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• Caps on Medical Malpractice Cap Citizens Right to Justice

  Evan Rosen | December 29, 2007 3:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A recent study of Medical Malpractice data conducted in California since its enactment of legislation capping awards on "non-economic" damages has shown that a lot of individuals can no longer afford access to the courts. Recently, a doctor found it impossible to find a lawyer to represent him after his mother had died from a medical error despite an exhaustive search of almost two dozen local...

• Don't Forget to Renew your Personal Injury Protection Benefits

  Evan Rosen | December 24, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On January 1, 2008, Personal Injury Protection benefits will once again be mandatory in the State of Florida after a temporary lapse. According to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles you face suspension of your driving privilege, including your vehicle tag and registration, for up to three years or until proof of Florida insurance is provided, whichever is first.And if you get...

• El Actor Dennis Quaid Demanda al los Fabricantes de Medicina Despues de una Sobredosis de Heparina

  Evan Rosen | December 08, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Los gemelos recién nacidos del actor Dennis Quaid recibieron, por error, una dosis 1,000 veces mayor de lo normal de heparina, una medicina que reduce la sangre, mientras recibian tratamiento por una infección de staph. Los gemelos se han recuperado pero la familia Quaid quiere que la corporación Baxter Healthcare, el fabricante de la heparina, arregle los contenedores, paquetes, y etiquetas...

• Estudios Médicos Revelan Resultados Preocupantes Sobre los Doctores

  Evan Rosen | December 07, 2007 2:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Según los Anales de la Medicina Interna, una encuesta de 1,600 doctores en el 2003 y 2004 reveló que el 46% de los doctores admiten que no reportan los errores médicos serios que han cometido. Eric Campbell del hospital general de Massachusetts y de la escuela médica de Harvard en Boston, quien llevo a cabo la encuesta, dijo que hay una gran brecha entre lo que los doctores piensan que es...

• Actor Dennis Quaid Sues Drug Maker After Twins Heparin Overdose

  Evan Rosen | December 06, 2007 6:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  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. ...

• Medical Study Reveals Very Disturbing Findings About Doctors

  Evan Rosen | December 05, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  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...