Month: October 2017
Medical Review Panels Deemed Unconstitutional by Kentucky Judge
Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd has come down on the side of justice, and declared Kentucky’s new law regarding medical review panels is unconstitutional. The...
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Isn’t the Hospital System It Says It Is
The Cleveland Clinic right here in Ohio enjoys a certain reputation for excellence. In fact, U.S. News & World Report ranks them second in the...
Traumatic Brain Injury Can Have Catastrophic Consequences
While the headlines seem to be full of stories about professional football players and traumatic brain injury (TBI), playing sports is not the most common...
This Promising Cancer Vaccine Needs Our Help to Get it to the Public
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a campaign designed to raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, and to help women and...
Hospitals Charged with Negligence in Drug Diversion Lawsuits
After surgery or when they are experiencing severe pain, hospital patients are given powerful pain medications as part of their treatment. But what happens when...
Electronic Logging Devices Mandate Can Prevent Drowsy Driving and Improve Truck Safety
Truck drivers who are required to maintain record of duty status (RODS) logs will soon be required to use an electronic logging device (ELD) thanks...
Can a New Medical Procedure Help Restore Consciousness to Our Loved Ones in Vegetative States?
Medical research is moving so quickly now that it can be hard to keep up with the developments. Recently, a story about nerve stimulation caught...
A Breakthrough May Allow Doctors to Diagnose CTE in Living Patients
On September 26th, a team of researchers at Boston University’s School of Medicine found something interesting in spinal fluid: a protein that could help detect...
Kentucky Medical Malpractice Screening Panels
In June 2017, a new law went into effect in Kentucky, which calls for “Medical Review Panels” to review medical negligence cases before they can...
Truck Drivers Abusing Opioid Pain Killers Cause Increasing Crash Risk in Ohio
In Cincinnati, Ohio, the driver of a tractor trailer lost consciousness while using heroin crashed his truck into a guardrail on Interstate 74 in the...
Never Events and Surgical Malpractice: Know Your Rights
There are some acts of medical negligence so egregious, so catastrophic, that there is no way to excuse them. We call these “never events,” because...
Kentucky Truck Accidents in Construction Zones
You are driving along a familiar stretch of Interstate 75 when you see a slowdown up ahead and they you see the construction zone signs...