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The attorneys of the Mellino Robenalt, LLC work hard to share legal expertise with the community. Bringing you the most up-to-date information on surgical errors, medical injuries to children, and other medical malpractice issues is of upmost importance. We specialize in these types of cases, and regularly share our legal research to keep you informed.
Posted on: Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Not all medical malpractice suits are created equal, especially when the doctor vanishes. This is a rather unusual case that we heard about; an instance where the doctor being sued for medical malpractice took off for parts unknown, which meant he could not be served within the 120 day period required by the law. The story behind this odd case is that the obstetrician was a confirmed drug addict, just about to admit himself to a drug treatment facility, when he delivered a baby. The mother, Dawn Storer (names have been changed to protect the identity of the family) sued [...]
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Posted on: Friday, May 28th, 2010
When something goes wrong during the birth of a child, it could be as the result of medical negligence. The important thing to remember is that not “all” incidents that happen at birth are the result of medical malpractice. The only way to determine that, if you have concerns about something that may have happened to your child, is to talk to an experienced Cleveland medical malpractice lawyer. Many birth injuries impact the whole family, not just the child, and may have lasting complications for the rest of the child’s life. For this reason, if you suspect something went wrong [...]
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Posted on: Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
If your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, you’re not alone. Generally speaking, the most common type of cerebral palsy, spastic cerebral palsy, affects from 70 to 80 percent of patients diagnosed with it – including babies at birth. Unfortunately, if your baby has a difficult delivery, or something went wrong during the labor, the child’s cerebral cortex may wind up being badly damaged. This means not only that you need to speak to a Cleveland medical malpractice lawyer immediately, but that you need information on how to cope with your child’s disability. This kind of a disability may [...]
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Posted on: Saturday, May 15th, 2010
While eating fish is supposed to be good for a person, there are times when it may be deadly. In this day and age of very unusual incidents involving product liability, we can now seemingly add food to this long list. If it weren’t for product recalls, things would seem rather quiet. Think tainted cat food, dog food, baby’s milk, defective cars, cribs, baby slings, and a whole host of other products we thought were safe and weren’t. The latest recall deals with elevated histamine levels in Yellowfin tuna. What makes this recall slightly more prominent is that not only [...]
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