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What to Do If Suffering from a Seat Belt Injury After an Accident

Are you suffering from a seat belt injury after a recent accident? Even though sustaining seat belt injuries following auto...

How Your Social Media Can Be Used Against You in a Personal Injury Lawsuit

Social Media has become a way of life. By 2019 it is estimated there will be as many as 2.77...

Personal Injury Claims and Liability: Accidents at School

School-related injuries in children are inevitable and common. More than 56 million children in the United States spend a good...

Why Choosing the Right Doctor is Critical for Your Personal Injury Case

One of the most important aspects of a personal injury case is choosing the doctors who will be treating you....

How to Avoid Becoming a Car Accident Drowning Statistic

According to a 2011 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Florida leads the nation in auto accident drowning...

How to Recognize a Developing Bedsore

Bedsores, also known as pressure sores, can be a sign of Nursing Home Neglect. Do you have a loved one...

Nursing Home Resident Rights

Like all other citizens, nursing home residents have guaranteed rights. However, they may not always know exactly what their rights...

The Power and Danger of Legal Advertising

Personal injury advertising campaign works for the same reason all good repetitive advertising campaigns work. The consumer becomes familiar with the images...

How to Choose a Tampa Personal Injury Lawyer

The way most people hire a personal injury lawyer began to change in 1977 because the United States Supreme court...

Steps in Resolving a Florida Personal Injury Case

Not every claim has the same steps and every client’s claim is different. But most personal injury claims involve the...

Some Florida Long Term Care Facilities Permit Pets

An increasing number of Florida nursing homes are permitting their residents to have pets. Experts believe the shift from banning...

Mail Order Pharmacy Dangers

The use of mail-order pharmacies has become increasingly popular in the last few years. Some health insurance companies even require...

Mistaken Patient Identity Errors in Florida

The first article in this series discussed drug errors that can occur when two medications have similar names. Whether the names sound...

Rate of Suspect Slip and Fall Accidents Increasing Across the US

When a person visits a public place like a store, he generally have certain expectations. He probably expects the location...

Failing to Adjust Medication Dosages

In this series, we have explored some of the many different ways that a patient might suffer harm as a...

Texas’s Tort Reform Law Has Not Reduced Health Care Costs

In 2003, Texas amended its state constitution. The change set limits on medical malpractice lawsuit payouts. At the time, proponents...

Taking a Medication That Is Not Safe for You

Top 10 medication errors. There are many reasons why a medication might be considered an unsafe medicine for a particular...

Top 10 Medication Errors – Insulin Overdose

In hospitals, among the top 10 medication errors are insulin overdose and other insulin errors. Patients living with diabetes can...

Failure to Identify a Drug Allergy

One of the most common types of medication errors patients face is a medical care provider’s failure to identify when...

North Carolina Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit and Citation: Nurse Pleads Guilty to Overdose Death

In yet another instance of nursing home drug abuse, a nurse at a North Carolina facility pleaded guilty to the...

Getting the Wrong Dosage from Pharmacist or Doctor in Florida

The number of people who are made sick each year by medication errors is staggering. There is no mandatory reporting...

Medications With Similar Components Cause Accidental Overdose in Florida

One of the top 10 drug errors is accidental overdoses by taking drugs with similar components. Many medications have similar...

New Hampshire’s Medical Malpractice Early Offer Settlement Option

There is a great debate over how to handle medical malpractice cases. There are also many arguments and points of view....

Taking Multiple Drugs That Interact With Each Other

Medication errors are preventable, but happen far too often. Over 1.5 million people suffer from the effects of a medication mistake...

Sweet Brook Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Lawsuit and Citation: Fall Leads to Resident’s Death

For most people, falling at home is inconvenient and potentially embarrassing. It can be painful, but it is rarely a...