Before you panic, remember that placental abruption is a rare complication that affects less than 1% of pregnant women. Additionally, the condition is treatable. Still, it is never a bad idea to monitor your own health and pay attention to signs and symptoms. Contact your doctor if you experience any of the following: Vaginal bleeding – even though it is the main symptom of placental abruption, ...
When a child is born, countless complications can arise. One of the most dangerous is birth asphyxia, which occurs when a baby’s brain does not get enough oxygen and nutrients before, during, or immediately after birth. Brain damage from perinatal asphyxia is called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and is considered a birth injury . Fortunately, HIE can be treated immediately after birth with ...
Thousands of birth injuries occur every year in America, caused by negligence or recklessness on the part of various medical professionals. When doctors fail to diagnose infections and monitor other pregnancy risks, or do not use the proper equipment or procedures during the delivery, it can negatively impact the health of the child. There are numerous types of birth injuries, the effects of which ...
Everyone makes mistakes, but there are some accidents that should never happen, especially in the healthcare field. Medical errors that should never occur are referred to as “never events,” and sound like the stuff of nightmares. Unfortunately, never events don’t happen as rarely as their name suggests. Too often, patients wake up with the wrong leg amputated, or with a cotton ball or medical tool ...
A traumatic brain injury is a common but life-threatening occurrence after accidents involving an impact to the head. The majority of traumatic brain injuries are considered mild due to the nature in which symptoms reveal themselves. While your injury and bones will heal, the trauma your brain suffers can have irreversible consequences on your physical, mental, and emotional health. One of the ...
If you’ve been injured, it is likely that you’re facing serious medical expenses, extensive treatment, and other losses, including wages, property, and transportation. You deserve compensation for your losses, but getting that compensation involves navigating the complexities of injury law. It might be surprising to learn that it is difficult to recover the full value of your claim, especially if ...
Summer is just around the corner, which means your children will soon be on vacation from school. As your children take to the outdoors to explore and play with their friends, they are exposed to a number of dangers. Children are naturally curious and prone to exploring areas which interest them, despite how dangerous the location may be. Therefore, property owners are legally obligated to take ...
WDAF-TV in Kansas City is reporting that a babysitter in southeast Missouri has plead guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter following the death of a 13-month-old girl in a dog attack. 33-year-old Erica Jordan of Cape Girardeau took a plea deal in accepting the manslaughter charge, in exchange for the court dropping a charge of engendering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors stated that ...
Cerebral palsy occurs when the brain doesn’t develop properly, resulting in a loss of muscle control. This often occurs during pregnancy and even during a child’s early years. Some common ways cerebral palsy can develop include: While a mother is pregnant, she gets an infection which harms the baby The blood supply to the baby’s brain while in the womb is limited A mother is constantly intoxicated ...
Purdue Pharma, the company that launched the pain-killing drug Oxycontin in 1996, filed for bankruptcy last September. Today it was announced that the public would finally be able to start filing claims against the company for wrongdoing. Between 1999 and 2017, 72% of deaths by opioids were linked to prescription drugs like Oxycontin. It’s estimated that over 1.7 million people are addicted to ...
Last year, the FDA accused vape company JUUL of illegally marketing e-cigarettes as safe. The claim, which was made with little scientific evidence to back it up to begin with, has now been further debunked. On January 4, a study was published in Tobacco Regulatory Science illustrating how JUUL e-cigarettes deliver significantly higher nicotine concentrations to the bloodstream per puff than ...
Zantac and its active ingredient, ranitidine, were first linked to the carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in September of 2019. The drug has been on shelves for more than 30 years and plaintiffs state : “ every one of the millions of the drug’s consumers have been exposed to dangerous levels of NDMA and many thousands of those consumers have contracted cancer as a result .” While legal ...
At the end of 2018, Bayer ended sales of Essure® permanent birth control: The device, touted as a non-surgical alternative to tubal ligation, faced complaints from thousands of women who blamed it for undisclosed side effects. Facing complications such as ectopic pregnancy, autoimmune disorders, and uterine or fallopian perforation, these patients successfully rallied to bring addition FDA ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a stern letter to JUUL , accusing it of illegally marketing its e-cigs as safer than traditional tobacco-based cigarettes. Since they first hit the U.S. market, JUUL e-cigs and vaping devices have been touted as less harmful than cigarettes because they don’t burn anything and don’t create as many carcinogens. However, the FDA discovered the claims were ...
Germany is planning to completely ban the use of Roundup in the country by the year 2023 due to the weedkiller’s impact on insect populations and its association with cancer risks. The main chemical ingredient in Roundup is glyphosate, which has been identified as a carcinogen in the recent wave of lawsuits against creator Monsanto and their parent company, Bayer. Glyphosate is already banned (or ...
WDAF-TV in Kansas City is reporting that a babysitter in southeast Missouri has plead guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter following the death of a 13-month-old girl in a dog attack. 33-year-old Erica Jordan of Cape Girardeau took a plea deal in accepting the manslaughter charge, in exchange for the court dropping a charge of engendering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors stated that ...
Dogs are often called “man’s best friend,” but that doesn’t mean that every dog is a friendly one. Even the best dogs can bite when feeling scared or aggravated, but that doesn’t mean that a dog attack is a small matter. While anyone can be bitten by a dog, children are often at the highest risk for these attacks. There is a multitude of reasons for this. Often, small children may not have the ...
Due to the rampant spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus currently classified as a global pandemic, many issues in the American health care system are arising as well as coming to light. Whether a problem is being exacerbated or created by the crisis, the effects are already paramount. Because of a lack of preparedness, hospitals and other medical facilities are ill-equipped to handle the ...
Due to the rampant spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus currently classified as a global pandemic, many issues in the American health care system are arising as well as coming to light. Whether a problem is being exacerbated or created by the crisis, the effects are already paramount. Because of a lack of preparedness, hospitals and other medical facilities are ill-equipped to handle the ...
When you go to a hospital or clinic to get treated for a medical condition, you expect any medical equipment your doctor uses to help your condition improve. Unfortunately, this is not always the reality. Defective medical devices hurt thousands of patients each year, sometimes even causing permanent disability and even death. More than 1.7 million medical device injury reports have been filed to ...
1,200 Surgical Patients May Have Been Infected by Imperfectly Sterilized Instruments If you underwent a surgical procedure at Goshen Hospital between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2019, you may have been exposed to blood-borne illnesses including HIV and Hepatitis B and C. A technician error resulted in instruments missing 1 of 7 typical sterilization steps between uses. The hospital sent out letters to ...
For the first time in history, the odds of Americans dying from an accidental opioid overdose are higher than from a traffic accident, according to an analysis conducted by the National Safety Council. This crisis has drawn the attention of lawmakers seeking tangible solutions for public health and safety. Medical professionals are responsible for prescribing these powerful drugs under controlled ...
Multidistrict litigation (MDL) allows courts to consolidate many similar cases into one action. This simplifies and speeds up the discovery and pretrial process, allowing the courts to avoid conflicting rulings, inconsistent pretrial obligations, and duplicate discovery. It also ensures consistency and accuracy of evidence, and allows plaintiffs to enjoy a more efficient process overall. In ...
Last month, Purdue Pharma declared bankruptcy after a series of settlements and criminal probes related to its drug, OxyContin, and the company’s liability in the opioid epidemic. The trouble for Purdue started in late August, when opioid-manufacturer Johnson & Johnson was found to have partially caused the opioid crisis. Although Purdue reached a liability-free settlement in this same, seven-week ...
The Washington Post has uncovered a secret database detailing the major American drug manufacturers and distributors’ role in creating the opioid crisis. According to documents obtained by the Post, America’s largest drug companies flooded the market with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pills between the years of 2006 and 2012. This database, which was maintained by the Drug Enforcement ...
For the first time in history, the odds of Americans dying from an accidental opioid overdose are higher than from a traffic accident, according to an analysis conducted by the National Safety Council. This crisis has drawn the attention of lawmakers seeking tangible solutions for public health and safety. Medical professionals are responsible for prescribing these powerful drugs under controlled ...
Everyone makes mistakes, but there are some accidents that should never happen, especially in the healthcare field. Medical errors that should never occur are referred to as “never events,” and sound like the stuff of nightmares. Unfortunately, never events don’t happen as rarely as their name suggests. Too often, patients wake up with the wrong leg amputated, or with a cotton ball or medical tool ...
We get it. The last thing you want to do after a traumatic injury is file a lawsuit. Unfortunately, your bargaining power with insurance companies and the state of Missouri’s civil court system goes down each day that you do not act. What’s more? It disappears completely after five years. Why? Missouri has a five-year statute of limitations. For personal injury, Missouri’s statute of limitations ...
For years, families have trusted the household brand Johnson & Johnson to supply them with a safe, effective product. However, their popular talc products have since been associated with serious health issues, including the development of certain rare, aggressive cancers. As a result, several individuals are suing J&J for producing and selling such a dangerous product. In the most recent case, a ...
When you go to a hospital or clinic to get treated for a medical condition, you expect any medical equipment your doctor uses to help your condition improve. Unfortunately, this is not always the reality. Defective medical devices hurt thousands of patients each year, sometimes even causing permanent disability and even death. More than 1.7 million medical device injury reports have been filed to ...
Zantac and its active ingredient, ranitidine, were first linked to the carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in September of 2019. The drug has been on shelves for more than 30 years and plaintiffs state : “ every one of the millions of the drug’s consumers have been exposed to dangerous levels of NDMA and many thousands of those consumers have contracted cancer as a result .” While legal ...
At the end of 2018, Bayer ended sales of Essure® permanent birth control: The device, touted as a non-surgical alternative to tubal ligation, faced complaints from thousands of women who blamed it for undisclosed side effects. Facing complications such as ectopic pregnancy, autoimmune disorders, and uterine or fallopian perforation, these patients successfully rallied to bring addition FDA ...
Monsanto Co. was recently slammed by an Oakland jury that ruled the company must pay $2 billion dollars in total punitive damages to plaintiffs who sued after prolonged use of Roundup weedkiller caused them to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), a rare form of cancer. In particular, the jury ruled $1 billion in punitive damages be paid to Alva Pilliod and another $1 billion to Alberta Pilliod, ...
With millions of vehicles on the road in the U.S., it isn’t surprising that the number of auto recalls being made by manufacturers has risen slightly in recent years. What is surprising is how many car owners ignore these recalls and skip the necessary repairs. When a recall goes out for a potentially dangerous issue, many car owners may find themselves at risk—and not even realize it. It’s ...
When you purchase a car, you assume that your vehicle has been rigorously inspected before making its way to the dealership. Unfortunately, there are have been many cases where auto defects have resulted in injuries, deaths, and recalls. In 2016, a record-high 53.2 million vehicles were recalled in the United States. Furthermore, one in four vehicles currently on the road has an open recall. The ...
Millions of children and teens play a sport or join an athletic team at some point in their lives. Sports are often touted as a great way for youngsters to get exercise and learn valuable skills, such as dedication, teamwork, and self-confidence. Unfortunately, injuries are also a part of athletic activities. While bumps and bruises may not be much to worry about, traumatic brain injuries, ...
Everyone makes mistakes, but there are some accidents that should never happen, especially in the healthcare field. Medical errors that should never occur are referred to as “never events,” and sound like the stuff of nightmares. Unfortunately, never events don’t happen as rarely as their name suggests. Too often, patients wake up with the wrong leg amputated, or with a cotton ball or medical tool ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves, reviews, and filters what is safely available for public consumption. It is the agency’s job to protect public health by ensuring consumers are not unknowingly exposed to dangerous or defective products or medications. The FDA issues a “black box” warning label on prescription drugs presumed to lead to serious injury or death. Any medication with ...
WDAF-TV in Kansas City is reporting that a babysitter in southeast Missouri has plead guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter following the death of a 13-month-old girl in a dog attack. 33-year-old Erica Jordan of Cape Girardeau took a plea deal in accepting the manslaughter charge, in exchange for the court dropping a charge of engendering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors stated that ...
