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Medical Malpractice : Tragic But Very Common

March 12, 2010 – 10:49 am

Medical malpractice can occur whenever a patient is in the care of a healthcare professional. This can involve the failure or delay in properly diagnosing or treating an illness or injury so that it causes new or aggravated injuries.
Highly experienced and knowledgeable medical malpractice attorneys help thousands of people every year who have been the [...]

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Medical Malpractice Cases Involving C. Difficile (Clostridium Difficile)

March 11, 2010 – 5:46 am

Clostridium difficile is a species of gram positive bacterias which causes diarrhea and other intestinal disease when competing bacteria are wiped out by other antibiotics. C. difficile is the most serious cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and can lead to pseudomembranous colitis, a severe infection of the colon, sepsis, and sometimes death.
Although many cases of [...]

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Doctor Reprimanded in Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury Case in California

March 10, 2010 – 10:48 am

An OB-GYN doctor in California has been reprimanded by that state’s medical board for birth injuries caused during the difficult delivery of a large baby.
According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the doctor was accused of negligence and incompetence following the Sept. 2002 delivery of a baby weighing more than 9 pounds to a 26-year-old mother. [...]

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Injured in a Slip and Fall Accident? Call Chicago Premises Liability Attorneys at The Deratany Firm for a Free Consultation

March 9, 2010 – 5:36 am

A large percentage of personal injury lawsuits arise out of slip and fall cases. Typically, these cases involve an area of law known as A premises liability. These accidents can occur while on the premises of any type of property owners, including malls, restaurants, stores, and parking lots. Property owners and possessors owe different [...]

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Have You Suffered a Loss Due to Medical Malpractice? Claim Your Medical Negligence Compensation

March 9, 2010 – 5:28 am

We all like to trust out doctors, unfortunately sometimes mistakes do happen and these can be things out of the doctor’s control or can be unnecessary negligence. If this is the case, you may be eligible to receive medical negligence compensation by making a medical malpractice claim.
Medical negligence is the term used for any error [...]

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Cesarean Sections and Birth Injury

March 8, 2010 – 9:49 am

Cesarean Sections can be the cause of and the solution to many birth injuries, both to the mother and the child. Because of the invasive nature of the procedure, many mothers are reluctant to undergo the procedure in the hopes of giving birth naturally. While these concerns are certainly legitimate, it is your doctor’s duty [...]

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Pitocin and Fetal Birth Injuries

March 5, 2010 – 8:46 am

Pitocin is a drug that is commonly used to induce labor. Pitocin causes an increase in uterine contraction activity. The frequency, duration and intensity of contractions are likely to increase following the administration of Pitocin. While this type of increased uterine activity can be helpful in progressing the baby through the birth canal, it also [...]

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Pelvic Exams without Consent: Medical Malpractice Suit?

March 2, 2010 – 8:44 am

Imagine you’re unconscious and several men insert objects into your vagina. Many women would consider this gang rape. At the very least, sexual assault. Guess what, it may have happened to you—without your knowledge!
How would you react if you underwent surgery such as a routine hysterectomy and found out that right after you were anesthetized, [...]