Posted on June 21st, 2019 by Gerald Thurswell
When people seek medical treatment, they expect their medical professionals to provide the best possible care. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. According to patient safety experts at Johns Hopkins, medical errors caused more than 250,000 deaths per year. They further stated that medical error is the third greatest cause of death in the United […]
Posted on June 17th, 2019 by Gerald Thurswell
In March 2019, the 13th Circuit Court ruled in favor of a deceased Traverse City man who was forced to forgo leukemia treatment after complications from bariatric surgery. The surgeon did not order a pre-op sleep study, causing him to recommend the wrong surgery. After having the more dangerous and complicated surgery, the patient struggled with […]
Posted on May 2nd, 2019 by Elizabeth
Millions of women have undergone a procedure to have synthetic vaginal mesh implanted to prevent the sagging of the bladder, uterus, and other organs into the vaginal area, also known as pelvic organ prolapse or pelvic floor disorder. Now, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has halted the sale and distribution of what they consider […]
Posted on May 1st, 2019 by Gerald Thurswell
Each state can make its own laws regarding different types of legal claims, including medical malpractice lawsuits. Michigan law has many different provisions and requirements for patients seeking to hold doctors liable for medical errors. If you fail to comply with the law, you can lose your right to compensation. It is essential to have […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2019 by Elizabeth
The United States has incredible technology, advanced healthcare, constant innovation. But mothers are dying in delivery rooms. So many mothers are dying, in fact, that the U.S. is now the most dangerous place in the developed world for a woman to give birth. How can this be true? It’s not because our country is lacking […]
In one recent year, 312,798 traffic accidents took place in Michigan. Of those, 905 were fatal, 55,340 resulted in injuries and 256,553 resulted in property...
Michigan has a no fault insurance law requiring that everyone who drives must purchase certain types of insurance in order to get plates. You cannot...
In the 1950s, it wasn’t hard to find a pregnant woman who smoked cigarettes and drank regularly without giving these behaviors a second thought. Doctors...
