Posted on Mar. 5th, 2012 | in Birth Injuries, News
Pregnant women from Pittsburgh need to be aware of risks that occur when medical providers give epidurals during labor. There can be adverse effects to the epidural analgesia provided while a mother is in labor that lead to spiked fevers in the mother and oxygen deprivation for the newborn child. Resultant birth injures from such… read more
Posted on Mar. 1st, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
The administration of anesthesia can result in all sorts of errors including brain trauma, and Pittsburgh hospitals must always take care during any surgery to insure brain injury or death does not occur. Many such errors were preventable if instructions and procedures were in place for emergency staff that could easily have been understood and… read more
Posted on Feb. 27th, 2012 | in Medication Errors, News
Many medical malpractice claims occur during routine care or surgical procedures rather than during more complicated aspects of care. Medical care providers often do not implement procedures concerning such care and mistakes are made or vital aspects of care are ignored. A patient diagnosed in a burn center in Pittsburgh with severe burns and gangrene… read more
Posted on Feb. 25th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
It is very important for medical professionals to not commit diagnosis-related negligence when providing care to patients. When a medical professional negligently fails to properly diagnose a patient, it can result in a patient suffering great harm. Sadly, diagnosis-related negligence can sometimes even result in a patient’s death. Recently, a verdict was reached in a… read more
Posted on Feb. 23rd, 2012 | in News, Surgical Errors
It can be very harmful when a medical professional commits negligence while performing a surgical procedure on a patient. Thus, it is very important for medical professionals to act properly when providing surgical care. No patient should have to have his or her health and/or life put at risk because a medical professional acted negligently… read more
Posted on Jan. 25th, 2012 | in News
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Posted on Dec. 9th, 2011 | in Motor Vehicle Accidents, News
News reports today indicated that while most states are seeing fewer and fewer deaths on the highways, Pennsylvania was one of the few states that saw deaths rise during the past year. More than 1,300 people died on Pennsylvania highways last year. It is not clear why Pennsylvania was out of step with most other… read more
Posted on Dec. 8th, 2011 | in Medical Malpractice, News
Over the past few years, several hospitals in the Pittsburgh area have invested millions of dollars to “spruce up” their emergency rooms. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11342/1195428-455.stm While some of this may be motivated by legitimate need, there is no question that marketing and public relations play a role in improving the atmosphere, emergency rooms are high volume, and… read more
Posted on Dec. 7th, 2011 | in Industrial Accidents, News
The new owners of the Upper Big Branch Mine will pay a huge fine and also offer to pay millions of dollars to the families of the victims of an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners in West Virginia. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11341/1195085-455.stm Under the plan, the company offered $46 million dollars to the families of the… read more
Posted on Nov. 18th, 2011 | in Lawsuits, News
Although no civil law suits have yet been filed against Penn State in the growing sex abuse scandal, there is certainly no doubt that they will be coming down the road. People have asked legal questions about these cases, and we try to answer some of the most common questions here. 1. What is the… read more
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