By Staff Writer The difference of an infant suffering from a birth defect or birth trauma can be subtle, but their legal implications are poles apart. Although the child’s symptoms may be similar, distinguishing the origins of the complications is critical, and can mean the difference between obtaining the proper medical care and compensation for […]

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By Staff Writer We recently posted an article about the prevalence of nursing home abuse and the different types of mistreatment that occur on a routine basis. It is an unfortunate fact that physical and emotional abuses, as well as financial fraud and exploitation occur frequently in nursing homes and adult care facilities—abuses that are […]

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By Staff Writer A recent survey by Johns Hopkins University, published in the popular medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, shocked the medical community by claiming to have found one of the underlying causes of medical malpractice—a heavy workload. The survey, released last Monday (1/28/13), used a popular medical networking site to assess how a heavy […]

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