Oct 17, 2010

Cleveland Nursing Home Negligence Lawyer

We all face tough choices in our lives with regard to our parents.  As our parents enter their golden years and need more assistance, we need to decide how much of that assistance we - as their children - can provide and how much assistance professional nursing homes can provide.  When we make the choice to send our loved ones to a nursing home, we expect that they will be taken care of and provided the utmost attention and support.  And when a loved one is injured in a nursing home it is our right to ask why.  If a loved one is injured by nursing home negligence, call a Cleveland nursing home negligence lawyer to investigate what happened.  What the nursing home tried to explain as an "unavoidable accident" may have been caused by the nursing home's own negligence.  Call a Cleveland nursing home negligence attorney to hold that nursing home accountable.

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Oct 10, 2010

Medical Student Suffers Dog Bite Injury

Medical Student Suffers Dog Bite Injury in Florida

The above article provides just one more example of how dangerous dogs and animals can cause serious and permanent physical injury and serious and permanent pain and suffering.

When you or a loved one has been attacked by a dog, the damage caused can last forever. At times like these it is important to protect your rights to safety and well-being by contacting a Cleveland Ohio dog bite attorney.

The emotional damage from a dog bite can last forever in recurring nightmares. Victims of dog bites may never be able to enjoy the company of any dog again and the mere sight of a dog that looks like the attacker can make the victim paralyzed with fear. Whether the dog is a pit bull, doberman pinscher, husky, german shepherd, rottweiler, or an akita, protect your rights by calling a Cleveland Ohio dog bite lawyer.

If you or a loved one are the victim of a dog bite, contact a Cleveland Ohio dog bite lawyer. Your rights are more important than the rights of the person who owns or harbors the dog!

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Drug Shortage At Hospitals Increases Medical Malpractice Risk


With what may be the worst shortage of critical drugs in years, hospital operating rooms may now be exposing their patients to an increase in unnecessary, dangerous risks. If you or a loved one was injured because the proper drugs were not available at the right time, call a Cleveland hospital negligence lawyer or a Cleveland medical malpractice lawyer.


One of the most necessary operating room drugs that needs to be readily available in hospitals and ambulances is a special-mixed dosage of epinephrine. This drug is used for cardiac arrests and allows health care providers to intervene as rapidly as is necessary to save the patient. This drug is supposed to be on the "crash cart" used in these emergency cardiac arrest situations.

A recent national survey of over 1,800 health care providers conducted by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices found that these shortages have led to patients waking up during surgery and other patients dying. More than 33% said that these shortages have led to errors and potential patient harm. This survey also determined that more than 1,000 medical errors have occurred because approximately 50 drugs were unavailable.

It isn't clear whether health care providers should be responsible for supply issues relating to these drugs. But what is clear is that patients are now exposed to more unnecessary and dangerous risks. And someone or some business must be held accountable. If you or a loved one was injured because the proper drugs were not available at the right time, call a Cleveland hospital negligence lawyer or a Cleveland medical malpractice lawyer.

NEWSOK "Shortage of drugs reaches alarming levels" 10/01/2010
Drug Shortage May Put Hospitals at Risk for Medical Malpractice
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Having A Cleveland Cancer Misdiagnosis Lawyer Or A Cleveland Failure To Diagnose Cancer Lawyer In Your Corner

If diagnosed timely, most cancers are treatable.  Failure to timely diagnose cancer or a cancer misdiagnosis can create unnecessary medical costs and unnecessary pain and suffering for the cancer patient and his or her family and friends.  When a physician or doctor fails to timely diagnosis and treat cancer, your chances of survival are significantly reduced.  If you or someone you love was diagnosed with cancer, but the diagnosis was either not timely or was a misdiagnosis, it is important that you speak with a Cleveland cancer misdiagnosis lawyer or a Cleveland failure to diagnose cancer lawyer

My legal team will handle cases dealing with:
  • Failure to diagnose cancer
  • Failure to timely diagnose cancer
  • Delay in cancer diagnosis
  • Cancer misdiagnosis 
  • Prostrate cancer
  • Cervical cancer
  • Colon cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Brain tumor
  • Brain cancer
  • Melanoma
  • Other cancers
If you or a loved one has suffered from any of these cancers and you think it was cancer misdiagnosis or failure to timely diagnose cancer, call a Cleveland cancer misdiagnosis lawyer or a Cleveland failure to diagnose cancer lawyer and I will help you build your case.  These cases require a lot of attention and many medical records and diagnostic tests must be carefully reviewed in order to build your case.  The sooner you call a Cleveland cancer misdiagnosis lawyer or a Cleveland failure to diagnose cancer lawyer, the better because we will have the most opportunities and time to properly build your case to obtain the best result.

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Oct 9, 2010

Linking Medical Errors To Nurses’ 12-Hour Shifts

Linking Medical Errors, Nurses’ 12-Hour Shifts

How can we expect medical providers to practice at the high levels of concentration and focus that we need of them when they are working 12 hour shifts or longer? Needless to say, the system in place is troubling. Many medical errors are committed purely due to physical and mental exhaustion. And none of us are the better for it. Patients get hurt. Doctors get sued. This is the system we have. But can't we do better?

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Chiropractor in fondling case is left on the honor system not to violate his probation

Doctors in sex cases left on honor system - chicagotribune.com

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is having major problems watching over the nearly 180 physicians and chiropractors on probation. The Department's probation unit has 3 officials to monitor more than 7,500 state-licensed individuals. Does it seem like this regulatory system is working? Why doesn't the State of Illinois hire more people to monitor these individuals? Don't qualified people exist that are still out of work?

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Grimmer v. City of Rocky River, 2010-Ohio-4683

On September 30, 2010, the Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals ruled on behalf of the injured party.

This case started when the city had received a complaint that a fire hydrant was leaking.  After doing repairs and cutting into the road, an orange barrel was placed at the construction site and a flashing sign was allegedly placed at some distance west of the barrel.

The plaintiff attempted to changes lanes but could not due to a driver on the plaintiff's left side.  The plaintiff then attempted to slow down in order to make the lane change but slid out on an unnatural accumulation of ice that had been caused by the leaky fire hydrant.  The plaintiff crashed into a utility pole.

While the trial court granted summary judgment for the defendant city, the appellate court concluded that plaintiff had presented enough evidence to show that the road was free from ice and snow except in the area around the leaking hydrant.  The appellate court that the precautions the city took could still result in governmental immunity but that a question still existed if enough had been done to prevent a nuisance on the roadway from the leaking hydrant.  The plaintiff had also presented evidence that disputed the presence and location of any flashing warning sign.


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