We posted last month in regards to the tragic story that involved a nurse suffering brain death after visiting a local spa. Unfortunately, the nurse spent two weeks on life support and has since passed away, and the investigation of what occurred began in earnest. At this point, revelations in the form of allegations are [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 30, 2009
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While many people have come to understand the basic concepts involving medical malpractice, relatively few realize that all professionals are held to high standards of conduct and accountability when they do wrong by those the law says they are supposed to serve. This includes attorneys, and while unfortunate, attorney misconduct can give rise to civil [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Spas are known for their ability to provide their customers with a day of the utmost in relaxation, beauty help and as an opportunity to simply get away from it all. However, spas will perform some procedures that should be relatively safe but that do carry a degree of danger. Tragically, a local [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2009
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South Florida has always been home to a large number of people who want to live their retirement years basking in the weather and everything else that the area has to offer. As the population of both the local area and the country in general ages collectively, more and more needs for managed care [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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While details remain sketchy, anyone’s mind will proceed to thoughts of alcohol or other problematic behavior when combined with driving when a one-car, high-speed crash occurs at 3:30 a.m. Tragically, two people were killed as a result of a crash that occurred this morning in South Miami-Dade, and investigators are beginning the process of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
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When someone is convicted of DUI manslaughter in Florida and is sentenced to prison, he or she almost always has several conditions attached to his or her release. That appears to be the case with a South Florida man who was released from prison in December after serving the majority of a 10-year sentence [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 17, 2009
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When malpractice lawsuits arise, they are often involving errors in technical procedures or issues that can only adequately be explained to jury members without medical or professional backgrounds by industry experts. We’ve all heard stories about unbelievable scenarios that tend to be the subjects of comedy pieces, but what happened in recent years to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 5, 2009
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One of the newest business models that appears to be hitting South Florida is that of pain clinics, whereby doctors prescribe medications to those who claim to need them. However, it’s already apparent that many of these clinics are operating without much in the way of scruples, and while it’s clear that some would [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 29, 2009
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When someone files a lawsuit and it goes to trial, it’s almost always the case that the parties to the suit are bound by the jury’s verdict. The losing party in a civil suit has the option to appeal, but once a case is complete, a plaintiff cannot bring another claim for the same [...]
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Friday, October 30, 2009
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