Recent Posts in 2014

• More People Filing Medical Malpractice Claims for Chronic Pain

  Oct 23, 2014
  Both the number of pain management specialists and medical malpractice claims for pain management-related injury and death increased between 1980 and ...
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• Children Become Victims of Medication Mistakes Every Eight Minutes

  Oct 21, 2014
  After reviewing a decade of poison control hotline data, researchers determined that 63,358 children were the victim of a medication mistake each ...
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• Man Awarded $1.5 Million After Medication Mistake During Botched Cataract Surgery Causes Blindness

  Oct 17, 2014
  A man has been awarded $1.5 million in damages after his surgeon used the wrong drug and blinded him during cataract removal surgery, Outpatient ...
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• If a Loved One Overdosed on Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, or Vicodin, Would You Know What to Do?

  Oct 7, 2014
  September 28, 2014, hundreds of “Fed Up!” family members and friends marched toward the White House to protest the number of people dying from ...
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• Medicare's Somewhat Faulty Attempt at Preventing Medical Malpractice

  Oct 1, 2014
  Back in 2012, Kaiser Health News reported that Medicare would begin rewarding hospitals that provided quality care to patients and reducing payments ...
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• How to Protect a Medical Malpractice Claim in Ohio

  Sep 3, 2014
  Medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). ...
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• Surgeon Admits Mistake, Hospital Insurer Denies It

  Sep 1, 2014
  Last summer, a 74-year-old woman fell and broke several vertebrae due to osteoporosis. She underwent spinal fusion surgery but started suffering leg ...
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• Woman Awarded $4 Million for Husband's Heart Attack Misdiagnosis Death

  Aug 22, 2014
  August 20, 2014, AL.com reported that a jury awarded a woman $4 million for her husband’s heart attack misdiagnosis after a seven-day medical ...
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