Perhaps you went to the doctor for a routine procedure and ended up with a lifelong injury. Or maybe a simple mistake during surgery has left you with additional pain or required additional procedures. Regardless of how you may have been injured, you are probably wondering whether you have a case. So how do you [...]
Feeling dizzy and having heart palpitations? Think you're having a heart attack? That may not be the case. Atrial fibrillation (AF), or "A Fib," affects 250,000 Americans each year, and has similar symptoms to a heart attack but is not life-threatening. In its most simple terms, AF causes a rapid, irregular heart rhythm - it [...]
A jury awarded almost $14 million to an Ohio family earlier this year, finding the doctor liable for medical malpractice during the birth of their now 10-year-old daughter Haley. Debra and Okey Cobb alleged that the doctor's decision to not perform a cesarean section deprived the fetus of oxygen, causing brain injury which developed into [...]
Waking up from surgery to discover that the wrong leg was amputated or that the wrong level of your spine was operated on sounds like a nightmare. Tragically, such wrong-site, wrong-procedure or wrong-patient surgical mistakes are a part of reality. The Joint Commission, who accredits and certifies American health organizations, estimates that incorrect procedures still [...]
According to the American Academy of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), removal of the tonsils, or a tonsillectomy, an effective and less costly treatment when compared with the risks of prolonged or repeated throat infections. It is considered a routine procedure, with relatively low risk. But for a Marysville, Ohio, family it turned [...]