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Attorney Hastings is the Founder and CEO of SELECTCOUNSEL,LLC a free national lawyer referral service that helps people find one of the best lawyers in their area for cases involving: serious accidents; motor vehicle accidents; head injuries; brain injuries; spinal cord injuries; medical malpractice; wrongful death; plane crashes; cerebral palsy; erb's palsy; cancer misdiagnosis; nursing home abuse; dog bite injuries; lead paint poisoning; defective products; legal malpractice; birth defects; toxic torts; qui tam; whistle ... [More]
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- All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Accidents - What to Do to Help You Collect More Money For Your Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) accidents often times result in serious personal injury or death. Find out how the statistics on ATV accidents and what you can do to collect money damages.
- One of the Greatest Misconceptions About Medical Malpractice Cases
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] An alarming number of people who are the victims of doctor malpractice, hospital malpractice or medical malpractice do nothing about seeking compensation for their injuries and damages, many of whom suffer quite significant injuries that are of a permanent nature. Perhaps one of the main reasons that these people do nothing about pursuing the responsible party is because they realize that these cases are very costly to develop and they have little or no money, so they feel that they cannot go after a doctor or hospital that has far greater resources. Find out about one of the greatest misconceptions about...
- The Secrets of How You Can Help Prevent Becoming a Medical Malpractice Victim From Medication Errors
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Over a million people a year in the US are harmed by medication errors which could form the basis of a medical malpractice case or a wrongful death action. A medication error can be defined as any preventable event that may cause or lead to improper medication usage and patient harm while under the care and/or supervision of a health care professional. Prescription errors can be the result of improper order communications, improper product labeling or instructions, compounding, dependency, prescribing, administration, monitoring or use.
- Is Your Lawyer Inappropriately Involved With Your Business Affairs and Committing Legal Malpractice?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] An attorney's improper involvement in a client's business affairs or entrepreneurial interests can raise conflict of interest issues and may form the basis of a legal malpractice claim. Find out if your lawyer may be improperly involved in your business affairs.
- How You Can Bolster Your Loss of Income Claim
[Legal:Personal-Injury] One of the many elements of your personal injury case or accident claim is the amount of income that you lose as a result of the negligence of another. The calculation of your loss of income can be either very easy or extremely complicated, so it is a good idea to follow the following suggestions:
- Emergency Room Malpractice - Why it Happens and What You Can Expect to Recover in Damages
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] An alarming number of people need to seek emergency care and become the victims of emergency room, hospital or doctor malpractice. Find out the causes of emergency room malpractice, what damages you could expect to recover and what you need to do to protect your rights.
- How the State Where Your Medical Malpractice Occurred Could Limit Your Recovery
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] State statutes, as they relate to medical errors, can make it more or less difficult for an injured party to sue a health care professional or health care facility for medical malpractice. There are a number of issues that could affect an injured party's ability to collect compensation depending upon the state in which the medical error occurred. Find out what issues could limit your recovery.
- Blood Clots and Medical Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Blood clots form when blood cells joint together or coagulate. Blood clots can form anywhere in your circulatory system. Depending upon the location of the clots, they can block blood flow to vital parts of your body including your heart and brain and can cause serous conditions which can result in heart attacks and strokes.
- Gastric Bypass Surgery and Medical Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] As of 2007 it has been estimated that one and half million Americans had undergone some type of weight loss surgery. Obesity is a major health problem in this country with far reaching medical ramifications. It is estimated that one in five people in the United States is classified as obese and from these people one in twenty is considered morbidly obese. Morbidly obese is defined as an individual whose weight problem creates a health and livelihood peril for that person.
- Auto Mechanic's Liability For Damages Resulting From Negligent Repairs
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Faulty or negligent motor vehicle repairs sometimes result in significant personal injury cases. Find out what you can do to get money damages from your mechanic if you are injured as a result of negligent repairs.
- Spinal Surgery and Medical Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The human spinal cord is approximately eighteen inches long and extends from the base of the brain, down the middle of the back to approximately the waist. The spinal column contains the major bundle of nerves that carry nerve impulses to and from the brain to the rest of the body. The spinal cord is surrounded by rings of bones called vertebra. In general, the higher the spinal cord injury the more dysfunctional a person will become.
- Campsite Accidents - Do You Have a Case Against Others?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] The current economy makes camping a more attractive alternative to families looking to take a vacation. Unfortunately, thousands of people suffer serious injuries or die in camp ground related accidents. Find out what causes these accidents and what parties may be responsible for your damages.
- Secrets Lawyers Want to Keep From You When Committing Legal Malpractice
[Legal] Unfortunately, a small percentage of professionals commit malpractice. Find out what secrets your lawyer will want to keep from you which might lead to a claim of legal malpractice.
- What to Look For When Getting Motor Vehicle Insurance and What Type of Coverage You Must Purchase
[Insurance:Car-Auto] Wading through a myriad of auto insurance policies can be confusing. Each insurance company touts their advantages and it can be hard to compare between the different policies.
- Rollover Accidents - What Causes Them and What You Should Do
[Legal:Personal-Injury] There are over 280,000 rollover accidents a year. More than 10,000 people a year die in these motor vehicle accidents. Find out what causes these accidents and what you should do.
- Defenses to Insurance Company Claims That They Are Not Liable For Your Preexisting Conditions
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Insurance Companies sometimes attempt to deny claims based upon allegations of a preexisting injury or condition. Find out how you can overcome these defenses and how you can go about collecting full value for your personal injury or medical malpractice case.
- Deny, Delay and Defend - How Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It
[Legal:Personal-Injury] You have paid you insurance coverage premiums for years without a claim. Now you have a claim, and are confident the insurance company will pay you the value of your case immediately. The insurance company agent assured you that the policy fully covered you when you purchased it but now you are experiencing problems. Find out what you need to do to properly fight the insurance company.
- How Serious Motorcycle Accidents Happen and What You Should Do
[Legal:Personal-Injury] At a time when gas prices are steadily increasing, commuting by motorcycle is a tempting notion. Increased motorcycle registrations (6,227,146 in 2005) reflect this rationale, but, tragically, high fatality and injuries statistics accompany this trend. If you are involved in a serious motorcycle it is very important that you get an experienced attorney immediately. Find out how these accidents happen and what you need to do.
- Strategies For Avoiding Becoming a Plaintiff in a Medical Malpractice Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates there are 15 million cases of medical errors in the United States every year. Additionally, there were hospital deaths of more than a quarter of a million among Medicare patients between 2004 and 2006 that were due to medical malpractice that might have been prevented. It is important to therefore examine four of the most common medical errors along with suggestions to help you reduce the risk of becoming a victim of medical negligence.
- Iatrogenic Diseases and Medical Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The word "iatrogenic" means induced inadvertently by a physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures. Simply put, iatrogenic refers to adverse affects or complications because of medical treatment or advice from a physician, psychologist, therapist, pharmacist, nurse, dentist or other healthcare professional. Iatrogenic diseases also result from alternative medicine treatment and advice. It is estimated 120,000 to 225,000 deaths in the United States each year may be attributable to some degree by iatrogenisis.
- Commercial Truck Accidents
[Legal:Personal-Injury] A motor vehicle accident involving a commercial truck and a passenger vehicle usually culminates in serious injuries, if not fatalities, to occupants of the passenger vehicle. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports there were 7,006,408 commercial freight vehicles, 5,264,554 single-unit trucks and 1,741,854 tractors, for a total of in excess of 14,000,000 trucks on U.S. highways in 2007.
- Medical Malpractice Risks Associated With Breast Implants
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Over 355,671 women had cosmetic breast surgery in 2008 according a report recently released by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Breast surgery is now the most common type of cosmetic surgery performed. Unfortunately, not all women have a successful result which may form the basis of a medical malpractice action.
- Find Out If Your Surgical Error is on the "Never Event" List
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Surgical errors, resulting in medical malpractice, are negligent medical mistakes that occur in the time period between when a patient is taken in for pre-operative care, undergoes surgery and receives care post-operatively. Surgical mistakes can be attributed to many factors, including staff reductions. Surgical malpractice does not just happen in complicated surgeries such as heart or brain operations, they may occur during what is considered routine surgery, for example, a tubal ligation. A press release from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services dated May 19, 2006 gives insight to the prevalence of these medical errors.
- Preserving Your Evidence to Increase the Value of Your Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Determining who was at fault in your personal injury, accident or injury case can sometimes be determined by the physical evidence. Find out what you need to do to protect and preserve your physical evidence and improve the value of your case.
- What You Should Know About Surgical Instruments Being Left in Your Body
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] In an article published in July, 2008, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ("AHRQ") reported sponges, needles or surgical instruments are left in a patient's body an estimated 1 in every 7,000 surgeries which could be the basis for a surgical malpractice or medical malpractice case. Find out the causes and symptoms of leaving foreign objects in your body after surgery.
- Find Out If You Have a Medical Malpractice Case Based Upon Obstetrical Errors
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Birth injuries resulting from negligent care by obstetricians, physicians or nurses are known as "obstetrical errors". Find out the causes and types of these injuries that result in medical malpractice cases.
- Tips For Dealing With Your Treating Physician For Your Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] When insurance companies evaluate your personal injury case, they consider your medical care and treatment and how the injury has affected you. In order to increase the value of your case, it is important to keep in mind a number of points. Insurance companies thoroughly examine an injured party's medical records. It is extremely important to make sure that all of your injuries, symptoms, problems, and restrictions on activities are expressed to your health care professionals so that these factors are recorded in your records.
- What You Need to Know Before Filing a Medical Malpractice Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The statute of limitations is the time period specified by law within which your medical malpractice action must be filed. If you do not file within the applicable statute of limitations period, your claim could be subject to dismissal, preventing you from pursuing the claim regardless of the merits of the case.
- Do You Have a Legal Malpractice Case?
[Legal] Legal malpractice cases involve a negligent or careless act committed by an attorney. A common error made in such cases by a lawyer is failing to file a lawsuit on time. If you feel that you have a case , where the value of the damages is at least $100,000.00, you should obtain the advise of an experienced trial attorney who has expertise in the handling and presentation of malpractice cases.
- Who Can Commence a Wrongful Death Lawsuit and What You Can Expect to Recover
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Wrongful death can be defined as the death of a human being as the result of a wrongful act of another person. If a person dies through the fault of another then a cause of action can be brought by the Estate of the decedent. Find out who can bring an action and what damages can be recovered.
- Types and Causes of Wrongful Death Cases
[Legal:Personal-Injury] The causes for a wrongful death case are potentially unlimited, but there are four major categories which have the highest probabilities. Find out what they are and what you should do.
- Structured Settlements and How They Can Benefit You
[Finance:Structured-Settlements] In 1982 Congress enacted the Periodic Settlement Act which adopted certain rules to encourage the use of structured settlements to resolve medical malpractice and serious personal injury cases. Under a structured settlement, an injury victim does not receive compensation for his or he injuries in one lump sum. Instead, the injured party will receive periodic payments which will be made over an agreed upon period of time.
- Types and Causes of Hospital Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Health care employees and staff owe a primary duty of reasonable care. Employees and staff of the medical facility despite their good intentions, skill and training, may and do commit mistakes.
- How to Protect You and Your Family From Irresponsible Drivers
[Legal:Personal-Injury] What would you do if you or someone in your family were seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, only to find out that the responsible driver either did not have insurance or had minimum limits of insurance coverage that would not properly compensate you or your family member for your injuries and damages? Find out what you can do to protect you and your family.
- How You Can Better Position Your Personal Injury Or Car Accident Case With the Insurance Company
[Legal:Personal-Injury] A number of insurance companies have implemented a new program aimed at reducing the amount of money you are paid as a result of your motor vehicle accident. Under this program, insurance companies are making low settlement offers on all soft-tissue injury claims involving low-speed crashes and minor vehicle damage. Find out what you can and should do about it.
- Understanding the Discovery Process in a Personal Injury Lawsuit
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Typically, discovery is the process by which attorneys for both sides "discover" all the facts, witnesses, and testimony regarding your accident, injury or personal injury case. During discovery, attorneys for both parties share information about your injury lawsuit. This is accomplished through written and verbal questioning, as well as through documents, records, and physical examinations. In most personal injury cases, this information will help convince the parties to reach some sort of out-of-court settlement instead of going through the long, drawn-out process of a trial. Attorneys proceed to gather evidence in many ways.
- How Insurance Companies Try to Pay You Less For Your Personal Injury Case and What You Can Do
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Once all of the medical records and reports are obtained, it is time to decide whether or not your personal injury, accident or injury case is ready for evaluation. The major issue that all claims representatives address prior to evaluating a claim is whether or not the injuries claimed appear related to the loss. If there are any concerns about a particular injury being related to a loss, the claims representative will usually consider obtaining a peer review, where a doctor will review the claimant's records and comment on both the reasonableness of the treatment and whether or not the injuries appear to be related to the accident, and/or an independent medical evaluation, where a doctor selected by the insurance company will examine the claimant and then write a report setting forth their findings.
- The Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Trial
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] If the parties cannot settle their case medical malpractice, hospital malpractice or doctor malpractice case after a pretrial conference, a judge will set the case down for a trial date. The trial process attempts to ensure that both plaintiff and defendant receive a fair trial. Find out how a jury trial proceeds.
- How to Properly Document Your Personal Injury Case to Maximize Your Financial Recovery
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Document all evidence and matters related to your car accident, motor vehicle accident or personal injury case so that the information can be reviewed and used by your attorney in helping to properly develop your case to get you more money. Specifically, you should follow these instructions to help maximize the value of your case.
- Causes and Types of Legal Malpractice
[Legal] Legal malpractice traditionally has been characterized as an action for professional negligence against an attorney by a former client claiming that the attorney has failed to use such skill, prudence, and diligence as lawyers of ordinary skill and capacity commonly possess and exercise in the performance of the task or task which they undertake. When an attorney acts in a negligent manner or fails to exercise reasonable care when providing legal advice or representation, it is legal malpractice.
- The Stages of a Litigated Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Approximately 95 percent of all personal injury claims are resolved before trial. Experienced attorneys know that the best way to settle an injury case is to prepare it for trial. Therefore, attorneys for both parties follow a heavily scripted process in which documents are exchanged; questions are posed; witnesses, including experts, are disclosed; depositions are conducted; and evidence is gathered to build a strong case. This process can be divided into the following categories: the filing of pleadings, discovery process, pretrial conference, and trial. Find out the process of the court pleadings.
- What Your Attorney Needs to Address to Resolve Your Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Once it is time to attempt to resolve a personal injury, accident or medical malpractice case, the insurance adjustor generally prefers to make the initial offer, but sometimes a demand is warranted prior to making an offer. Claims representatives generally argue the facts and try to shy away from arguing dollars and cents. The strengths of the case are generally pointed out when negotiating. It is helpful for a claims representative to know all of weaknesses of the case so there are no surprises and it is easier to counter a particular attorney's arguments. Claims adjustors like to chip away at a plaintiff's case, so it is important that your attorney be prepared to address a number of issues.
- How Self Employed Persons Can Get More Money For Their Medical Malpractice Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Unlike an employer-employee situation where the calculation of lost income is much more straightforward, losing self-employed income is much more difficult to calculate in a personal injury case. As a self- employed businessperson, you could be entitled to lost income, loss of earning capacity, lost profits, lost business opportunities, and the loss of good will and/or the diminution in value to your company. It is important to follow these useful tips in order to maximize your recovery.
- How Returning to the Site of Your Accident Can Get You More Money For Your Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] If you have been involved in some kind of accident - whether it is a motor vehicle accident, a slip and fall accident, or an accident whereby you received some type of injury through someone else's fault - you should return as soon as possible to the site where you were injured (preferably by the next day) to obtain evidence that could help to improve the value of your personal injury case. If your injuries prevent you from returning to the accident site, you should have someone else go there for you once you make that person aware of exactly what happened, where it happened, and what you need for them to do in your stead.
- Why You Need to Hire a Lawyer For Your Serious Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] You should be aware that studies have shown that experienced personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers can negotiate settlements and obtain judgments that are often considerably higher than what the injured parties can negotiate for themselves. In other words, in most cases, you will do better after paying the lawyer than you would if you attempted to negotiate your own settlement with insurance company claims adjusters.
- How to Get Better Health Care Concerning Your Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] When you are a patient with a serious injury, medical malpractice case, condition, or other health care challenge, there are many things you can do to get the best care from your medical providers. What you must remember is that you are the captain of your health care team, and, ultimately, it is you who makes the decisions that affect your care and treatment.
- How to Collect Money in a Case Where There Appears to Be No Insurance Coverage
[Legal:Personal-Injury] An intentional tort involves an action or activity calculated to harm or offend the victim. Examples of these torts include assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, trespass to land, and trespass to chattels (taking personal property). In certain situations, the conduct involves not only tort law but also criminal law.
- What Insurance Companies Don't Want You to Know
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Many insurance companies currently use a computer software program called Colossus to evaluate the value of personal injury claims. Learn what to do to help maximize the value of your personal injury case with insurance companies that utilize Colossus. How Colossus works is a mystery to the general public.
- Accelerating Your Medical Treatment and Recovery in Your Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Whether you are the victim of doctor or hospital malpractice or have received serious personal injuries, it is important to get the best medical care in order to help you to recover as quickly as possible. The following suggestions should be followed to help you to accelerate your medical treatment and ultimate recovery.
- Understanding Personal Injury Law As it Relates to Negligence
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Negligence is a very broad area of tort law that deals with a great many types and causes of action. Basically, this area of the law involves the failure to exercise the level of care that a reasonably prudent person would have exercised under the same circumstances. If a person causes a motor vehicle accident, for example, an issue that would have to be determined is whether or not the person who caused the accident was negligent; that is, did that person do something that a reasonably prudent person would not have done, such as speeding or going through a red light. These cases also involve a breach of that duty that one person owes to another person and the damage that results from that breach.
- Surgical Malpractice and Surgical Errors
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Each year thousands of surgeries are performed in the United States. Most of them go as planned but some go horribly wrong due to medical malpractice, medical negligence, errors and mistakes on the part of the surgeons. It has been reported that nearly 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical mistakes and errors including surgical errors. A person undergoing surgery, however, does not typically anticipate surgical complications. The patient reasonably believes that the surgeon and medical team performing the procedure are competent, experienced, and prudent enough to perform the surgery without committing surgical errors. Surgical mistakes and errors include errors committed by the surgeon, anesthesiologist, or hospital nursing personnel. Surgery errors can result in injuries far beyond any anticipated possible outcome. A surgical negligence can result in pain, repeating the surgery, scarring, and sometimes wrongful death.
- Hit and Run Accidents and What to Do
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Hit and Run accidents are the result of one party causing damage to another party's property or person and leaving the scene before producing the proper driver documentation. A hit and run is a term used for the failure of a motorist to stop after an accident in which he is involved. It is also called leaving the scene of an accident, hit-skip, hit and run, and failure to render aid. Any person involved in an accident must provide information and render aid, if necessary. A hit and run is basically failure on the part of a driver to accept responsibility for their part in a motor accident.
- Nursing Home Malpractice and Nursing Home Abuse - The Signs, Symptoms, and What to Do About It
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Medical malpractice is the deviation from the acceptable medical standard of care which causes results in some type of harm to the patient. It can and does happen in a health care facility including nursing homes. Nursing home malpractice is any intentional act or negligence committed by a nursing home professional and/or staff member that potential causes physical, economic, or psychological harm to the residents. Malpractice can occur if the care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the community and causes injury or death to the resident. While most facilities attempt to provide competent care, there are instances when the quality of care is not up to standards, and as a result medical malpractice occurs.
- Slip and Fall Down Cases
[Legal:Personal-Injury] The laws of each state set forth certain principles that determine whether or not a property owner and/or tenant are liable. The status of the injured party might be important in determining liability. Was the injured party a business customer, a social guest, a letter carrier or a trespasser?
- Types of Medical Malpractice Cases and What to Do
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Medical Malpractice occurs when a doctor does not exercise the same degree of skill and care that other doctors in the same specialty would exercise in similar instances. This applies also to all health care professionals, including nurses, dentists, osteopaths, hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities.
- Tips to Get You Top Dollar For Your Serious Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] It is extremely helpful, at the appropriate time, to discuss the settlement strategy that your lawyer may wish to use so you can give your input into this process so as to get you more money for your serious personal injury case. The best time to enter into settlement negotiations for your accident case is once you can completely and accurately document both the at fault party's responsibility for the injuries and the severity of those injuries.
- Construction Accidents and What You Can Do
[Legal:Personal-Injury] The construction industry has one of the highest worker injury rates in the country. The causes of most construction accidents are unsafe equipment, work methods or site conditions, not using proper safety equipment, general disregard for safety and a lack of proper training. Construction sites are places where accidents and injuries, sometimes fatal, often occur which are caused by roof collapses, structural collapses, and cave-ins. Another common construction accident involves equipment including forklifts. Forklift accidents are caused by a lack of proper training for drivers and the amount of stress involved at the site.
- How to Resolve Your Medical Malpractice Case Through Arbitration
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Arbitration is a procedure used to resolve legal disputes efficiently and generally at a lower cost than a jury trial. Arbitration is a voluntary procedure where both sides to a dispute agree to have their case heard by a neutral, independent, third party who will hear the evidence and then render a decision. These cases could involve a medical malpractice, doctor malpractice, hospital malpractice or a serious personal injury case. Arbitration can resolve a case much quicker than a jury trial which might take years depending on the jurisdiction.
- How to Increase the Value of Your Medical Malpractice Case Using a Day in the Life Video
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A day in the life of video documents for the jury the physical, emotional, social and economic challenges that a seriously injured person, resulting from a medical malpractice or serious personal injury case, experiences in their day to day life. It has been said that if a picture is worth a thousand words then a video tape is worth a million.
- Traumatic Brain Injury- TBI
[Legal:Personal-Injury] A traumatic brain injury or "TBI" refers to damage caused to the brain that results from an open or closed head injury the results of which are expected to continue indefinitely and creates a substantial handicap to the individual. A person is said to have a traumatic brain injury when that person has had a traumatically induced physiological disruption of brain function.
- Emergency Room Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Emergency room errors occur when a person goes to an emergency room and rather than receiving appropriate treatment the patient instead becomes the victim of hospital malpractice or doctor malpractice and leaves the hospital with additional and more complicated medical problems. The acceptable standard of care in an emergency room setting includes the responsibility to identify the medical condition and/or problem and then to take the appropriate corrective action.
- Spinal Cord Injuries
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Spinal cord injuries are most commonly caused by motor vehicle accidents. The next most frequent causes are violence, mostly related to firearms. Work related injuries (predominately from construction work) are most frequent in adults while sports related injuries occur more commonly in children and teenagers. Most of these serious injuries are sustained by males between the ages of 16 and 30. More than half of all spinal injuries occur in the cervical spine (neck area) while one third occur in the thoracic spine (in the area where the ribs meet the spine) and the balance of the injuries occur in the lumbar spine (low back).
- Motorcycle Accidents and Potentially Responsible Parties
[Legal:Personal-Injury] An injured victim of a motorcycle accident can seek damages from the responsible party for the injuries, damages and pain suffered as a result of the accident. The victim must show that the defendant was negligent and responsible for the injuries and other damages that were sustained. A motorcycle accident lawsuit must also be filed before the expiration of applicable statutes of limitation which varies from state to state. The victim can seek compensation for related medical expenses, loss of income or earning potential, partial or permanent disability, psychological suffering, and property damage.
- Anesthesia Malpractice and Anesthesia Mistakes
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Anesthesia malpractice is a type of medical malpractice. Anesthesia (or anaesthesia) generally refers to the use of an anesthetic drug to reduce or prevent pain during surgery or other medical procedures. Anesthesia malpractice is not restricted to the operating room or anesthesiologists. It can happen during pre-operative preparation, post-operatively in the recovery room and in any procedure room in a medical facility or doctor's office
- Defective Products and Product Liability Cases
[Legal:Personal-Injury] When a person buys a product, the purchaser expects it to perform in a manner that does not cause injury. If the product is defective, the product will fail and the user may be seriously injured or even killed. If a person buys a product and suffers an injury in the course of its proper use, that person may be entitled to money damages for the injuries suffered by filing a claim for product liability against the manufacturer and other parties along the chain of commerce. A product is said to be faulty or defective if it causes some injury or damage to a person as a result of a defect in the product, or its labeling, or the way the product was used. The manufacturer, the distributor, the supplier, the retailer and others involved in the selling the product are often liable for injuries caused and the resulting damages.
- Burn Injuries and Obtaining Compensation
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Millions of people each year suffer some type of significant burn injury and hundreds more die as a result of their injuries. Burn injuries can have very serious, long lasting medical effects which can affect a person's appearance, their psychological well being and can cost the injured party tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills.
- Cerebral Palsy - The Symptoms and How it Happens
[Health-and-Fitness:Developmental-Disabilities] It is a phrase that describes a group of disorders that affect the ability of a person to control their muscles. CP, as it often referred to, is a disorder of the brain that can cause a number of problems.
- Dog Bite Attacks and What to Do
[Legal:Personal-Injury] In 2007, statistics reveal 43,021,000 households, or 37.2% of all households in the United States, own, on average, 1.7 dogs. A National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey indicated in excess of 4,700,000 people are bitten by a dog annually. Of those, 800,000 require medical attention. Nearly 368,000 victims require treatment at hospital emergency rooms.
- Understanding the Patient's Bill of Rights
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Understanding the Patient's Bill of Rights will enable you to take a pro-active role in your health care, understand your rights as a patient and minimize the occurrence of medical errors resulting in hospital malpractice or doctor malpractice. The Patient's Bill of Rights has three major goals: 1. To increase patient confidence in the health care system by: · Ensuring a fair health care system that is responsive to patients' needs; · Providing patients with processes through which they can address their ...
- Tips For Undergoing an Independent Medical Examination
[Legal:Personal-Injury] An independent medical examination is set up by the Defendant's insurance carrier to help bolster their claim that you are either not injured or that your personal injuries are less than what your doctor states. The doctor that they have selected is paid for by the insurance company and is looking for ways to either discredit you or your treating physician in an effort to reduce the value of your personal injury or medical malpractice case. It is therefore helpful to go over a few basic ground rules to follow when going to an IME.
- Preparing to Testify For Your Personal Injury Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] No matter how well prepared you are, it is impossible to predict what will happen when you give sworn testimony under oath in your personal injury case. The best advice you can have is to relax, be yourself, take your time and give all answers truthfully and to the best of your knowledge. The following list attempts to cover some of the general rules you should follow when giving sworn testimony.
- Informed Consent Elements and Patient Rights
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] As a patient you have the right to be fully informed by your primary health care provider about any treatments or surgeries that he or she recommends. It is the legal responsibility of your physician to obtain your informed consent. If your doctor does not obtain your informed consent prior to any procedures and you have suffered adverse consequences, you may have the right to sue for damages resulting from medical malpractice.
- Failure to Diagnose Or Misdiagnosis of Cancer Facts
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] According to the American Cancer Society's Cancer Facts & Figures, 2008, 1,437,180 Americans will have developed some form of cancer. Of those cancer victims, approximately 565,650 will succumb to the disease. Cancer may remain undiagnosed in its early stages when there may be virtually few or no symptoms. Another complicating factor to diagnosis of cancer is that, because it can involve any area of the body, symptoms can vary widely.
- Seven Reasons Physicians Are Sued For Medical Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] It is estimated 100,000 people die each year from medical errors caused by physicians alone. There are a number of reasons patients sue their doctors, but Dr. R.J. Roberts, of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, identified in his Family Practice Management article of March, 2003, 7 reasons why medical errors occur.
- Lead Paint Poisoning - A Chronic Health Issue
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Many children have suffered lead paint poisoning. Find out the symptoms and complications of lead paint poisoning and how you can go about getting compensation if your child has suffered lead paint poisoning.
- What Are Class Action Lawsuits?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Find out about class action cases and see if you have a class action lawsuit and determine whether or not you may be entitled to compensation. A class action lawsuit is a lawsuit brought by one or more Plaintiffs ("Representative Plaintiffs") on behalf of a larger group of others who have a common interest. These large groups can be businesses, consumers or injured people.
- What You Should Do If You Are Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident
[Legal:Personal-Injury] You might be involved in a motor vehicle accident at some point, so it is important to find out what you should and should not be doing to help develop your personal injury case. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports there were 6,024,000 police-reported motor vehicle accidents in 2007. There were 2,491,000 people injured on those accidents.
- Acute Appendicitis and Risks For Misdiagnosis and Medical Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Find out the reasons for and causes of misdiagnosis of appendicitis and how it might present a medical malpractice case and what you can do about it. The appendix is a small tubular organ attached to the colon. It is located in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen.
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