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- Widow contends failure to diagnose lead to wife’s death
Aug 19, 2013
Individuals with medical conditions are often prescribed and given medications to aid in reducing potentially negative and harmful side effects of that condition. Patients who suffer from heart disease or are at risk for developing blood clots are often given an anticoagulant medication. While many patients benefit from the administration of such medications, all medications have risks and some patients may develop adverse side-effects that, if left undiagnosed and untreated, can result in injury and...Read More - Tailgating leading factor in many Ohio motor vehicle accidents
Aug 19, 2013
Many Ohio motorists have likely at some point or another, been guilty of following another motor vehicle too closely. Commonly referred to as tailgating, during 2012, this dangerous driving behavior was the leading cause of all motor vehicle accidents in the state of Ohio. In fact, one such recent multiple vehicle accident resulted in eight individuals being injured and was caused by a truck driver who was following another vehicle too closely. Drivers who tailgate...Read More - Pennsylvania chocolate plant the site of another accident
Aug 16, 2013
Machines certainly make many jobs throughout the nation faster and easier to complete. While the benefits to using such machinery are great, there are downsides as well. If safety protocols are not in place and followed, it is possible that workers could be injured. A Pittsburgh area worker was injured while working at a chocolate plant earlier this year. The individual suffered a crushed wrist and hand when a machine unexpectedly started. That incident, as...Read More - Patients claim doctor provided unnecessary treatments
Aug 16, 2013
Most people recognize that mistakes are made by individuals at work every day throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Depending on the occupation of a person, as well as the mistake, the consequences for an error will vary. This is true even in job fields involving the care of others, such as healthcare. While it is rarely easy to deal with a serious medical mistake, on some level most people likely recognize that making mistakes and...Read More - Government recommends talking cars to reduce accidents
Aug 16, 2013
Drivers of commercial trucks and vehicles, such as semis, busses and dump trucks, bear a great responsibility while operating such vehicles. Not only are these types of large vehicles often difficult to manuever, but drivers are also burdened by the fact that a serious or fatal injury will likely result if they are involved in an accident. Investigations into two recent commercial vehicle accidents recently lead to new safety recommendations being issued the National Transportation...Read More - Guilty plea expected from man who allegedly spread hepatitis C
Aug 14, 2013
As the civil cases proceed concerning the hepatitis C outbreak in hospitals throughout the nation, including Pennsylvania, there is news regarding the criminal case that is pending in one of the states affected. According to a recent report, the man believed to be responsible for that outbreak, a travelling medical technician, is going to plead guilty to the charges against him. He will reportedly admit to diverting fentanyl from syringes by injecting himself and then...Read More - Failure to diagnose cited in amputation injury case
Aug 14, 2013
When a medical emergency presents, time is often a doctor's worst enemy. This is especially true in cases involving rare or mysterious medical conditions and illnesses. It is imperative, therefore, that when these types of situations arise, doctors and members of medical staff are able to act quickly to both diagnose and treat an ailing patient as failure to do so can quickly result in a patient suffering permanent injury and even death. A student...Read More - Rollover accidents often result in serious, fatal injuries
Aug 14, 2013
Injuries that result from any motor vehicle accident can be serious in nature and result in those involved sustaining painful and debilitating injuries. Rollover accidents are among some of the most serious and deadly of all motor vehicle accidents. In many cases, those involved in rollover accidents are thrown or ejected from a vehicle as it gains momentum and rolls. Ohio residents were recently saddened to learn of an accident that occurred on the Ohio...Read More - Kwiatkowski pleads guilty after exposing thouands to Hepatitis C
Aug 14, 2013
“It was all me. And I’m going to kill a lot of people out of this…I’m killing a lot of people.” Those were the unsettling words of the traveling hospital technician, David Kwiatkowski, who has been accused of and pled guilty to infecting what may end up being hundreds, or even thousands, of people with Hepatitis C before all is said and done. For over a decade, Kwiatkowski stole drugs to feed his painkiller addiction...Read More - Man claims dentist failed to diagnose and treat serious condition
Aug 12, 2013
Many Ohio residents likely dislike going to the dentist. Dental work and procedures are not only expensive, but also uncomfortable as they require an individual to hold their mouths open for an extended period of time and endure prodding, drilling and poking. While some equate the visit to the dentist with a teeth cleaning or the occasional cavity, a dental emergency can be extremely serious in nature and require the expertise of a highly trained...Read More