Posts tagged injury

• Move Afoot To Limit Big Rigs' Speed on the Roads(2)

  Elaine Mandel | October 24, 2006 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The trucking industry is trying to take responsibility and help decrease the number of highway big rig collisions by proposing to limit big rigs' speed on the roads. Every year, thousands of Americans are killed or seriously injured in highway accidents involving large commercial trucks. We all know these huge vehicles can be a menace on the roads. These big rig accidents can be very serious,...

• Move Afoot To Limit Big Rigs' Speed on the Roads

  Elaine Mandel | October 24, 2006 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

• Patient's Insurance Status Affects Choices Doctors Make

  Ed Smith | October 17, 2006 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Doctors treat patients who lack health insurance differently than patients who are insured, a major new study finds.The study, in the September/October issue of the Annuls of Family Medicine, show that uninsured patients are more likely to be prescribed generic medicines instead of brand bane, easier to take medications.....resulting in less compliance.Nearly 63% of Doctors discuss insurance...

• How to value a personal injury claim

  Ed Smith | October 16, 2006 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Clients often call an attorney early after an accident wondering what the potential value of their injury claims might be. Evaluating an injury claim is an art not a science and many factors go into such evaluation.I will list a few of such factors here.Liability, along with insurance information, is the first thing most atorney's look at. Liability simply means who is at fault in an accident....

• Obesity boosts Back Surgery Complications

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  In a recent study from Thomas Jefferson University in Pittsburgh, 332 cases of thoraic and lumbar surgeries were reviewed for complication rates. Extrememely overweight and obese patients were much more likely to suffer complications such as wound infections, blood clots, heart problems and deep vein thrombosis. As the body mass index (BMI) increased over 30 the incidence of complications...

• Auto Accident Excess Insurance Coverage

  Paul Kiesel | October 08, 2006 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Automobile excess or umbrella coverage is important to have when you're in an auto accident or involved in a car crash.In keeping with my insurance theme of two weeks ago, I want to urge you to consider purchasing an excess insurance policy, also known as an "umbrella" policy. Here's how these policies work: Let's assume your underlying liability insurance policy for any auto accident is...

• Drug May Protect Brain after Head Injury

  Staff Writer | October 04, 2006 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  I'm an avid reader of Michael Kaplen's brain injury news and information blog. Michael is a New York attorney and the President of the Brain Injury Association of New York. Earlier this week, Michael brought my attention to the story of a study which shows that the drug Progesterone may help humans who have suffered brain trauma.Because progesterone receptors are widely distributed in the...

• Medical Malpractice Damage Cap Struck Down in LA

  Elaine Mandel | October 03, 2006 5:26 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The amount a victims of medical malpractice can be awarded is limited by law in many states, including California and Louisiana. In those two states, victims' recoveries for pain and suffering were set over two decades ago. But this may be changing.In many states there are limits, or "caps," on what victims of medical malpractice can recover when they sue the doctors or hospitals that caused...

• Jury Awards $23.4 Million to Orange County Boy Severely Brain-Damaged in Auto Accident

  Michael Eyerly | September 29, 2006 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Orange County jury awards large personal injury verdict to severely brain-damaged boy.The day after his thirteenth birthday, Cade Feitler was riding home from school when the car in which he was riding was broadsided by Peter Infranca. Mr. Infranca, on his way to a personal doctor's appointment, ran a red light and crashed into Feitler's side of the car. The boy suffered a fractured skull and...

• Demand for Body Parts Fuels Illicit Parts for Profit Schemes

  Michael Eyerly | September 22, 2006 6:19 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The story of what happened to Alistair Cooke's body is illustrative of the huge black market demand for body parts.Recently, a news article chronicled the fate that befell the body of the late Alistair Cooke. Mr. Cooke hosted the long running television series "Masterpiece Theatre" from 1971 to 1992. In the course of his 22 year stint as host, Mr. Cooke became synonymous with the show,...