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• Woman Left in Vegetative State After C-Section Receives $17 Million

  Clint Gilbert | May 01, 2006 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Norwalk Hospital, located in Norwalk, Conn has settled a lawsuit involving themselves and a former doctor for nearly $17 million. The lawsuit was filed by the parents of Mia House, who suffered permanent brain damage after her blood-oxygen levels were allowed to drop dangerously low during a routine Caesarean section. Mia House has been in a vegetative state since the procedure.The C-section was...

• Parental Liability In Nevada for Acts of Child

  Steve Klearman | April 30, 2006 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Ever wonder when you as a parent become liable for an accidents or intentional injuries caused by your child?Nevada law addresses this in two statutes:First, NRS 41.470 provides: 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 424.085, any act of willful misconduct of a minor which results in any injury or death to another person or injury to the private property of another or to public property is...

• Searching For The Frivolous Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Bob Carroll | April 30, 2006 9:44 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  If it were possible to focus our attention on one really big issue in medical care would frivolous lawsuits be anywhere near the top of the list? Not according to Frivolous lawsuits? Pfft!, a post by Marie Carnes at Disarranging Mine. Marie, who says she has been a legal secretary for both plaintiff and defense lawyers for 30 years, has only seen one lawsuit that should never have been filed....

• Death and Injury at the Workplace: A Mixed Report Card

  David Lowe | April 29, 2006 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A state-by-state report issued by the AFL-CIO, issued in conjunction with the upcoming Worker's Memorial Day this Friday, presents a mixed picture on the status of workplace safety in America. Analyzing data from 2004, the report shows that rates for deaths in the workplace increased for the first time in a decade, while rates for illnesses and injuries experienced a slight decline. The...

• An Epidemic of Hospital Safety Problems?

  Steve Klearman | April 29, 2006 7:06 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The following is an editorial published on April 20, 2006 in USA Today: "Whose side are they on? The thought of a surgeon taking a scalpel to the wrong limb, organ or patient sends chills down the spine of anyone who has been in a hospital.Eighty-four cases of what's known in the business as "wrong-site surgery" were reported in the USA last year. But that's just the "tip of the iceberg,"...

• Bausch & Lomb Notified by Hong Kong Officials in Fall 2005

  Joe Saunders | April 28, 2006 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to an article published in the Wall St. Journal, the maker of ReNu contact lens solution, was notified of eye infections in November 2005. The number of those infected with the fungus fusarium keratitits has now risen from 176 last week to 186 cases in 29 states. The product distributed in Singapore and Hong Kong is manufactured at the same South Carolina plant as product sold in the...

• Pastor Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  John Inserra | April 27, 2006 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  A Connecticut minister was killed in a motorcycle accident recently when the Harley Davidson he was riding was rear-ended by another vehicle. Reverend John Schettenhelm was stopped and preparing to turn into his driveway when a Volvo driven by Stephen Maier struck him from behind.Christine at TheThinking Mother is an acquaintance of Schettenhelm's wife and is familiar with the road on which he...

• FDA Experts' Conflicts of Interest

  Joe Saunders | April 26, 2006 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  As a governmental oversight agency, it should be appalling that the FDA uses experts who have financial interests in the drugs and products about which they provide expert testimony. Yet, in a study conducted by the consumer group Public Citizen, that is exactly what is happening. How can any expert provide unbiased testimony about a product in which they've bought stock or have some financial...

• No Recovery When Dog Injured in Accident

  Ben Glass | April 23, 2006 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Supreme Court of Virginia has again ruled that a car accident victim could not recover her her emotional distress arising out of injuries to her pet dog after both were injured in an car accident.The case is Vladimir Kondaurov v. Eve Kerdasha.Kerdasha contended that she could recover damages for all the "injurious consequences" she suffered which naturally resulted from the accident. Her...

• Vioxx® Heart Attack and Stroke - Death

  Staff Writer | April 21, 2006 10:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A heart attack that is caused by a suddent lack of blood to the heart--a myocardial infarction--results when one or more of the heart's blood pathways (coronary arteries) become clogged or "occluded." [1] The most common cause of cononary artery occlusion is when blood cells clot together and get stuck in the artery. [2] These clots are called "thrombi." [3] As when water is unable to drain...