For 70 years, members of the U.S. Armed Forces have been left without recourse if military medical negligence caused them serious—even fatal—problems. A Supreme Court decision from 1950 left them without the legal recourse available to everyone else. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) began to address some of that injustice recently, although more work is still … [Read more...]
Why Military Medical Malpractice Can Go Unpunished
Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal wheezed and coughed, but military doctors repeatedly told him it was pneumonia. After an incident where Stayskal began vomiting blood, a biopsy by a civilian specialist revealed that it was lung cancer. It could have been caught five months earlier. “I feel like my life has been stolen from me because people failed to do their job”, … [Read more...]
Big States Target Walgreens & CVS In Opioid Lawsuit
The opioid epidemic in the United States has taken a devastating toll and the biggest pharmacies are coming under fire. Over 1,400 local and state governments have filed suit against drugmakers for aiding and abetting the epidemic. This includes a high-profile showdown between two politically important states—Florida and Ohio—against two of the biggest retail … [Read more...]
Can Anesthesia Errors Lead to Medical Malpractice?
Every year, millions of Americans safely undergo surgery with the use of anesthesia. However, there are times when the administering of anesthesia goes terribly wrong, causing serious injury or death. Proving the damage was caused by negligence of the hospital or anesthesiologist can be a difficult task and will often require an experienced medical malpractice attorney to … [Read more...]
Widow Files Lawsuit Against Georgia Hospital Claiming Bedsores Contributed to Husband’s Death
Olive Mays, a Georgia widow, has sued an Atlanta-area hospital under the premise that their negligence caused her husband to endure fourth degree bedsores that ultimately helped contribute to his death. Mrs. Mays is represented by the law firm of Jonathan W. Johnson, a personal injury attorney in Atlanta who specializes in medical malpractice cases. On December 26, 2013, … [Read more...]
