- M. Brandon Smith | January 10, 2010 11:24 PM | Atlanta, GA
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Medical Malpractice
In a guest column in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on January 8, 2010, a medical services company’s CEO provides what many may assume is a novel and “middle ground” solution...
- M. Brandon Smith | March 24, 2007 9:27 AM | Atlanta, GA
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Medical Malpractice
Imagine you are a 19-year-old teenager in your freshman year of college and you are experiencing chronic back pain. Imagine that you are told you should have a rather normal back surgery in order to correct the problem. You are reluctant to have the surgery at first, after all no one likes surgery, but get convinced by your doctors that it is a good idea. You walk into the surgery but you never...
- M. Brandon Smith | March 12, 2007 11:26 PM | Atlanta, GA
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Automobile Accidents
Jack Landskroner, a Cleveland Personal Injury Lawyer and our InjuryBoard partner from Ohio, recently posted a blog about a very important topic to keep in mind when dealing with personal injury claims: the statute of limitations. As Jack correctly points out, there is generally a very limited time frame for some who has been injured to file a claim in all states. For instance, in Georgia, a...
- M. Brandon Smith | January 06, 2007 12:02 PM | Atlanta, GA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration has said that the manufacturer of Trasylol (aprotinin) needs to use a stronger warning associated with the drug to address the overwhelming number of risks associated with kidney damage. Bayer is being asked by the FDA to promote the use of Trasylol, a drug which is used to help reduce blood loss during coronary artery bypass surgeries, only in patients who are...
- M. Brandon Smith | August 14, 2006 9:22 AM | Atlanta, GA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Federal Government recently broadened the eligibility criteria for its overseas medical treatment program by allowing a woman who developed toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) to seek treatment in Singapore for her sight related injuries. The deadly allergic reaction is commonly associated with causing vision problems in those who contract it and until recently those dealing with it have been...
- M. Brandon Smith | August 04, 2006 1:01 AM | Atlanta, GA
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Medical Malpractice
In Florida, the state medical licensing board has decided against stricter discipline for surgeons who operate on the wrong body part or the wrong patient. Wait, did you read that right? Yes unfortunately you did. Does that seem right? Without question, this writer can hardly imagine how. A through review of a medical chart or a through patient evaluation should eliminate this type of mistakes...
- M. Brandon Smith | August 04, 2006 12:42 AM | Atlanta, GA
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Medical Malpractice
A Seattle jury awarded $1.75 million to a woman after Dr. Jeffrey Gabel, an osteopathic physician, performed a hysterectomy on her without informed consent in 2003. The jury found that Dr. Gable failed to suggest alternative, less invasive, treatments to the 22 year old before she signed a consent form allowing the operation. A hysterectomy involves the removal of the uterus and is most often...
- M. Brandon Smith | August 03, 2006 4:25 PM | Atlanta, GA
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Medical Malpractice
What is a 61-year-old woman's right parotid gland worth? That is the question in a medical malpractice case before a Fulton County jury after a doctor and his hospital conducted 13 different radiation treatments on the wrong side of Dariel Hurt's face. The parotid gland, which helps produce silva, is located on the side of the face just below the ear and was permanently damaged as a result of...
- M. Brandon Smith | April 19, 2006 12:53 PM | Atlanta, GA
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Lowell Larson filed suit against Dr. Jeffery R. Weis and Northern Reflective Surgery Center of Hermantown after alleging they failed to warn him of the risks associated with LASIK surgery and caused "significant and permanent disturbances to his vision". The eight person jury selected in the case agreed and awarded Larson $3,002,950. According to DuluthNewsTribune.comThe 10th and final question...