Nearly one million patient safety incidents occurred among Medicare patients in 2009. This figure almost matches what happened in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. According to HealthGrades, an independent healthcare ratings organization, errors cost the federal Medicare program nearly $8.9 billion and resulted in 96,402 potentially preventable deaths from 2006 through 2008. Medicare patients…
Many times landowners, shopping centers, grocery stores, owners of apartment complexes and hotels to ignore security problems. Lapses like broken security systems and disabled locks on gates or insufficient lighting can make it easy for criminals to prey on residents and visitors. A negligent security injury can be very serious — or fatal. Common injuries…
CLEARWATER – Five people were injured in a two-car crash in Clearwater on Gulf to Bay Blvd. at Lake Drive. The injured were taken to the Bayfront Medical Center by helicopter and ambulance with serious injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was taken by ambulance to Morton Plant with injuries described as not life-threatening. …
Yaz and Yasmin have a wide range of side effects. Blood clots, DVT, and heart problems just to name a few. Yaz and Yasmin are both made with a type of progestin called drospirenone, making them different from many other oral contraceptives. Drospirenone can elevate the body’s potassium levels, which can lead to a condition…
The National Law Journal has released its list of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers.” The editors of The National Law Journal “have selected 40 attorneys in a dozen key legal areas whose work between Jan. 1, 2000, and Dec. 31, 2009, was so consequential that it helped to push the profession, an industry or a…
Accordiing to the Institute of Medicine, 98,000 people die every year from preventable medical errors – and this number doesn’t include those seriously injured. This is the sixth leading cause of death in America, equivalent to two 737’s crashing every day. Trial attorneys see first-hand the effects medical errors have on patients and their families. …
Insurance companies, the American Medical Association and other powerful interests say that our health care system is in crisis because of a rising tide of medical malpractice claims. Their solution is to put a “cap” on the amount innocent victims of medical malpractice can recover for their injuries. In fact, “caps” are not the answer…
Buried in the fine print of most consumer contracts – such as credit cards, insurance plans and car deals – is a clause, which waives the buyer’s constitutional right to trial by jury. These contracts mandate that consumers give up their rights before a dispute even occurs – this is called “mandatory, binding, pre-dispute arbitration.”…
Big Corporations and Their Powerful CEOs Say the Legal System Is In Crisis – They claim that lawyers and “frivolous” lawsuits are clogging the courts, bankrupting large corporations and costing our economy thousands of jobs. The Real Crisis: Your Rights Are Under Attack In fact, the real reason these special interests support so-called tort “reform”…
BROWARD COUNTY – A Broward County jury awarded $20 million in punitive damages to the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer. The six-person jury found that Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds each shared a third of the responsibility for 68 year old smoker’s 1994 death and the smoker shared a…