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Elderly Woman Endures Fractures As A Pedestrian And Recovers $300,000
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
It is simply amazing the way in which individuals can try to absolve themselves of responsibility in cases when they are plainly at fault for having caused an accident.
For example, look at one reported ...
Patient In Her Fifties Died From Advanced Colon Cancer After Doctors Did Not Test Her
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
The critical nature of screening even asymptomatic men and women for colon cancer when they are fifty or older and for testing people who exhibit certain symptoms such as blood in the stool is generally ...
Instead Of Disturbing Physician’s Dinner Nurse Lets Baby Endure Fetal Distress
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
An examination of cases regarding a birth injury reveals a number of common medical mistakes that can result in a placental abruption that endangers the wellbeing of the unborn child. The reason that an abruption ...
Mother And Medical Staff Settle Claim For Loss Of Baby
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Women pick their obstetrician carefully. And then as their pregnancy progresses they come to develop a bond with the doctor and to trust him or her. They often think their obstetrician, who has been monitoring ...
After Patient Passed Away Of Colon Cancer Metastasis Family Files $825,000 Legal Matter
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
It is very difficult things for families to comprehend is the idea that multiple physicians may, over the course of several years, misdiagnose a family member’s cancer. It is even more difficult to grasp how ...
How Errors By Your Physician Might Lead to A Delay In The Diagnosis Of Your Breast Cancer
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Situations concerning the delayed diagnosis of breast cancer generally involve 1 or 2 medical errors - failing to recommend diagnostic tests to exclude the possibility of cancer when a lump is felt in the breast ...
Man Sues Physician Who Delayed Diagnosis Of His Cancer Until It Reached The Bone
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
This year approximately 14% of the 193,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer will already have advanced prostate cancer by the time the cancer is detected. With routine testing before the onset of symptoms, including digital ...
Missed Signs Of Fetal Distress Leads to Child’s Brain Damage And $4.4 Million Lawsuit
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
While cared for by a physician or a nurse patients typically have an expectation that the physician or nurse either (1) has the know-how and expertise to make a proper diagnosis of whatever is wrong ...
Man Diagnosed With Advanced Prostate Cancer After Five Years Of Symptoms And Abnormal Tests
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Prostate cancer is a terrible disease. Even if not 100% accurate there are diagnostic tests that assist doctors to identify when the cancer is present in a patient. However as a consequence of the chance ...
The Dangers That GBS and Meningitis Pose For Newborns
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Group B Strep is the major frequent source of sepsis and meningitis (a severe illness of the fluid of the spinal cord and the fluid surrounding the brain) in infants. As a bacterial infection, group ...
Trial Of Lawsuit Over Undetected Umbilical Cord Compression And Child's Brain Damage Results In $15,800,000 Verdict
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Pregnancy brings with it the risk of complications several of which can, if not detected and treated promptly, lead to substantial harm to the baby and the mother. An umbilical cord compression is an especially ...
Examples Of Significant Settlements In Motor Vehicle Accident Claims
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
One of the most typical variety of injuries suffered by victims of motor vehicle accidents are fractures. Fractures generally occur to the legs, arms, pelvis, ribs, spine and skull. When the force of the accident ...
Medical Malpractice Case Against Doctor For Baby's Death Ends In $3,000,000 Award
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
A monoamniotic-monochorionic twin pregnancy is a condition where twins are developing inside the same amniotic sac. This is an extraordinarily unusual dangerous pregnancy, as it can lead the umbilical cords of the two babies to ...
$1.5 Million Settlement After Medical Staff Failed To Adequately Monitor High Risk Pregnancy
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
There are certain factors that can turn an otherwise normal pregnancy into a high risk one. One such factor, high blood pressure, placed a pregnant woman at risk for a placental abruption. This is a ...
Family Of Woman Killed By Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Pursue Wrongful Death Case Against Physicians
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
While a colonoscopy is generally suggested as a screening tool for colorectal cancer for individuals who are fifty years old and older, physicians generally recognize that a patient’s complaints of rectal bleeding merit performing a ...
When A Diagnosis of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Could Have Been Avoided By Screening
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Picture finding out that you have prostate cancer. That’s hard because "cancer" is a word that engenders dread. Still perhaps, you tell yourself, possibly it is not that bad. Possibly we diagnosed it before it ...
Considerable Recoveries Achieved In Crosswalk Cases Where Person Was Significantly Harmed
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Crosswalks should offer a safe area for pedestrians. They are meant to provide pedestrians with a clear right of way. They should indicate to drivers a part of the road in which they have to ...
Physicians - Perform A Colonoscpy If Patient Has Rectal Bleeding Or Risk A Malpractice Case
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Guidelines for cancer screening and testing in case a patient shows symptoms suggestive of colon cancer exist for a good reason. Following the guidelines saves lives. In the event that a physician fails to adhere ...
Mother Accepts Lawsuit Settlement With Doctor In Claim After Their Child Died Before Being Born
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
A woman who had been struggling with hypertension for numerous years decides that she and her husband want to have a baby. After she got pregnant, she met with her primary care physician who sent ...
Lawsuit Yields Jury Award For $5,000,000 For Death Of Child
By Joseph Hernandez · 13 years ago
Not every state permits parents to pursue a claim for medical malpractice or wrongful death following the stillbirth of their baby. In certain states the mother alone has standing to file a lawsuit. The father ...