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- Informed consent and medical malpractice claims
Aug 24, 2016
Have you ever actually read those medical waivers you sign before a doctor or hospital administers care? Of course not, it’s all a bunch of legal mumbo-jumbo, and if someone needs medical care, it’s likely they need it sooner rather than later. Regardless of what the administrative forms are telling you, it’s the hospital’s duty to administer them prior to treatment. In the same way, it is a doctor’s duty to explain his treatment plan...Read More - Seek justice after a loved one’s wrongful death
Aug 17, 2016
There is nothing that can compare to the shock of that phone call, text or whichever way one receives the news that a loved one has been in a terrible accident. Sometimes the person, despite all the odds against them, pulls through. Other times, the injured isn’t so lucky. After the immediate shock wears off, many family members wonder where to go from here? If there is even the smallest suspicion that a loved one’s...Read More - What medical action could cause a child’s birth injury?
Aug 17, 2016
A newborn child is so tiny and precious. With all of the advances in modern medicine today, infant mortality and injury is down to a small percentage in the U.S. However, because of the inherently dangerous act of giving birth, birth injuries still happen. Some of these injuries are not avoidable, simply something unavoidable went wrong during the birth that caused the injury. But, these injuries are avoidable when a Pennsylvanian child is in the...Read More - Unnecessary surgeries alleged by patients of Pennsylvania doctors
Aug 10, 2016
Most people trust their doctors unequivocally, and for good reason. However, unsettling claims have been made about a group of doctors accused of Pennsylvania medical malpractice in relation to unnecessary and dangerous surgeries performed at UPMC hospital. The suit alleges that a dozen doctors practicing at UPMC recommended and performed overly complex surgeries that cost more than less aggressive treatments. Some of the surgeries resulted in serious and life-long injury for the patients. The lawsuit...Read More - Gun injury due to defects and product liability
Aug 5, 2016
Guns have been a hot topic in the news as the country is nearing the next presidential election. Regardless of which side one may fall on, the right to bear arms is still upheld as a constitutional right. But, the dangers of a gun does not only exist at the end of the barrel. Rather, just like any other product, guns can cause injuries due to some type of product defect. And, the type of...Read More - Can work-related deaths qualify for a wrongful death suit?
Aug 3, 2016
Most everyone has to work a regular job in order to support themselves or their family financially. This is a fact of life for most Pittsburgh residents, so that’s why it is so awful to hear when a resident in our community died why working on the job. This can happen any number of ways, especially considering the number of professions and the variations of work that could be performed by a worker. Most often,...Read More - Which parties could be named in medical malpractice suit?
Jul 27, 2016
When it comes to the health and well-being of yourself and your family, only the best in medical care is desired. So if you or a loved one has suffered injury, and it is believed to be connected to faulty medical care, there are ways to make it right. It first begins by correcting the problem a medical provider may have made in the first place. The next step comes when an injured person and...Read More - Lebanon County faces lawsuit after inmate’s wrongful death
Jul 22, 2016
It is traumatizing for any mother to see the death of their child. It is unnatural for a parent to outlive their own son or daughter. That is exactly what happened to a Pennsylvania woman when her teenage daughter died in a Pennsylvania County correctional facility, due to complications from heroin withdrawal. The mother of the inmate is now suing the county, correctional staff and medical examiners for her daughter’s unexpected death. Soon after the...Read More - The costs of fatal work-related injury and illness
Jul 20, 2016
Americans work hard. There is no doubt that American culture thrives on a good worth ethic and the benefits that said work ethic brings us. But what happens when a worker is exposed to something at work that causes illness, or suffers an event at work that causes injury? To what extent does the family of the injured have to suffer the financial burden associated with the injury or fatality? An astounding 3.8 million American...Read More - Facts and figures from the CDC about birth injury
Jul 13, 2016
There are few things more devastating than the news some parents receive about their children after birth. Most parents expect their child to be healthy and thriving, and this isn’t an unrealistic expectation. However, when it comes to a certain birth injury like cerebral palsy, its prevalence is significant with 1/323 suffering from cerebral palsy, according to the Center for Disease Control. Sometimes cerebral palsy happens due to the doctor or hospital’s care, or lack...Read More