by Admin | Jun 27, 2014 | Blog, Personal Liability
Radiation for breast cancer is an important treatment known to reduce the risk of the cancer returning and death from the disease. It’s usually given after breast-conserving surgery and sometimes after mastectomy, as it is a key component to breast cancer therapy....
by Admin | Jan 11, 2014 | Hospital Malpractice, Notable Cases
While rehabilitating from a stroke in a local rehab hospital our client’s wife was left in the bathroom unattended. She was found on the floor and subsequently passed away from a massive brain bleed. The medical examiner determined she had suffered a spontaneous...
by Admin | Aug 9, 2013 | Notable Cases, Surgical Malpractice
Our client, a 31 year old woman, went to an Orlando dental clinic complaining of severe tooth pain. The dentist that examined her advised that she needed her wisdom teeth removed and scheduled the appointment for one week later. She arrived for the follow up...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2013 | Blog, News
Thousands of patients die each year as a result of diagnostic errors, communication errors, and other medical errors. Despite over a decade of research, improvement, and effort, wide-scale reductions in patient harm have been modest. However, the Agency for Healthcare...
by Admin | Mar 20, 2013 | Blog, Product Defects
Zithromax, a widely used antibiotic made by Pfizer, may cause a rare but deadly heart rhythm in some patients. According to Fox News, a study found that patients who took Zithromax had higher rates of fatal heart rhythms compared with patients who took other...
by Admin | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog, Hospital Malpractice, News
Last week, a House subcommittee approved two bills that will drastically change the inner workings of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to the Miami Herald. With short notice given for these bills, HB 827 and HB 869, it seems that the committee is very...
by Admin | Mar 15, 2013 | Blog, Product Defects
One of the most widely used chemicals for consumer packaging in the U.S. has been linked once again to serious health and developmental issues. Bisphenol A, which is more commonly known as BPA, is banned in the European Union and Canada, but the FDA has only banned...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Blog, Hospital Malpractice
Lawsuits are piling up against gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy who is accused of secretly videotaping patients through a pen camera that he wore around his neck during examinations. An employee reported the doctor in early February, but the doctor killed himself two...
by Admin | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog, News
Although Florida Governor Rick Scott launched his political career with opposition to the federal health-care reform law, Scott recently announced that he would expand the state’s Medicaid program to cover about 1 million more poor people. According to Reuters,...
by Admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog, Hospital Malpractice
In 2004, Danielle Bellerose gave birth to two premature babies during an emergency caesarean section at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The newborn twins, Katherine and Alexis, only weighed about three pounds each, and eight days after birth, Katherine was...
