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Imagine you’ve just found out you need emergency surgery. You’re anxious, scared, and emotional. The nurse comes in and hands you some documents. You are instructed to read the forms and sign your name. As you start to read the paperwork, your brain is in a million places. You’re thinking ...

Most people do not realize you only have one year to file a claim for medical malpractice if you’re the victim of a medical mistake in Ohio. Sadly, I’ve had to turn people away more times than I can count because they waited too long to call me. It breaks my ...

As much as we don’t want to believe it, doctors are human, and they make mistakes. Despite this universal truth, we still have to put trust in our healthcare providers. We have to trust that they will provide us with the level of care required to keep us safe. When a ...

There has been a recent decline in the number of deaths caused by anesthesia errors, according to a study by the Journal of Healthcare and Risk Management. While this is great news for the medical community, it doesn’t change the fact that anesthesia errors are still a problem for patients ...

In recent years, more and more physicians are choosing to start their medical practices in Ohio. On the surface, that seems great for Ohio residents, but when you look deeper into why you will realize things aren’t always as great as they seem. Physicians are flocking to Ohio because they ...

Monetary limits, called damage caps, have been placed on medical malpractice claims preventing injured victims from receiving the compensation they need and deserve. Medical malpractice laws have been in place for hundreds of years to protect injured victims from negligent healthcare professionals. Those injured as the result of medical malpractice suffer ...

The term “never event,” was coined in 2001 and is used to describe particularly shocking medical mistakes These mistakes, just as they are described, should NEVER happen. They are mistakes that are so reckless and dangerous that even the smallest likelihood of their possibility is unacceptable. It is estimated that “never ...

Annually, as many as 40,000 people wake up during surgery and other medical procedures while under anesthesia. Of the patients who wake up, half of them can hear and recognize what is happening, but are unable to communicate, and a third of them can actually feel the pain of the procedure. ...

In the United States, you have a 1 in 5 chance of being misdiagnosed. Are you willing to bet your your life on those odds? I know I’m not. That is why you and I have to protect ourselves from becoming a victim of a medical malpractice misdiagnosis. But the ...

Imagine finding out you or your loved one was injured, or even killed, as the result of a medical mistake. What if your doctor told you it was his fault? Ohio is proposing a new law that would prevent victims of medical malpractice from using doctors’ admissions of fault against ...