Blog Category: Wrongful Death
Filing a Personal Injury Claim for a Child or Minor
Accidents happen and parents are well aware of this. But accidents involving a child aren’t always as innocent as spilling finger paint and tripping over a toy. Injuries to a child may be something much more serious. Think of recent news headlines: A child seriously injured by a negligent home-based daycare provider. An infant in…
“Never Events”: What to Know About Health Care Standards and Errors
On February 8, 2006, then-President George W. Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. This piece of legislation included meaningful changes for Medicare and Medicaid that rippled into our modern health care system. Notably, the DRA authorized Medicare to refuse higher reimbursements to health care facilities for a variety of serious and preventable…
Sepsis in Nursing Homes: Abuse and Neglect
A four-year-old British girl named Sienna made headlines when she contracted sepsis as a result of trying on shoes without socks while she was back-to-school shopping with her mother. The toddler contracted a form of life-threatening bacteria, which doctors believe entered her body by means of a cut or bite on her foot. Fortunately, Sienna’s…
Misdiagnosed Heart Attacks in Women
Picture this: a middle- to upper-aged man, grabbing his left arm. With pain in his face, he bends forward to prevent himself from falling. That is the image most people have in their mind when they think about a heart attack. The reality? Heart attacks also affect women, can happen at any age and aren’t…
