If you have been injured on the job in a slip and fall or any other type of accident, you may have various questions with regard to workers’ compensation benefits and whether any person or entity may be held liable for your injuries in what is termed a “3rd party claim.” In most cases, injuries that
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Uncovering Surgical Negligence: What Went Wrong?
According to the Institute of Medicine, the annual number of deaths caused by preventable medical errors may exceed those associated with heart disease and cancer. These fatal errors and shortcomings in care include failures to implement appropriate care and diagnostic services in a timely manner, medication errors, and other departures from the standards of care
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Studies Reveal the Decline of the Workers’ Compensation System
According to a recent report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the nation’s state-based workers’ compensation system (“workers’ comp”) has, over some time, shifted the costs associated with the treatment of workplace injuries to the workers, their families, and taxpayers. Ideally, when a worker suffers an on-the-job injury or illness, he or she
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Common Birth Injuries Associated with Medical Negligence
Patients depend on doctors and nurses to provide exemplary care which comports with the standards of care accepted within the medical community. This premise also applies to the health and care of a pregnant mother and fetus prior to birth, and a baby at the time of labor and delivery. Providing care within the following standards
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Injured at Birth: Medical Negligence and Preventable Tragedies
Doctors, Midwives, Nurses and other healthcare providers, in order to prevent harm to patients, are required to administer medical treatment within the standards of care required and recognized by the medical profession. If a medical professional fails to comport with those standards in treating a patient, and such failures result in significant permanent injury, then
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