Everything you do after your car accident can affect your potential personal injury lawsuit. Most people don’t realize how crucial the days, weeks, and months following an accident actually are to a case. The record will reflect any and all facts from the moments, sometime even hours, leading up to the collision until the resolution …
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After graduating from medical school, doctors have to learn how to practice medicine. In doing so, they go through a rigorous residency program where they have the opportunity to get hands-on experience treating patients while working under qualified medical professionals. For surgical residents specifically, these training hours are especially precious. Experience is the greatest teacher. …
The preterm labor rate in the United States, and Ohio specifically, received a grade of “C” in a recent report by the March of Dimes. One in eight (or 500,000) babies are born premature annually in the United States. Shockingly, this number is down. This poor grade was given despite the fact that preterm labor rates …
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If you’ve been involved in a personal injury lawsuit, you know the process is a lot different than what is portrayed in the media. As a personal injury lawyer, I am almost always advocating for my clients against big insurance companies. Because a large majority of personal injury cases are defended by insurance companies, it …
Can doctors force a woman to have a cesarean birth? A spotlight was placed on this issue after a woman recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a New York hospital and its doctors, claiming the doctors performed a c-section despite her clear refusal. With cesarean birth rates on the rise, many soon-to-be mothers are …
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It has been reported over 30 million more Americans have health insurance as a result of new healthcare laws. Consequently, over 30 million more Americans are seeking treatment from the same pool of available doctors prior to this rapid increase. This means doctors are forced to take on many more patients, dramatically increasing their workload. …
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When someone is injured or even killed as result of a medical mistake, a medical malpractice lawsuit is generally the only recourse. A constant debate wrestles with whether or not healthcare professionals should be prosecuted criminally for their medical mistakes. The thought is to send a stronger message to physicians about careless care. Medical patients …
Medical Malpractice vs. Criminal Malpractice: Is Criminal Punishment Necessary? Read More »
One of the most important and most difficult steps in every medical malpractice lawsuit is the initial evaluation of the case. The success of every medical malpractice case depends entirely on proper evaluation. The first thing you learn when you evaluate a case is whether the case has merit. While some cases seem cut and …
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