68-year-old former librarian Trudy Roy was injured on May 19 of this year when she was injured in a motorcycle accident involving a police motorcycle. Trudy had been walking to the grocery store, something she’d done for years without incident, when she stopped to observe a group of policeman running for a Special Olympics fund-raiser. […]
Defective Product : Federal Pacific Electric “Stab-Lok” Circuit Breakers
In 2005, a class-action suit was placed against the company Federal Pacific Electric for their “Stab-Lok” circuit breakers. The company was found to have cheated on a circuit breaker test in order to pass Underwriters Laboratories approval. The “Stab-Lok” breakers involved in the lawsuit were found to be prone to overheating and causing electrical fires. […]
Medical Malpractice and Negligence : Incredible True Story
Down in the Prarie State, rules are kept fairly strict on penalizing doctors. “Clear and convincing” evidence” of guilt must be evident for a doctor to be disciplined for negligence in Illinois, which allowed many incompetent doctors to slip by undetected in the past. A new state law is trying to alleviate that problem, allowing […]
Traumatic Brain Injury in Child : Compensation Determined by Life Expectancy
Islam Yasim Ibn Siddiq “Izzy” Peterson was injured at birth in 2005 when hospital staff put the newborn on carbon dioxide instead of oxygen. The 40-minute exposure to the wrong gas gave Izzy a severe brain injury that will require him to be reliant on medical devices and 24-hour surveillance his entire life. The federal […]
Traumatic Brain Injury Costs $1 Billion a Year
A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) in the Columbus Children’s Research Institute at Columbus Children’s Hospital in Ohio states that traumatic brain injury in infants leads to $1 billion annually in medical fees. Researchers obtained this number by analyzing data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization […]
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