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EXACTLY WHO’S AT FAULT WHEN GUN VIOLENCE CAUSES INJURY AND DEATH?
There are more guns than people in the United States, a global small arms survey revealed. In fact, while Americans make up only 4% of the world’s population, the study showed, we own nearly half of the entire global stock of firearms! The bad part, as a new study in the Journal of the… Read More »
NURSING HOME NEGLECT IS A FORM OF ABUSE
“But we didn’t mean it!” simply isn’t going to cut it as an excuse when it comes to nursing home neglect. True, unlike abuse, neglect is not done out of specific intent to harm a patient or an elder in a nursing home or rehabilitation facility. But too often, intended or not, substandard care… Read More »
WHEN A LOVED ONE SUFFERS ABUSE OR NEGLECT IN A NURSING HOME
The facility may be called a nursing home, convalescent home, rest home, or elder care facility. Whichever it is, the owners of that facility can be held legally responsible when harm is caused to a patient or resident. There are actually different categories of harm, any one of which can be grounds for filing… Read More »
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES MAY BE INVISIBLE, YET LIFE – ALTERING
Sometimes, when there’s a hard blow or jolt to the head, the skull remains intact, and the extent of the injury is invisible from the outside. In fact, one of the most common forms of closed-head injury is concussion. There may be no noticeable scars, bruises, or bleeding, but what has happened inside… Read More »
THE BIGGEST THREAT OF PERSONAL INJURY TO KIDS ISN’T ASSAULT WEAPONS
“According to scientific literature, American children face a substantial risk of exposure to firearm injury and death,” a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute report points out, citing the following three statistics as part of a long list: There are approximately 120 guns in circulation in the U.S. for every 100 people. 1 out… Read More »
TRAGIC TRUCK-CAUSED PERSONAL INJURIES CONTINUE TO BE IN THE NEWS
Only last week in our Ramey & Hailey blog, we reported on four crashes at bus stops that killed and injured children, the latest in hundreds of school transportation-related crashes reported by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. In just the past month and half, deadly accidents involving trucks have taken the lives of… Read More »
FALL PREVENTION AWARENESS WEEK A GOOD IDEA YEAR ROUND
Last month marked Fall Prevention Awareness Week, as some Florida colleagues reminded us. While it’s true that older adults suffer the greatest number of fatal falls, the World Health Organization reports that injuries from falls have been affecting people of all ages, all around the world. Falls are a common cause of fatalities in… Read More »
PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS WORK TO PROTECT DR. SMITH AND MRS. JONES
“The professional licensing boards, commissions, and committees within the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency are charged with the responsibility of disciplining licensees who have violated practice standards, acted dishonestly, or acted unethically,” the Indiana government website explains. But are those disciplinary measures sometimes disproportionate to the actual situation? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. While at… Read More »
PERSONAL INJURY PRACTITIONERS HELP PHYSICIANS GET LEGALLY PROACTIVE
Many physicians facing disciplinary action before their state licensing boards fail to recognize that being disciplined can have long term effects on their: health care provider status staff privileges staff memberships status in other states disruption in their practice The book The Biggest Legal Mistakes Physicians Make: And How to Avoid Them advises doctors… Read More »
80% OF MOTORCYCLE CRASHES CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH TO CYCLISTS
Seems the very things that make a motorcycle more agile and more maneuverable than a car are the same things that make motorcyclists more vulnerable to injury. Motorcycles are smaller and faster-moving than cars and sometimes, automobile or truck drivers simply don’t see the cyclist in time to avoid a collision. According to the… Read More »
