January 03, 2014
Infusion pumps are medical devices used in hospitals to deliver IV nutrients, medications, antibiotics, chemotherapy drugs, pain medicine, insulin, patient-controlled analgesia, or PCA. The pumps are designed to administer a certain amount of fluid or medicine over a period of time. Even though…
December 30, 2013
A recent case in Oregon shows just how absurd caps on personal injury verdicts can be. The case in which a jury returned a unanimous $12 million verdict involved a nine-month-old boy who underwent liver surgery at Oregon Health and Science University in 2009. During the procedure the surgeon cut…
December 24, 2013
A St. Louis jury awarded a family more than $10.8M in damages in a recent medical negligence case that resulted in the death of a young mother of three, according to a news report by St. Louis Today. Shannon Dodson, 34, died after a routine catheterization procedure at The Mercy Heart and Vascular…
December 21, 2013
Winter months bring ice and snow to area roads and highways. Private contractors, PennDOT, and municipal snowplows, salt and sanding trucks will be operating to plow or clear roads.
During a blizzard, heavy snowfall or ice storm, a plow operator is under pressure to quickly remove as much snow or…
December 19, 2013
The recent Early Sepsis Prophylaxis Study determined that using four clinical goals in emergency rooms reduced the death rate in sepsis patients. The study, by medical staff at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, listed the sepsis bundle emergency…
December 15, 2013
An Allentown, Pennsylvania obstetrician continued with a natural childbirth despite complications which caused a newborn to be deprived of oxygen for more than three minutes. Chloe McCarthy, now four years old, suffered cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders stemming from the birth injury…
December 12, 2013
A rare but fatal medication error can occur when the cancer drug vincristine is administered improperly. Vincristine is often ordered to treat various types of cancer, including childhood leukemia. It is often administered along with methotrexate. Methotrexate can be given in the spinal column but…
December 10, 2013
American Honda recently issued a recall of 21,000 of its 2012 and 2013 Honda FourTrax TRX500 Foreman ATV’s. The all-terrain vehicles have steering shafts that can potentially break and cause riders to lose control.
The ATV’s were manufactured in the United States and sold at Honda ATV dealerships…
December 08, 2013
A man who was paralyzed below the waist due to medical negligence was awarded $2.85 million by a South Carolina jury, while his wife and sole caregiver won an additional $500,000. On April 17, 2004, Randy Green was rushed to Grand Stand Medical Regional Center after being involved in a traffic…
December 05, 2013
Ovarian canceris a disease in which cells of a woman's ovaries grow abnormally or out of control, and spread to other areas of the body. Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system.
Women of any age are at risk for ovarian cancer, but older women are…
December 01, 2013
Robotic surgery is on a dramatic upswing in hospitals throughout the United States, but so are serious injuries associated with operations using robots, namely da Vinci system robots. Robot surgery lawsuits have been the result in a mounting number of cases, with the civil actions citing…
November 30, 2013
LaRose Industries recently recalled 102,000 of its Cra-Z-Art Snoopy Sno-Cone machines. So far there have been 64 incident reports filed for the defective Sno-Cone machines that pose a risk of mouth and teeth injury due to brass rivets that can fall out of the machines ice-shaving cylinder.
The Sno-…
November 26, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following:
• One World Technologies Ryobi battery chargers, fire and burn hazards (627,000 units)
• HeathCo motion-activated outdoor lights, electrical shock hazard (223,000)
• LaRose…
November 24, 2013
Serious burns as a result of a construction accident, electrocution, auto accident or explosion can lead to lifelong pain and suffering, disfigurement, organ damage and even death
Serious burn injuries, namely second-, third- and fourth-degree burns, can be caused by fires construction accidents…
November 21, 2013
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and can lead to permanent brain damage and lifelong disabilities. A stroke is usually associated with older people, but a new study published in the The Lancet revealed that strokes are now increasingly affecting young and middle-aged people.…