Posts tagged negligence

• Dangerous Downtown Condo Collapse Results in Loss Of Life and Lawsuits

  Eddie Farah | January 23, 2009 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The downtown Berkman Plaza condominium project was abruptly halted in December 2007 when a parking garage collapsed burying one worker under five feet of debris and concrete. Now the condo owner is...

• 30 Preventable Medical Mistakes

  Ed Normand | September 23, 2008 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  30 common but preventable medical mistakes: 1. Prescribing the wrong dosage of medication 2. Prescribing the wrong medication 3. Providing medications not prescribed 4. ...

• Want Lower Health Insurance? Prevent Surgical Errors.

  Ed Normand | September 18, 2008 9:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Eliminating medical malpractice would result in savings of billions of dollars each year. The annual cost of medical errors in additional medical expenses to fix the injuries caused by malpractice...

• Pharmacy Board Administers Slap on the Wrist in Death Case

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 17, 2008 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This week the Board of Pharmacy of the Florida Department of Health fined pharmacist Edna Irizarry $1000 and required her to attend an 8 hour continuing education course for her role in causing the...

• Pharmacy Errors Addressed In New Florida Law

  Eddie Farah | August 15, 2008 12:47 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Florida Governor Charlie Crist has just signed Senate Bill 1360 into law. The Pharmacy Technician Act is a significant piece of legislation that should keep us all safer from the medication errors...