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Loss of IncomeYou are entitled to compensation if your injuries prevent you from working, causing you to lose income. For example, if you are a landscaper who can't work for a week because you sprained an ankle in an accident, you are entitled to compensation for that week of lost wages. You are also entitled to lost wages if you miss work because of treatment.If the injury is serious enough...

People in Iowa learned the United States Chamber of Commerce medical malpractice crisis exist in this country doesn't exist after all.Lawmakers in Iowa, like Ohio, have continuously urged reform in the legal system to cap pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce representing the interest of big business and big media complain that big verdicts...

Abraham Lincoln once said, "A lawyer's time and advice is his stock in trade." In essence, asking an attorney for his advice is no different than asking an accountant to set up a business plan or do your taxes, a doctor to examine you, render a diagnosis and prescribe treatment or hiring an electrician to fix the wiring of your home. Nonetheless, many people are under the impression that...

As with all lawsuits, a statute of limitations restricts the time in which you can file a lawsuit for negligence. In Ohio, the statute of limitations for most personal injury negligence is two years. If you miss the deadline, you usually have no legal recourse. Note that the statute of limitations for medical malpractice cases is only one year with exceptions. O.R.C. Ann §2305.11. If you...

In an attempt to curtail costly legal expenses in defending medical malpractice claims the University of Pittsburgh's Medical Center has aggressively pursued a process of mediation in an attempt to resolve malpractice claims before they go to court. The advantage of doing so is not only sensible but demonstrates medical providers change in position that has been urged for years by medical...

For the second straight year Minnesota hospitals reported medical errors resulting in death rose from the previous year. Overall the death toll from medical negligence showed a 50% increase in the number of "adverse events" reported by hospitals and centers for surgery between October 2005 and October 2006 citing to the Annual Minnesota State Report.The program Minnesota has in place a...

A recent Harvard Medical School study found long hospital shifts and sleep deprivation resulted in fatigue related mistakes and increased harm to patients by 700%. Residents who worked five marathon shifts (24 hours or longer) in a single month directly correlated with making errors that in turn increased the risk of death by 300%.The study included the fact that medical residents are regularly...

Researchers found only a small percentage of hospitals meet nationally recognized standards in preventing death from heart attacks. The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology found even the top hospital performers met the minimum guidelines half of the time to the prevent the wrongful death of its patients. Only one third of all hospitals were found to provide emergency...

Medical providers bill the patient for care that results in medical negligence. Some of the largest businesses in the country have called on hospitals to apologize and waive costs related to "never" events - medical errors these employers say should never happen in the first place.Medical negligence such as surgery performed on the wrong body part or mixing up donor sperm and/or donor eggs for...

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated a high percent of medical negligence deaths were preventable with better care. Almost one quarter of active care patient deaths were considered at least possibly preventable with optimal care while six percent of medical negligence deaths rated as probably or definitely preventable. The test consisted of 14 Board...

If your doctor made a mistake, would he or she tell you? A recent study published by the American Medical Association reveals more than one half of all doctors surveyed admitted they would not tell the patient of the harmful mistake. The study found 56% would chose statements that mentioned the adverse event but not the error. Surprisingly, 19% would not volunteer any information about the cause...

A 5 year old in Chicago died after her dentist administered three types of sedation to fill two cavities and her teeth capped. It is reported Diamond Brownridge was given an oral agent, an intravenous drug and nitrous oxide that proved fatal. Her mother was asked to step out of the LIttle Angel dental group for the otherwise procedure and when she returned approximately 30 minutes later she...

A West Virginia jury recently awarded a 25 year old woman a $10 million medical malpractice verdict after she acquired an infection during a relatively simple knee surgery in 1995. The infection, for which the jury found the hospital and its parent company responsible, resulted in seven additional surgeries.The plaintiff's attorneys argued the hospital's parent company, West Virginia University...

Twenty-four year old Kerri Swain was under the care of Ohio State University Medical Center three years ago when she suffered severe brain damage. The family settled with a doctor who treated Kerri for $2 million, but the hospital, which admitted liability, was not willing to offer her the $10 million that her family was seeking. The Medical Center settled the lawsuit earlier this month, but...