Medical Malpractice

• Are Hospital Based Infections Preventable?

  Frank Bailey | May 05, 2008 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Commonly called nosocomial or hospital based infections are on the rise in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in U.S. hospitals alone 1.7 million...

• Birth Injuries And Caps On Damages

  Frank Bailey | May 01, 2008 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Hardly a day passes when there is not another injustice due to arbitrary caps on damages placed there by legislators without looking at the facts of the case. Just today I read about a birth injury...

• 'Condition H', Does Your Hospital Have It?

  Ryan Scott | April 23, 2008 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  For the fifth straight year, a preventable safety mistake known as ‘Failure to Rescue’ is the leading cause of preventable death in U.S. hospitals. More than surgical mistakes, the wrong or overdose of drugs, or unforeseeable complications, ‘Failure to Rescue’ is the most common preventable problem. 'Condition H' allows a patient or loved one to summon emergency help, the same emergency number that doctors and nurses use, when they feel distress. This procedure may save your life.

• Preventable Medical Errors Cost Money And Lives

  Ryan Scott | April 16, 2008 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  According to the Fifth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study, 238,337 medicare patients died as a result of preventable safety errors from 2004 to 2006. The report goes on to state that...

• Medication Errors Lead To Injury And Death

  Frank Bailey | April 08, 2008 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Several years ago we represented a young man who had received Phenegen via the wrong route. The medication error resulted in brain damage. At trial the hospital claimed it had a very low rate of...

• DURAGESIC PATCH RECALL

  Frank Bailey | March 27, 2008 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  The Duragesic Fentanyl transdermal system is fatally flawed. There have been thousands of deaths nationwide associated with Fentanyl overdoses from defective patches.The Duragesic patch is manufactured by two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceutica,L.P. and Alza Corp. The patch was put on the market in 1991. Shortly there were numerous cases of Fentanyl overdosing from the...

• Duragesic Fentanyl Pain Patch or Death Patch

  Sach Oliver | March 25, 2008 8:09 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  The Duragesic patch is designed to relieve pain by allowing Fentanyl to absorb through the skin into the bloodstream. The scary factor of this patch is that Fentanyl is a very potent opiate that is anywhere from 50 to 100 times more powerful than Morphine. These patches have a manufacturing and design defect that can cause too much Fentanyl to release into the bloodstream causing death. Money is...

• Cervical Corpectomy and Strut Graft Operations - Spinal Cord Injuries

  Sach Oliver | March 24, 2008 7:25 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  A cervical corpectomy and strut graft operation is a surgery on the cervical spine that requires extreme skill and expertise on behalf of the surgeon. A corpectomy is surgery that relieves pressure on the spinal cord due to spinal stenosis. Spinal Stenosis is bone spurs pressing on the spinal cord. When pressure is placed on the spinal cord an array of problems can occur: walking, bowels,...

• Infections: Are They Preventable?

  Frank Bailey | February 22, 2008 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Everyday we hear about hospital acquired infection. MRSA has moved to the top of the list as a leading cause of death or prolonged hospital stay.Health care is not as safe as it should be. According to the Institute of Medicine, a substantial body of evidence points to medical errors as a leading cause of death and injury. What can be done to prevent the spread of infection and medical errors...

• Insurers Are Refusing to Pay for Hospital Errors

  Frank Bailey | January 21, 2008 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  What is this world coming to? Insurers are refusing to pay for hospital errors. Give me a break! For years the hospital's liability carriers have had to be drug into court kicking and screaming to make them pay for a hospital's errors. Now, it looks like a patient's medical insurance is following suit. Who then is to pay for the hospital's errors? Surely not the wrongdoer...Latest news...