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$6.5 Million Cerebral Palsy Settlement Reached
The family of 7-year-old Roberto Morales, Jr. reached a cerebral palsy settlement for $6.5 million this week. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy after his birth in 2001, Morales now suffers from limited mobility and requires continued health care. The settlement will help with his ongoing health care costs. Inadequate Oxygen to the Brain Roberto was delivered…
Read MoreAnesthesia Awareness Lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed by the family of a Baptist minister in West Virginia who reportedly committed suicide after having surgery and not being given the proper amount of anesthesia. His family claims that in the two weeks before the suicide occurred, Sherman Sizemore, 73, believed that people were trying to bury him alive.…
Read MoreDental Malpractice
Just as in any medical setting, dental practices are held to a certain standard of care for their patients. Unfortunately, sometimes that standard of care is not adhered to, and the result is dental malpractice. Negligence and poor quality of care performed by a dentist or a dental professional is defined as dental malpractice, and…
Read MoreThe Law and Medical Negligence
Medical negligence occurs when a patient suffers injury or harm as a result of a doctor’s mistreatment. Whether it was a missed or wrong diagnosis, improper treatment, or failure to treat in general, there are medical negligence laws in effect to protect the patient and provide them with the recourse of prosecuting the offending party.…
Read More$894 Million to Settle Drug Lawsuits
Drug giant, Pfizer, has reached an agreement that will ultimately settle most of the lawsuits filed against the company over the side effects of two of it’s drugs, Celebrex and Bextra. It expects that the $894 million dollar agreement will settle more than 90 percent of the claims filed because the drugs are alleged to…
Read MoreDisability Conference Offers Practical Care Advice for Families
The 9th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability conference will explore issues involving the transition from pediatric to adult-based care. The two day conference, which will be held at Baylor College of Medicine in November, is open to families dealing with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Parents, teens and young adults can attend the conference to…
Read MoreSeat Belt Suits Pre-empted
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) once again has launched a “pre-emptive” strike against state personal injury suits by inserting a pre-emption provision in a new rule governing seat belt safety, according to consumer and trial lawyer groups. The rule, known as the “designated seating position” rule, not only revises how it is determined…
Read MoreWhen Are Transplant Donors Declared Dead??
A report in the current New England Journal of Medicine that focuses on heart transplants for babies is bringing the issue of declaring donors dead to the forefront. The standard has been that a donor’s organs are only donated after the donor has been declared brain dead. Once declared brain dead, the donor is put…
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