A recent Huffington post article discussed one woman’s experience with her elderly mother’s frequent falls in a nursing home. The woman discussed the worry that resulted whenever the phone would ring late at night or early in the morning and how much she dreaded hearing…
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland OH, recently was held accountable for medical negligence in a birth injury lawsuit from 2010. The baby suffered a severe brain injury while in the care of the hospital, which resulted in an $8.5 million pay out to the family. According…
A serious airbag defect that caused a severe brain injury resulted in an award of $14 million to the victim. The lawsuit was filed in Richmond, Virginia by Zachary Duncan against Hyundai. The lawsuit stated that the airbags in the Hyundai Tiburon failed to deploy…
After a series of electrocution incidents involving third-party chargers in China, Apple Inc. is offering to sell its brand-name chargers at reduced prices in order to lessen the risk of injury and death. The announcement comes after two separate tragedies in which consumers were electrocuted and,…
A vitamin B supplement currently on the market is putting consumers in the hospital due to its being infused with steroids, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports. The Federal agency has been cracking down on the dangerous supplements, which contain two unlisted and potentially-dangerous ster
An important fight over medical malpractice caps in the nation’s most populous state is gearing up. Advocates on both sides of the issue are preparing for what many agree will be a long and costly battle that will be settled in November 2014 when the…
A man in California last month filed a lawsuit against Medtronic for its Infuse spine surgery product, which is shedding more light on the off-label uses of the company’s Infuse Bone Graft device. The complaint of 85 pages was filed in LA Superior Court on June 19.…
The Syracuse Post-Standard recently uncovered a report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that described a series of errors by medical staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center that almost resulted in the removal of organs in a patient they thought…
By Richard Shapiro, Virginia Personal Injury Attorney Medical malpractice often is a nightmare for doctors and patients. According to a new study in BMJ Open, Irish researchers found that the most common claims for medical malpractice involve missed diagnoses for cancer and heart attacks in…
With an enormous assortment of diabetes drugs currently on the market, the United States Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on illegal or potentially-dangerous drugs marketed from within and without the U.S. Diabetes affects over twenty-five million Americans, and there is a wide range o
Summer is in full swing, along with all the activities that people enjoy. One activity many participate in is recreational boating. Based on figures from actual state and Coast Guard registrations, it’s estimated that over 75 million people take part in recreational boating each year,…
The mother of a teenager who died last year from cardiac arrhythmia is suing Monster Beverage Corp. claiming that its highly caffeinated drink was responsible for the boy’s death. The lawsuit concerns the death of a 19-year-old who went into cardiac arrest early one morning…