Ohio Personal Injury Law Blog
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak plagues Columbus for third time
A Columbus, Ohio, hospital recently diagnosed two patients with Legionnaires’ Disease. Unfortunately, this is not the area’s first encounter with the disease. What is Legionnaires’ disease? The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explain...
How to recognize the symptoms of cerebral palsy
Your baby's brain is still developing at his or her birth. If something happens to disrupt this development, or if the development is abnormal, damage to the brain can result that leads to cerebral palsy. If your child has cerebral palsy, your doctor may recognize...
Failure to communicate test results ends in medical malpractice
The medical profession, as with so many others, has specialists and generalists. Patients are often referred to a specialist in Ohio when one physician is not sure of what the problem may be. A specialist is trusted to have more in-depth knowledge and to provide...
Ignoring monitor warning may have resulted in medical malpractice
Living with pain can be debilitating. Few pains are as debilitating as severe pains in the back as this can be difficult to treat. Surgery is often indicated in Ohio as a possible means to relieve back pain. A woman who experienced severe pain in her back and tingling...
Undiagnosed broken bones a result of a medical mistake
Construction jobs involve certain risks and Ohio workers typically take appropriate precautions and safety measures to try to avoid injury. Even in the best situations, accidents still happen. When an accident resulting in an injury occurs in the workplace immediate...
Distracted driving may have contributed to tragic car crash
Increased traffic on Ohio roadways leads to an increased risk of being involved in a crash. A car crash can happen in the blink of an eye. Younger people are prone to distracted driving; it only takes an instant to drift out of one's lane, and that instant can be all...
Medical mistake may have contributed to death of national hero
Heart disease is a major cause of death in both men and women. Improved care and new techniques can do more than ever before to improve one's chance of survival after suffering a heart attack or other heart event. Possible complications from an emergency heart bypass...
Could medication monitoring have prevented medical mistake?
A woman was watching television with her husband and started to experience trouble breathing. He took his wife to the hospital to find out what was wrong and get treatment. She died a few hours later from an overdose of fentanyl, a powerful pain medication. She was...
Medical malpractice may have hastened patient deaths
When a loved becomes ill and needs to go to the hospital for care, one typically trusts that the medical staff at the hospital will do their best to deliver the highest level of care possible. At an Ohio hospital where 25 people recently died, that does not appear to...
Quality of prenatal care can lead to medical malpractice case
A child's birth is one of the most eagerly anticipated events in a woman's life in Ohio. Everyone hopes for the birth of a healthy baby and entrusts their care to the medical community in the expectation that they will do everything possible to deliver a healthy...
