When dealing with a potential medical malpractice claim in Texas, it’s important to know the legal deadlines for taking action. These deadlines, known as the statute of limitations, determine how much time you have to file a lawsuit. Understanding these timelines can help you protect your rights and pursue the…
After a serious car accident, you may wish to recover medical expenses in a personal injury case. It’s not as simple as requesting it or claiming pain and suffering. There’s a process to follow. You must file a claim and prove your case. Certain expenses qualify, so you should come…
An effort to revive over 300 lawsuits alleging Zoloft caused caused birth defects in children has been dismissed by a panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Plaintiffs accused Pfizer of downplaying the risk of Zoloft to increase sales of the drug. To read entire article go to…
A growing number of alleged victims have hired attorneys claiming they most likely have permanent eyesight loss due to an incorrectly mixed medication used during routine cataract surgery. The surgeries happened between January 31, 2017 and February 21, 2017. The medication was mixed at a local compounding pharmacy. There are…
A Saint Louis jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in her lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson for damages associated with use of talcum powder and ovarian cancer. Although a company spokesperson says that decades of research supports safety in the use of talc, other studies support the risk and…
Transvaginal mesh has become a nightmare for thousands of women who have suffered severe adverse effects involving erosion and migration of the mesh along with perforation of organs from it. Surgical mesh was designed over 60 years ago for repairing hernias. It’s a woven material made of synthetic or biological…
As the recent Ebola scare seems to have subsided, we have a rest from the outcries of many onlookers who question the handling of such serious cases and focus on need for astute measures to prevent an outbreak such as is running rampant in west Africa. But it is unlikely…
There is problem faced by many who are harmed in a medical setting: Attorneys refuse their cases, not because the harm didn’t happen but because the potential economic damages are too low. It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of patients a year suffer some type of preventable injury or die…
Houston Chronicle Columnist Patricia Kilday Hart reports how legislative “reforms” that favored insurance companies have gone too far. Delays in response to doctors’ recommendations led to the premature fatal condition of a Harrison County deputy sheriff who was injured in a high speed chase. Read this compelling article from the…
How many lives are lost each year as a result of mistakes made by the medical profession? Over ten years ago, the number reported by the Institute of Medicine was 98,000. That was in the organization’s famous report known as the “To Err is Human” report. Originally desputed, that number…
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