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When Good Dogs Go Bad

Posted on February 20, 2008
In many states, there is something called the "one-bite" rule for dogs. This means that dog owners are generally not liable if their dog attacks someone, and that dog has been well behaved showing no vicious tendencies in the past. However, with the continuing popularity of animals, and the fact that twice as many Americans own pets as have kids, the odds of being attacked by even a good dog have gone up...

Defective Monitor Destroys Man's Heart

Posted on February 19, 2008
After going in for what was supposed to be a fairly routine bypass procedure at Providence Everett Medical Center, one of the top cardiac care hospitals in the Northwest, Paramjit Singh is now facing a new round of problems. In 2004, Singh suffered a minor heart attack and had successful bypass surgery...

Metal Shavings Found in Lollipops

Posted on February 18, 2008
Remember the good old days when the only worries with handing out candy were razor blades in apples at Halloween? It seems that age of innocence has passed, never to return. Last week, an elementary school in Polk County, Florida had their Valentine's Day party crashed by metal shavings in their Pokemon lollipops...

Pharmacies, Prescriptions, and Mistakes: Who is at Fault?

Posted on February 15, 2008
Last year, a pregnant woman was prescribed the prenatal vitamin Materna by her doctor. According to a federal lawsuit she later filed, Walgreen's gave her Matulane, a drug used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs, and one that hinders cell growth...

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Toy Helicopter Recall

Posted on February 14, 2008
The U.S. Product Safety Consumer Commission and Soft Air U.S.A., Inc., of Grapevine, Texas, have announced that remote-controlled "Fun2Fly Microcopter" sold at sporting good stores and other retailers between May and December 2007 might catch on fire...

Fentanyl Painkiller Patch Recall

Posted on February 13, 2008
Another drug recall has been announced. This time patches containing the painkiller fentanyl were recalled on Tuesday, February 12, due to a flaw that might cause caregivers or patients to overdose. The FDA recently put out its second warning in two years on the dangers of misusing this drug...

John Ritter's Family Seeks $67 Million

Posted on February 12, 2008
Last week, we blogged about the malpractice suit John Ritter's family filed in California. Well, the medical malpractice suit has reached the court. Ritter's family is seeking $67 million from the two doctors they claim are responsible for Ritter's death in September 2003...

Kugel Mesh Lawsuits Expanded

Posted on February 11, 2008
The Federal Court in Rhode Island charged with handling of all claims related to the Davol, Inc Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch, has announced that it is now accepting personal injury claims based on all Davol patches, not just the ones recalled in the FDA class 1 recall...

Jury Awards $15.3 million in Asbestos-Mesothelioma Case

Posted on February 08, 2008
A Baltimore County jury awarded $15.3 million, primarily in pain and suffering damages, to 73-year-old ex-shipbuilder George J. Linkus, Sr. who is suffering from mesothelioma as a result of his shipbuilding work that exposed him to asbestos fibers. He suffered exposure partly from a rope he used to line valves, a rope manufactured by defendant John Crane, containing between 60 to 70 percent asbestos...

Inquest: Criminal Negligence Responsible for Delivery Room Death

Posted on February 07, 2008
A woman who died in May 2004, three hours after giving birth to her son, because a nurse attached the bag of anesthetic for her epidural to a line going to her arm rather than to her back, was the victim of "gross negligent manslaughter" according to an inquest recently concluded on the tragedy...

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed in John Ritter's Premature Death

Posted on February 06, 2008
When John Ritter died unexpectedly at the young age of 54, the world mourned an actor who was famous not only for his television comedy work on the hit Three's Company and its less popular spin-off Three's a Crowd, but also for his ubiquitous presence in TV and movies, with guest spots on everything from Hawaii Five-O to Felicity to Scrubs...

Bull Riders Reluctant to Don Safety Helmets

Posted on February 01, 2008
Bull riders are ten times more likely to get injured than players of major contact sports like hockey and football, but that could be changing. One of the main changes that could improve the injury rate is the swapping of the ornamental cowboy hat for a protective helmet...

Illinois to Offer Brain Injury Assistance to Returning Vets

Posted on January 31, 2008
Illinois is trying to take the characteristic injury of the Iraq war, traumatic brain injury, head on, as it launched a new program designed to give special assistance to veterans who have suffered the injury or have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

Man Sues Union Pacific for Injuries from 2004 Train Derailment

Posted on January 30, 2008
A man who was injured by chlorine gas released in one of seven derailments of Union Pacific trains in Bexar County, Texas, near San Antonio in 2004 is suing Union Pacific for as-yet-undisclosed damages. We can only hope that the damages will be sufficient to make Union Pacific sit up and take notice, hopefully even put its house in order in terms of the safety of the people who live near the rail lines on which it operates...

Ohio Doctors May Be Protected from Med-Mal Cases

Posted on January 29, 2008
As a result of an Ohio Supreme Court decision last year, doctors and other private practitioners can be granted immunity from lawsuits such as medical malpractice if they are employed by the state even on a part-time basis. Now, the family of a man who choked on his vomit, suffering brain damage and eventual death as a result of oxygen deprivation, must sue the state if they wish to recover damages for medical bills, funeral expenses, and mental suffering...

Medical Malpractice Claims Drop in Ohio, Legislators Try to Take Credit

Posted on January 25, 2008
A report by the Ohio Department of Insurance says that medical malpractice claims in Ohio dropped by 20 percent in 2006 from 2005. The report says that there were 4,006 medical malpractice claims filed in the state in 2006, down from over 5,000 the year before...

Minnesota Lawmakers Debate Specifics of I-35W Bridge Fund

Posted on January 24, 2008
To help victims of the I-35W bridge collapse, Minnesota state legislators have decided to set up a fund that circumvents the state's law limiting its liability to $1 million in an incident. However, the lawmakers cannot decide whether to put a cap on the amounts awarded to victims or allow a mediator to decide what constitutes a reasonable payment for victims...

Recent Death at BP Plant to Be Investigated by Same Official as 2005 Explosion

Posted on January 23, 2008
The same official who led the inquiry into the 2005 explosion at a BP plant that led to an admission of federal environmental standards will be investigating a recent death at the company's Texas City refinery. The US Chemical Safety Board team will investigate the on-the-job death of a veteran operations supervisor who suffered fatal head injuries while the team he supervised was installing a water filtration vessel...

US Pays $750,000 for Woman's Death at Naval Hospital

Posted on January 22, 2008
The Federal Government accepted a $750,000 settlement in the medical malpractice case of a woman who died after receiving eight surgeries at the Jacksonville Naval Hospital in just over a month in 2005. In the wrongful death suit, the woman's family accused the Navy of doctor error and failure to transfer her to another facility...

911 Operator Convicted of Neglect for Ignoring Child's Call

Posted on January 21, 2008
On January 18, a jury convicted a 9-1-1 operator of willful neglect of duty after she blew off a boy's call for help when his mother passed out. The boy was six at the time, and when his mother passed out as a result of her heart condition, he called for help...

Record $22-million Verdict in Chicago Malpractice Case

Posted on January 18, 2008
A Cook County jury has awarded the largest ever medical malpractice verdict for the wrongful death of a woman to the family of a 34-year-old woman who died in 2003 from complications at a Chicago-area hospital, St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. The jury awarded $22 million dollars in support of the claim by the woman's family the woman suffered a massive brain hemorrhage as a result of the staff's negligence in improperly treating her high blood pressure during labor...

New Technology May Prevent Prescription Error

Posted on January 17, 2008
FDA statistics indicate that more than one person per day dies in the US as a result of a medication error. Whether the prescription error is giving the wrong dose of a medication or giving the wrong drug entirely, the results can be equally lethal. ValiMed is a new tool developed by the CDEX corporation in Kansas City to prevent just such errors...

Husband of Woman Killed by Tread Separation Accident Seeks $100 Million

Posted on January 16, 2008
On May 15, 2006, a Texas woman was riding in a 2000 Mazda half-ton pickup driven by a friend when one of the tires suffered a catastrophic tread separation, sending the truck into a spinning flip. She later died from injuries sustained in the auto accident...

Fatal Truck Accident Caused by Permit Violation

Posted on January 15, 2008
On January 8, a truck hauling a modular trailer at night in violation of its permit to keep its unrealistic delivery schedule, led to a fatal crash that killed two passengers of a Kia Sephia. The truck, owned by Davidson Industries of Commerce City, CO, was hauling a portable office for use during the filming of the ESPN Winter X-Games...

For those who suffer medical malpractice, sometimes not even a lawyer will help

Posted on January 14, 2008
I have written before about not all complications as a result of surgery being malpractice. However, one sad feature of our current medical system is that it often doesn't matter whether a person's suffering is caused by medical malpractice or not, it is sometimes impossible to recover damages...

Head Impact Monitoring Helmets to Deploy

Posted on January 08, 2008
The army technology that was developed to track traumatic brain injuries suffered by troops in the field as a result of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is ready for deployment and will soon see service in Afghanistan. Soldiers equipped with this device, which we have discussed here in some detail, will be deployed to Afghanistan this spring, even as calls for greater NATO involvement in the area seem to be falling on deaf ears and Taliban-aligned insurgents are gaining in strength...

Army to Help Injured Soldiers Apply for Benefits

Posted on January 07, 2008
The Army is dispatching support specialists to counsel injured servicemen and ?women who are applying for benefits under the Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance. Although every injured servicemember who cannot perform the normal tasks of daily life for a period of at least 30 days is eligible for up to $100,000 dollars...

Israeli Heart Association Calls for AEDs in Public Places

Posted on January 03, 2008
The Israeli heart association encouraged the Ministerial Committee on Legislation to vote in favor of a law requiring the installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public places. Cardiovascular disease kills more people in the Western World than any other cause, and cardiac arrest (heart attack) is its most common condition leading to death...

Ohio Law Limiting Damages for Pain & Suffering Upheld

Posted on January 02, 2008
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a law limiting non-economic damages in tort lawsuits, including pain, suffering, loss of consortium, etc. The 2004 law, known as Senate Bill 80, does not limit easily calculated damages, such as lost wages or medical costs, but it does limit the noneconomic portions of damages to $250,000 or three times the economic damages (up to $500,000), whichever is greater...

Tragedy in the Ring II?

Posted on December 28, 2007
After winning his December 25 WBO Intercontinental championship bout against Indonesian challenger Heri Amol, South Korean boxer Choi Yoi-Sam collapsed of traumatic brain injuries. He was rushed to Sonchunhyang University Hospital, where he was diagnosed as being in a coma...

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