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: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
Jeanette Johnson suffered a bile duct injury while having her gall bladder removed in 2002. When she returned to the hospital a month later, Portage County surgeon Randall Smith reportedly held her hand and apologized for the complications she was suffering. “I take full responsibility for this,” he allegedly stated. “Everything will be okay.” Later that year, Johnson filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in which she admitted Smith’s statement as evidence of his negligence. When she dropped the lawsuit in 2006 and refiled it in 2007, she lost that right. Why? September 13, 2004, Ohio enacted the “medical apology statute,” [...]
Tags: medical malpractice lawsuit, surgical errors, Surgical Injuries
Posted on: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
Georgia may be playing with fire when it comes to medical malpractice lawsuits. If a doctor does not live up to federal quality-control measures, that information may not be used against them in a medical negligence suit. The recently passed law, one of the first of its kind in the nation, bars federal quality-of-care issues from being aired in court when used as a standard of care measure or as a presumption of negligence. If this can happen in Georgia, it could happen in Ohio. Even though the Medical Association of Georgia indicates the law is merely a cost management [...]
Posted on: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
Sheriod Merritt was leaving a Lovejoy, Georgia, Walmart when a stray bullet struck his jaw. Though the wound was not life-threatening, the 24-year-old father left the hospital with brain damage. A hospital spokeswoman told a local news station that “Merritt violently awoke from anesthesia and fought with medical personnel. In the process, … his breathing tube came dislodged.” More specifically, says the malpractice firm handling the case, doctors proceeded to operate on Merritt’s jaw two days after the shooting despite the fact his airway was still swollen and obstructed. The anesthesia team then failed to follow the customary extubation plan, [...]
Tags: Anesthesia error, anesthesia mistake, brain injury, medical malpractice
Posted on: Monday, June 10th, 2013
A medical malpractice lawyer won a $130 million judgment in April after advising a family to reject a hospital’s $8 million settlement offer in 2009 and losing the case. Though an appeals court later overturned that ruling, a second trial led to a mistrial last year when the jury couldn’t agree on a verdict. Today, 10-year-old Shannon Reilly’s mother, Danni, is “thrilled,” according to their now-“humbled” lawyer, Thomas Moore. Suffolk County’s second-highest malpractice verdict in history will pay home healthcare and physical therapy costs for Shannon, who was deprived of oxygen at birth. Since the cerebral palsy patient is unable [...]
Posted on: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
When 38-year-old construction worker Curtis Wren allowed neurosurgeon Faisal Albanna to perform bone fusion surgery in 1998 to correct an injury he suffered on the job, he had no idea Albanna had been sued for medical malpractice. It wasn’t until that operation forced Wren to visit the emergency room, undergo corrective surgery, retire early, and file his own lawsuit that he learned about those other claims. “I’ve been doing medical negligence work … for 26 or 27 years, and I’ve never seen as many cases filed against one person,” Wren’s lawyer told reporters. In fact, Albanna has been named as [...]
Posted on: Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Having suffered a series of mini strokes five years ago, a 53-year-old Missouri woman consented to a left-sided craniotomy to prevent future strokes, according to the Daily Mail. That April 4 surgery left her unable to care for herself or speak coherently when her 46-year-old neurosurgeon first operated on the wrong side of her brain and then, realizing his mistake, operated on the left side six days later. Regina Turner’s medical malpractice lawsuit claims the St. Clare Health Care Center staff set up the operating room incorrectly and “stood by and watched [surgeon Armond Levy] operate on the wrong side [...]
Tags: brain injury, medical malpractice, physician negligence
Posted on: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
When a mystery illness strikes a child, a worried parent reasonably expects a doctor to diagnose the problem. It was 2005 when the plaintiff took her young daughter to a pediatrics center to see her regular doctor. That physician was not available and another doctor looked at the plaintiff’s daughter. The mother was concerned about her daughter’s fever, headache and sore neck. The new doctor, who had only just completed her medical residency, diagnosed allergies, and sent the child home with allergy medication. According to trial records, the plaintiff asked the defendant if there were other tests that could be [...]
Tags: Cleveland malpractice lawyer, Cleveland medical malpractice, Cleveland medical malpractice lawyer
Posted on: Saturday, April 20th, 2013
There isn’t a day that goes by without news that some state is getting creative on how to deal with medical malpractice reform. It seems to almost have reached the proportions of an epidemic — what to do about medical malpractice cases, how to reform the situation so huge amounts of money are not paid out, how to make things easier for the medical profession and how to lower insurance costs and payouts. Wait. Something is missing from that picture. What about the victims? In virtually any proposition relating to medical malpractice reform, victims are sidelined. They are living with [...]
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Posted on: Monday, April 1st, 2013
Where does a jury award and Medicaid dues owed begin and end? The Supreme Court is trying to figure that out. This story begins with the badly messed-up birth of Emily A. She was delivered by caesarian section, and the delivery did not go well. As a result of medical negligence, Emily was diagnosed as being profoundly disabled. She cannot talk, is blind, rarely moves, is subject to seizures and at times needs her airway cleared via suction. She requires around the clock care. Emily A is now 13-years-old and nothing will change for her anytime soon. The legal drama [...]
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Posted on: Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
When faced with a blood transfusion procedure, there can be a lot of uncertainty and fear. However, there are steps and precautions you can take that may help alleviate some of the anxiety and reduce the chance of suffering complications. Preparing for a Blood Transfusion Procedure When a transfusion is performed because of an emergency situation, there isn’t much an individual can do to prepare. But when it’s a planned procedure, follow the following steps. The first tip is to make sure the doctor has clearly explained the reason for the transfusion. You should understand how the procedure will be [...]
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