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Dealing with a Trip and Fall Injury

Should you trip and fall due to unsafe road conditions, you are liable to get compensation for any injury caused from those responsible for creating such circumstances. Proving a Trip and Fall Case As a victim of a trip and fall incident, you must first establish that there was indeed a dangerous and/or unsafe condition that caused you to fall, resulting in the said injury. The law however, stipulates that such an unsafe condition should have existed for a sufficient time span where the owner could be served a notice stating that it was truly unsafe. This is tricky issue and many public sidewalks require

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Defining a Pedestrian Accident

If you have been injured due to inadequate or badly maintained road conditions while walking down the street, then you can hold the city’s authorities responsible for it and get compensation. However, remember that prompt action must be taken to exert your rights as pedestrian accident claims are time bound. What Constitutes a Pedestrian Accident? In the eye of law, a pedestrian accident is said to have happened when a person is struck by a moving vehicle; injury arising from speeding, running, and the failure to yield; accidents from cars, buses, and trucks; crosswalk accidents; automobile accidents that result in fractures and when a person walking

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Medical Malpractice: Botched Gallbladder Surgery

Medical Malpractice.jpgRemoval of the gallbladder or the surgical procedure called cholecystectomy is all too common the world over. With recent advances in laparoscopic surgery moreover, a gallbladder operation may be performed in an hour’s time and the patient is free to resume normal duties within a week.

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Medical Malpractice: Gynecological & Obstetrics Cases

Pregnant Woman in Pain.jpgThe birth of a child is always a joyous occasion for any parent or family. However, it is also seen that due to doctors’ errors during the birthing process, either the mother or child or both have been negatively affected, resulting in irreparable harm and injury.

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Medical Malpractice: Negligent Diabetic Treatment

Diabetic Patient Treatment.jpgWith the global diabetic population growing by leaps and bounds every day, it is the principal responsibility of all practicing diabetologists to educate and effectively treat their patients and to save them from this “silent killer.” Diabetes indeed kills silently. In many cases it is even seen that the disease shows no apparent symptoms.

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Medical Malpractice: Retained Surgical Instruments

Ever heard of the term gossypiboma? Probably not if you haven’t undergone a surgery where your surgeon left a sponge inside your body after closing up. Sponges aren’t the only thing that surgeons leave behind by mistake in their patient’s bodies. Scalpels, needles, forceps, clamps, suction tips, mops, scissors and tubes too, have been known to be left behind.

The malpractice angle

Sure this is an act of gross error or negligence that can jeopardize a patient’s life if severe post-operative infection sets in due to the presence of a foreign body.

It is a critical duty of the entire surgical team to take a

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How Head & Brain Injuries can be Basis for Personal Injury Claim

Traumatic injuries to the brain are common, particularly due to high traffic accident rates in big cities, construction, and excavation sites where trauma to the brain is caused by external forces or due to prolonged oxygen deprivation to it. Any such injury can be basis for personal injury claim. Statistics from the CDC show that the brain injury population in the US is in excess of 1.7 million annually, and is more commonly seen in the pediatric or geriatric age groups. Unfortunately, this type of injury can have severe and long lasting consequences or may even cause death. Reasons for brain injuries A traumatic head

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