Madison County Court adopted new rules this year for handling medical malpractice cases, approved by the Illinois Supreme Court, according to Chief Judge Ann Callis. The new rules require anytime a medical malpractice case is filed that the persons filing the case and the doctor meet and talk of settling.A few years ago, Doctors saw their insurance premiums increase and dozens closed up shop in...
Three Fostoria women were treated at Blanchard Valley Hospital last week for personal injuries sustained by a car accident caused by a UPS driver, according to the Toledo Blade. The Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys at Charles E. Boyk Law Offices, LLC frequently see car accidents involving commercial vehicles, especially those resulting in personal injury.Carol L. Berkley, Lynn A. Myers and...
A recently filed lawsuit in the Federal Court in Miami alleges that the medical staff aboard the Carnival Legend, a ship that is part of the Carnival Cruise Line, committed medical malpractice. On September 6, 2006 cruise passenger, Helen Kerr, 73, was reportedly misdiagnosed and mistreated while suffering from a fluid buildup in her lungs.According to the complaint, Ms. Kerr went to the...
A woman died after falling at a Florida hospital and her son is now suing for medical malpractice. The 63-year-old woman was a patient at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center in 2003. The woman died from blunt force trauma to the head. A plaintiff's expert, Dr. Michael Langan from Boston General Hospital, said no. Langan said the staff ignored protocol requiring high-risk fall patients to be...
Just when you thought the toy recalls had finally passed, today comes news of a seven new recalls. The recalls all have been issued in association of unsafe levels of lead paint. Over 600,000 new toys and children's jewelry are affected by the recall. About 200,000 units of Thomas & Friends railway toys are involved in the most recent recall. The Chicago based company, RC2 Corp., that...
Kolcraft has issued a voluntary recall of some 425,000 infant play yards in response to a strangulation death of an infant. The restraint strap for the changing table forms a loop and hangs down into the play yard area can strangle a child. The Consumer Products Safety Commission has receive one report of a 10-month old that was strangled by the strap. Twelve different models are covered under...
A NJ meat producer is recalling 300,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties because they may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E coli O157:H7. Affected brands include: Butcher's Best, Kohler Foods, Sand Castle, Topps, and Westside. E coli is most lethal in the young, elderly, and those with compromised immune systems. Symptoms include diarrhea and abdominal cramps. For afull list...
As parents, we think we've done our jobs well when our children turn 18 and go off to college. At college, we expect they will be safe and secure- safe to have a happy college experience and prepare for a bright future. This is what the parents of dozens of Virginia Tech students expected when they sent their children off to college. And tragically, this is not what happened. On April 16,...
In Dublin, California, near the 580-680 interchange, a negligent driver lost control of his Porsche, hit a Caltrans truck, bounced off, and struck and killed Djuan Bush, age 24, of San Leandro, before striking another truck. Mr. Bush, a Caltrans employee, was hit by the Porsche as he was working on a San Francisco Bay area highway. Signs were posted near the Caltrans guardrail project advising...
Fentora, used to treat pain in cancer patients, has drawn an FDA warning as a result of deaths in patients who were given the improper dosage or Fentora was incorrectly substituted as a pain management pharmaceutical. The FDA warning stated that Fentora should not be used in cancer patients who are unable to tolerate other opioiddrugs. Fentora was approved by the FDA last year for cancer...