If you have a slip and fall on the property of a business, you should report it to someone who works there – preferably a manager or someone else with authority. This will lead to an incident report being made about your fall, and someone from the store investigating it. This is important for two … Read more
Lung cancer kills more Americans than breast, ovarian, prostate, and colon cancer combined, according to Mayo Clinic. About 230,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed annually, and about 160,000 lung cancer patients do not survive for more than five years. Diagnosis errors account for the majority of medical malpractice incidents in the United States … Read more
After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States. Prostate cancer is more common in older men (greater than age 50). However, most prostate cancers that are timely treated will not affect the length of one’s life. In other words, most men die with prostate cancer but not … Read more
Medical malpractice claims can be the most difficult, time consuming, and expensive civil cases to bring. Unlike your typical auto accident or slip and fall case where it can be clear that one side violated the traffic laws, or caused someone to slip and fall, fault in medical malpractice cases is not always as clear … Read more
If you feel that a loved one died or was seriously injured due to a nursing home’s neglect one of the first things you should do is contact your state’s Department of Health. Most states have a number, fax, email, or online complaint form you can fill out to report nursing home neglect. In Pennsylvania … Read more
Nursing homes must follow certain federal and state regulations when caring for a resident who was admitted for rehabilitation from surgery or long term care. Specifically the statute which sets out a nursing home’s responsibilities is called the Nursing Home Reform Act, otherwise known as the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA), 42 CFR … Read more