuse. In this case, an 85-year-old woman was viciously throttled, then thrown on the ground. She was further neglected by assisted-living home staff,” recounted Brooks Schuelke, an Austin personal injury lawyer with Perlmutter & Schuelke, L.L.P. “The woman died in a hospital a few days later.” The facts of this case are disturbing because they paint a [...]
Nov
27
2012
Atlanta, GA (Law Firm Newswire) November 27, 2012 – Distracted driving is on the rise, and as a result, so are the number of traffic accidents. “Often, if you look past the surface of what seems to be noticeable after a wreck, whether it is between two cars, or a semi and another vehicle, you will find evidence of a cell phone, or smart phone in use. That is what happened in this reported case,” explained Stephen Ozcomert, an Atlanta injury lawyer, who practices personal injury, accidents and malpractice law in Georgia. This two vehicle crash involved a pickup truck [...]
Nov
26
2012
Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) November 26 , 2012 – Not once, but twice, a DUI driver hit two vehicles, and killed a 24-year-old woman. “When you read about the facts of this case, you will be stunned by the behavior of the allegedly drunken driver, or perhaps you will not, if you understand that drinking and driving do ‘not’ mix,” remarked Austin personal injury attorney Bobby Lee, of Lee, Gober and Reyna in Austin, Texas. “A hit-and-run driver slammed into a car on the highway and fled the scene, only to collide head-on with another vehicle a short time [...]
Nov
23
2012
Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) November 23, 2012 – This gruesome case demonstrates that bicycles and large trucks do not mix. “This is a horrific case. A seven-ton U.S. Postal Service truck crushed a woman on a bicycle and then left the scene of the accident,” said Brooks Schuelke, an Austin personal injury lawyer with Perlmutter & Schuelke, L.L.P. “As the facts unfolded, it turned out the man driving the truck had no idea he had hit anyone.” The victim in this case was a former State Supreme Court special referee, and she was out biking with her husband one [...]
Nov
23
2012
Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) November 23, 2012 – The family of a woman shot to death by U.S. Border patrol has filed a wrongful death claim. Valeria “Munique” Alvarado, a mother of five, was shot to death in September by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Chula Vista, California. Her family has filed a claim of wrongful death against the agency. “The tragedy of this young mother’s death must be fully investigated,” said Tampa personal injury attorney Robert Joyce. “Hopefully, investigators will get to the bottom of the shooting and determine whether it could have been prevented.” The agent, [...]
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