Iowa Personal Injury Updates

It’s a movement that has taken the nation by storm: we’re in the middle of the ultimate attempt to rid all nicotine-craving-fiends from campuses and public places around the nation. Even entire...

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Alcohol and drug abuse are affecting kids at younger ages than they have in the past; in fact, “approximately one-half of all high-school seniors in the U.S. admits to having used alcohol or illegal drugs during their high school years” and middle-school aged children are among the most popular demographic to experiment with such substances.

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No product is thought to be dangerous until you’re injured in a way you never thought about. And that’s the point about Crocs, people, but mostly children, are getting hurt in ways parents hadn’t...

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Follow the link to the Joint Commission’s Universal Protocol, print it and save it to your computer file for the client’s case. Create an electronic file for “research-medical” and save it. Print a...

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Q: I retained a lawyer for a workers comp injury-was receiving benefits before he was hired-now all of a sudden he wants me to give him a perecntage of my weekly benefits. I have not signed any form...

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The universal protocol for preventing wrong-site surgeries is just that, a universal protocol. If used properly it can and will prevent wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient surgeries. If...

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Today in part five of this multi-series we explore the literature surrounding the Universal Protocol. The Joint Commission has embraced a protocol that only half of the surgeons follow. Why? I'm not sure. But if I were a patient I'd read it and understand what it requires to avoid this very simple surgical mistake.

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Two Jet Ski operators collided on Saylorville Lake. One who ended up face down in the water and not breathing was probably saved by wearing a life vest.

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Steve Lombardi lists many of the recent motorcycle accidents and their apparent causes. While Iowa remains a personal choice state for wearing a helmet, riders are encouraged to know the risks of riding and the causes of recent collisions.

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This blog is the fourth in a multi-part series addressing the concerns we all face when undergoing surgery. In August we are covering wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and/or wrong-patient surgery for patients, their doctors and the attorneys. Our goal is to bring awareness to this problem and to increase the number of surgeon's using the time-out protocol. If we can do that we will decrease the number of patients who suffer this preventable malpractice event.

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