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Why Nurses Might Fail To Notify A Doctor That Baby Suffers From A Placental Abruption
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
There are several types of mistakes medical staff make when faced with an expectant mother experiencing a placental abruption. The reason that an abruption of the placental is so dangerous for the unborn child is ...
When Young Person Passes Away Of Colon Cancer Metastasis After Physician Ignores Symptoms
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Approximately 10% of those diagnosed with colon cancer are younger than 50. However, because of the lethal nature of the disease doctors generally agree that the presence of rectal bleeding, even in an individual under ...
Doctor Misinterpret Mammogram And You Might Not Detect Woman’s Breast Cancer In Early Stages
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Women routinely get mammograms and count on physicians to properly interpret the images and tell them whether or not they have cancer. Still, doctors in some cases misread mammograms. This can occur by them either ...
Settlement After Infant Passed Away From Placental Abruption Oxygen Restriction
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Most women choose their obstetrician carefully. And then over the course of their pregnancy they come to develop a bond with the doctor and begin to have faith in him or her. They normally think ...
Examples Of How A Pedestrian Fatality From A Vehicle Accident Triggers A Legal Case
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
A pedestrian will die from a car accident every one hundred and eleven minutes. Some of these fatalities will give rise to a lawsuit. These are complex lawsuits which are often ardently defended by insurance ...
$875,000 Settlement After Doctor Fails To Notify Patient Of Incomplete And Unreliable Colon Cancer Tests Results
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Some people are at risk of having or getting certain forms of cancer. With colon cancer, as an illustration, people with certain conditions , with particular symptoms , or with a family history are at ...
Driver Blames Pedestrian In Crosswalk For Accident
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
It is simply remarkable how individuals are able to try to absolve themselves of blame in cases when they are clearly the reason the accident happened.
For example, look at one reported lawsuit in which ...
Physicians Pay Out For Holding Up Finding Of Prostate Cancer In Two African-American Men
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
In what follows we consider two cases that provide insight into the value of testing men for prostate cancer. While there has been some discussion of late about the value of testing men for prostate ...
Man Dies Of Prostate Cancer Even Though Physicians Knew Of Symptoms And His Abnormal Screening Test Results
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Many of us have had the experience of consulting more than one doctor regarding a medical concern merely to learn that the doctors consulted do not agree with each other. In the event a misdiagnosis ...
Vehicle Accident Victim Provided With Low Ball Settlement Offer When Severe Injuries Discounted By Insurance Company
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
There is value in reviewing vehicle accident cases in which insurance companies chose to make offers well below the sum ultimately recovered by the victim at trial. These cases illustrate the issues which may come ...
Nurse Misses Warning Signs Of Fetal Distress And Infant Suffers Brain Damage
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
A scheduled vaginal delivery for a pregnant woman who has formerly underwent a C-section ought to take into account that this puts the patient in danger of a ruptured uterus. When this happens the unborn ...
Family Pursues $1.25 Million Case Claiming Man Passed Away Of Colon Cancer Because Of Doctor's Error
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Colon cancers on occasion bleed. Occasionally, the blood might be visible in the stool. In cases where the cancer is close to the rectum, the blood might even surface as bright red. Regardless of whether ...
Victim Recovers At Trial Even Though Driver Alleged Plaintiff Responsible For Accident
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
It is not unusual for lawyers helping victims of vehicle accidents to see a case involving 2 drivers who have radically different accounts of the accident. Experience on the part of the attorney and the ...
$31,000,000 Jury Award After Nurse Fails To Recognize Indications Of Fetal Distress
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
The medical name for a vaginal delivery subsequent to a previous C-section is VBAC. VBAC women are known have a greater chance of a ruptured uterus during labor. An unborn child obtains oxygen through the ...
Lawsuits About Accidents With Trucks Ending In Paralysis - Ways To Litigate
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Accidents concerning commercial trucks often end in tragedies. In large part it is due to the sheer weight of commercial trucks that can come in at thousands of pounds tons. When the truck is going ...
Two Substantial Legal Case Settlements For Deadly Motor Vehicle Accidents
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
About 4,500 pedestrians will lose their lives in a motor vehicle this year. Some of these deaths will turn into a wrongful death claim. These are sophisticated claims which are often aggressively defended by insurance ...
Parents and Physicians Agree To Settle Lawsuit For $900,000 Over Erb’s Palsy Injury To Newborn
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Among the more common types of birth injuries is an Erb’s palsy injury that impacts the baby's shoulder and arm. This might be a considerable injury that in the most severe circumstances might leave the ...
Couple Sues Physician For Not Telling Man About Abnormal Prostate Cancer Test Results For 3 Years
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
In medical malpractice claims that deal with the delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer the majority of potential plaintiffs focus solely on whether the doctor made a mistake. Yet this is just one factor that a ...
Two Automobile Accident Claims Show Various Variables Affecting Outcomes
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
There will be approximately three million individuals injured this year in a motor vehicle accident. Two million of those people will experience permanent injuries. That is approximately 1 lifelong disability every sixteen seconds. Attorneys experienced ...
Male Pursues Case Against Physician For Three Year Delay In Prostate Cancer Detection
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
There are screening tests that are recommended by doctors to discover prostate cancer in men prior to symptoms appearing. However, regardless of whether a doctor tests a male patient the tests are meaningless if the ...