In one of his best articles ever, Jim Lewis writes about how medical mistakes happen and the need for doctors and hospitals to kick out accident prone physicians. When is a surgical mistake during an operation a basis for a medical malpractice lawsuit? Can a hospital cut off the privileges of a bad doctor? Why…
I took the time to interview a top injury trial lawyer named James Orr, of Texas, about his trial experience in pursuing wrongful death recoveries for families whose loved ones died from fentanyl/duragesic pain patch overdoses–overdoses that were accidental but preventable. Click here for more information about this dangerous drug and our full interview.
The family and widower of Beata Christandl obtained a small, nominal recovery in wrongful death/negligent homicide ruling from a Austrian court relating to her death in an unusual skiing accident that occurred in Austria. Dieter Althaus, a German state governor, was skiing in the wrong direction at an intersection of two ski slopes when he…
My colleague Rick Shapiro posted an article discussing the increase in railroad worker death rates in 2008, compared to 2007. The Federal Railroad Administration maintains statistics from all Class One and other short line railroads. The statistics are in for calendar year 2008 and they showed that there were 11,144 railroad accidents/incidents in 2008 for…
My law partner John C. recently wrote an article about a CSX Conductor who fell on ballast. One recent case that I am working on is the F.E.L.A. claim for a CSX conductor who was hurt in Pennsylvania (PA) while walking alongside the train. The loose ballast rock gave way causing my client to fall…