Recently, Dennis Quaid's new born twins were mistakenly given 1,000 times the normal dose of the blood-thinning medication Heparin while under treatment for a staph infection. The twins have apparently recovered fully but the Quaid's want Baxter Healthcare Corporation, the maker of Heparin, to fix the packaging so this never happens again and have filed suit to help effectuate that change. ...
According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, which surveyed more than 1,600 physicians in 2003 and 2004 for their recently published report, 46% of physicians admitted to not reporting serious medical errors that had been made. "There is a measurable disconnect between what physicians say they think is the right thing to do and what they actually do," said Eric Campbell of Massachusetts...
Following a four day Jury trial, Ronald Rosen, Evan Rosen and Helen Farber, while representing their client received a jury verdict in excess of $682,733 on a trip and fall case. Our client, an employee of Finlay Fine Jewelers, which leases counter space from the Bloomingdales in the Boca Town Center Mall, fell over a cart in the department store's storage room when the motion-sensor lights...
Al Dr. Harvey Finkelstein de Long Island, Nueva York lo han acusado de malusar las jeringas de inyecciones. Se ha confirmado otro reporte de que uno de los pacientes del doctor ha sido infectado con Hepatitis C. Apesar de que el doctor ha sido acusado de 10 casos de negligencia medica, y el enfoque de una investigación de 34 meses, despues que se descubrio las faltas de procedimientos de...
Dr. Harvey Finkelstein, of Long Island, New York, has been allegedly misusing syringes which have led to another confirmed report of Hepatitis C in one of his patients. Despite 10 prior medical malpractice settlements and a 34 month investigation following the initial discovery of these safety procedure lapses, letters finally went out to 628 of his patients advising them of this serious health...
Despite a 68% increase in profits for Medical Malpractice insurance companies in Florida, up to $2.2 Billion from $700 Million in just one year, there was only a 3% rate reduction for doctors. The number of Medical Malpractice lawsuits have fallen since 2003 when the legislature voted to capped pain and suffering type damages. The only ones who continue to rake in more money than ever are the...
On Friday, Merck Corporation, the makers of the anti-inflammatory drug known as Vioxx, settled 45,000- 50,000 outstanding personal injury lawsuits for it's defective and deadly medication. The settlement, after thousands of hours of negotiations with attorneys representing family members of deceased or permanently injured patients from every state in the country, totalled $4.8 billion. It's...
A University of Florida student, Andrew Meyer, was tasered and arrested during a forum for John Kerry on Monday, September 17. Apparently Meyer asked several questions and when his time was up he was asked to stop taliking because his alotted time was over. When he did not stop speaking his microphone was cut and he became angry over the incident. While as many as four police officers tried...
El 15 de Septiembre del 2003 el Sr. Sheldon Sussman de 64 años de edad, se rompio los ligamentos de su rodilla mientras movia una computadora. Al Sr. Sussman le hicieron una cirugÃa para reparar su rodilla el 24 de Septiembre, y una semana después el Sr. Sussman murio por un coágulo de sangre, que viajó desde su pierna hasta sus pulmones, que no le habian diagnósticado. Su muerte devastó...
Clientes que han puesto en marcha el proceso de un caso de lesión personal y tratan de declarar bancarrota, tecnicamente, han delegado su caso al Administrador asignado por la Corte de Bancarrota. Este Administrador se encarga de la bancarrota y del caso de lesión personal, y nos retiene como "abogados especiales" sobre el caso de lesión personal. Nuestra meta sigue siendo la misma:...
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