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IN THE NEWS: MESOTHELIOMA TRIALS MOVE AHEAD, PANDEMIC NOTWITHSTANDING
Mesothelioma (tumors on the lungs) is hardly a new disease. The term “mesothelioma” itself was coined more than a hundred years ago, then linked to asbestos exposure in the 1940s, asbestos.com explains. From the standpoint of personal injury law, mesothelioma presents a unique challenge: after a person has been exposed to asbestos, it can… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: RICHARD HAILEY SERVES AS CO-COUNSEL IN TRAGIC MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE
In July of 2017, 60-year old MM had undergone a “practice” surgical procedure to see whether an implant called a spinal cord stimulator (a “paddle” connected to threaded wires with electrodes) could be inserted into her spine to relieve her ongoing back pain. When MM reported a significant degree of pain relief from the… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: MESOTHELIOMA TRIALS MOVE AHEAD, PANDEMIC NOTWITHSTANDING
Mesothelioma (tumors on the lungs) is hardly a new disease. The term “mesothelioma” itself was coined more than a hundred years ago, then linked to asbestos exposure in the 1940s, asbestos.com explains. From the standpoint of personal injury law, mesothelioma presents a unique challenge: after a person has been exposed to asbestos, it can… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: RICHARD HAILEY SERVES AS CO-COUNSEL IN TRAGIC TEXAS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE
In July of 2017, 60-year old MM had undergone a “practice” surgical procedure to see whether an implant called a spinal cord stimulator (a “paddle” connected to threaded wires with electrodes) could be inserted into her spine to relieve her ongoing back pain. When MM reported a significant degree of pain relief from the… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: PRISONER VS. PRISON – A TALE OF TWO MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LAWSUITS
Often, when people hear about a medical malpractice lawsuit, the picture that comes into their mind is of a case brought by a patient (or sometimes by the survivors of a patient) against a doctor. Typically the doctor is accused of having made a mistake (wrong diagnosis, wrong treatment, wrong medicine), thereby causing harm… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: HEART RHYTHM DRUG POISONED PATIENT’S LUNGS
Often, at Ramey & Hailey Law, by the time we are speaking with a patient – or with that patient’s survivors – about personal injury as a result of medical malpractice, many months or even years have passed since the unfortunate set of events that caused them so much sorrow. Typically, those clients had… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: DOUBLE-BOOKED DOCTORS CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO PATIENTS
When a single doctor is supervising surgery in two (even three?) different operations rooms (at the same time!) – that sounds like a recipe for personal injury lawsuit. Actually, overlapping surgery is a longstanding practice, JAMA Internal Medicine explains, for several very valid reasons: to improve hospital resource utilization to educate surgical trainees to… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: NEGLIGENCE UNMASKED AT PENNSYVANIA TRIAL
In the state’s first verdict in favor of a civil trial plaintiff since the start of the pandemic (with all trial participants wearing masks except when testifying behind a plexiglass), a Pennsylvania jury has awarded $10.8 million to the father of a young man who suffered permanent brain injury as a result of a … Read More »
IN THE NEWS: $4.9M AUTO ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT TEACHES MANY LESSONS
The mother of a young man killed in an auto accident in Brush Creek Township, Pennsylvania was just awarded a $4.9 million settlement. The accident illustrates several important points about auto accident personal injury which we believe are important for our Ramey & Hailey blog readers to understand…. Of the 5,000,000 (yes, millions!) car… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: DOUBLE-BOOKED DOCTORS CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO PATIENTS
When a single doctor is supervising surgery in two (even three?) different operating rooms (at the same time!) – that sounds like a recipe for personal injury lawsuit. Actually, overlapping surgery is a longstanding practice, JAMA Internal Medicine explains, for several very valid reasons: to improve hospital resource utilization to educate surgical trainees to… Read More »
