Physicians are the gatekeepers for many forms of medical treatment, including prescription drugs. If a patient thinks that they might benefit from a trendy new medication that helps people lose weight or keep their blood pressure under control, they will have to...
Plenty of things can go wrong during a surgical operation despite major technological advances in medicine in recent decades. Surgeons sometimes perform procedures on the wrong patient or operate on the wrong body part. They might also leave objects behind in a...
Preparing and litigating a successful medical malpractice claim requires careful analysis of a client’s medical condition and appropriate medical treatment, as well as the mistakes that were made by healthcare providers. Developing the evidence is critical, as is the...
In some cases, it is obvious that a person who suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been hurt as soon as they’ve been assaulted, has been involved in an accident, etc. Whatever the case, the severity of the brain injury is immediately clear and it is obvious...
Physicians don't always provide the professional standard of care required by law on behalf of their patients. Sometimes, they make negligent or reckless mistakes that end up harming the people who trust them. When it comes to the risk of surgical errors, people often...
There is a broad spectrum of the different kinds of collisions that occur on Ohio roads, and semi-truck collisions involving commercial vehicles are often among the worst. A commercial vehicle can very easily cause severe damage to a smaller vehicle and catastrophic...
If a doctor misdiagnoses a heart attack, it can certainly be a fatal error. There have been cases where people have been sent home, perhaps being told that they are just suffering from anxiety, and they have then passed away because they were having a heart attack....
If your doctor apologizes for something that they did wrong – or neglected to do – that caused harm, that’s enough to hold them legally responsible, right? In Ohio and a number of other states, it’s not. Most states across the country have enacted some type of...
Advances in anesthesia, pain management and infection control have all done wonders to help people survive surgical procedures. These days, surgery is incredibly common. Adults all over the country have preventative heart procedures and purely elective cosmetic...
Is it your weight, your hormones or all in your head? These three options seem to be the “go-to” diagnoses for a lot of women every time they visit their doctor with any kind of complaint. Lately, there’s been a lot of discussion about the emotionally traumatic – and...
