The medical malpractice attorneys at obtained a $1.2 million settlement against the City of Columbus for their client. This is the largest personal injury payout in city history and sets an important legal precedent that will hold public...
"Complications" is a term that doctors use a lot to refer to things that can go wrong. For surgery, there a number of these things that commonly occur, including infections, blood clots and after-effects from anesthesia. What isn't commonly known, however, is that...
Today's society has benefited greatly from medical science and the hard work of doctors and other medical professionals. Unfortunately, many medical professionals are regularly required to work extremely long hours. While most people would consider a 12-hour shift a...
A certain type of massive heart attack strikes men so often that is often called the "widowmaker." But did you know that serious heart conditions are more likely to be misdiagnosed in women than in men? In this post, we will inform you about recent research showing...
Gerry Leeseberg was once again named a top lawyer in central Ohio by Columbus CEO Magazine. As one of the premier medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys in Ohio, he has a reputation of always putting his clients first and holding defendant tortfeasors...
Admitting the frequency of medical errors is difficult for the mind to do. After all, these errors occur in a health care system to which we entrust ourselves and our loved ones for care. To keep anxiety at bay, you naturally want to believe the best about this...
It is amazing to think that surgical tools as small as screws and sponges can harm the human body so much when surgeons accidently leave them behind after an operation. This type of medical malpractice is considered so preventable that experts call it a "never event,"...
Not surprisingly, failure to diagnose topped the list in a recent survey of doctors on reasons why they get sued. After all, proper diagnosis is crucial - especially if cancer is involved. Yet diagnostic errors, including delayed diagnoses, are remarkably common. In...
A new trend is emerging where hackers are infiltrating hospital systems and disabling their computer networks for ransom. This has the effect of bringing modern medicine to a halt, as many hospitals are reliant on technology to render care to its patients. Instead of...
Gerry Leeseberg took some time out of his schedule last Friday to develop Ohio's next generation of lawyers as a volunteered judge of the 2016 Ohio Middle School Mock Trial Showcase. The mock trial is done to complement the teaching of S.E. Hinton's popular novel The...
