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January 2013

FAQs: Do You Handle Cases in Cleveland?

By |2024-07-08T19:39:18+00:00January 21st, 2013|FAQS|

Yes. We are a statewide law firm, based in Cleveland, handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in Ohio. We handle cases in Cleveland and throughout Cuyahoga County and Northeast Ohio. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against [...]

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FAQs: Do You Handle Cases in Akron?

By |2016-06-21T17:41:41+00:00January 20th, 2013|FAQS|

Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in Ohio including Akron, Ohio. We handle cases in Akron and throughout Summit County. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against certain physicians or [...]

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FAQs: Do You Handle Cases in Canton?

By |2016-06-21T17:44:15+00:00January 19th, 2013|FAQS|

Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in Ohio including the Canton, Ohio. We handle cases in Canton, Alliance and throughout Stark County. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against certain [...]

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FAQs: Do You Handle Cases in Youngstown?

By |2016-06-21T17:45:09+00:00January 18th, 2013|FAQS|

Yes. We are a statewide law firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in Ohio, including Youngstown, Ohio. We handle cases in Youngstown, Warren, and throughout Trumbull County and Mahoning County. Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient [...]

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FAQs: Do You Handle Cases in Toledo?

By |2024-07-08T19:40:48+00:00January 17th, 2013|FAQS|

Yes.  We are a statewide firm handling medical negligence, hospital negligence, pharmacy negligence, and nursing home abuse or neglect cases in Toledo, Ohio.  We handle cases in Toledo and throughout Lucas County.  Sometimes a lawyer will have a conflict of interest that prevents him/her from representing a patient against certain physicians or hospitals in a medical [...]

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Can CP Be Caused By Birth Injuries?

By |2019-04-24T18:00:02+00:00January 16th, 2013|Birth Injury|

Birth injuries include any injury to a newborn that occurs at the time of labor and delivery.  These injuries include brachial plexus injuries (also called Erb's palsy) and cerebral palsy.  Currently, deficits falling within the autism spectrum have not been related to injuries occurring at birth.  Parents who have a child with cerebral palsy or a brachial [...]

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Pharmacy Delays That Result in Medication Errors

By |2022-02-17T23:16:51+00:00January 11th, 2013|Medication Error|

Medication errors are a common source of medical malpractice claims.  In a recent article, I learned about a certain type of medication error that I had previously been unaware of, but I will certainly be on the lookout for now.  Apparently, there have been many instances where a doctor cancels a prescription but the pharmacy continues to fill it.  [...]

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Ohio Gets a “C” on Premature Births Report Card

By |2024-07-08T19:42:43+00:00January 10th, 2013|Birth Injury|

Birth injuries occur under a number of circumstances.  One common cause of harm to babies results from complications of preterm delivery.  Premature births cost Americans $26 billion a year, and often result in devastating lifelong injuries to newborns. In an effort to bring awareness to the problem, the March of Dimes issues an annual report [...]

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Disrespect is “Root Cause” of Dysfunctional Medical Culture

By |2019-04-24T18:00:02+00:00January 9th, 2013|Medical Malpractice|

As we have seen, medical errors occur for many reasons.  The Institute of Medicine report, which shows that the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of patients dies every day in American hospitals due to preventable medical mistakes, lays some of the blame on poor institutional practices.  The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare have leveled criticism at [...]

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Avoiding Stroke by Screening for Risk Factors

By |2019-03-18T22:02:43+00:00January 8th, 2013|Brain Injury, Stroke|

Stroke can occur in patients experiencing atrial fibrillation (A Fib).  Due to the irregular beating of the heart caused by A Fib, blood clots can build up in the heart.  These clots are at risk of being ejected from the heart and traveling to the brain where they cause stroke.  Strokes can have devastating consequences for its [...]

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