Blog: Medical Malpractice

A short term nursing home stay that turned deadly for an elderly Alzheimer’s patient resulted in a $91.5 million jury verdict in favor of the victim’s family. Now Bloomberg is reporting that the facility that caused the resident’s dehydration death, HCR ManorCare nursing home, plans to appeal. The victim’s son filed a wrongful death lawsuit …

Medicare recently published a troubling study that found that one third of nursing home residents are injured during the course of their treatment through medical errors. Researchers also found that nearly 60% of these errors were preventable, and over half of injured residents had to be hospitalized. Nursing home abuse lawyers at Pintas & Mullins …

About one in every 20 hospital patients will be affected by “preventable harm” – defined as unintended physical injury caused by medical care that requires additional treatment or hospitalization – according to a new study conducted by the renowned British Medical Journal. Preventable harm is believed to account for as many as 1,000 deaths each day. …

A patient whose pressure ulcers developed gangrene, resulting in amputation. A maggot infestation where a feeding tube entered a patient’s abdomen. A patient whose injuries from a sexual assault were missed and only discovered at a hospital. These are just a few of the most severe cases cited in a new report on hospice care in America. But …

Like the recently closed Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook, another Chicago area medical supply company appears to be using cancer-causing ethylene oxide (EtO) as a sterilization method for its products. An air toxics study conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicates that ethylene oxide emissions from the Medline Industries facility in Waukegan are responsible …

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Newborn babies are at a much higher risk of developing meningitis than any other age group. This is primarily because infants’ immune systems are not fully developed and are more prone to viruses and illnesses. Since the bacteria that causes meningitis can be transferred from mother to baby, prenatal care and virus screening for the …

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In the summer of 2018, Krystal Kim, a 53-year-old African-American woman, was one of the plaintiffs in a successful lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J). The jury in that trial awarded $4.69 billion to Kim and 21 others – all of whom are suffering from ovarian cancer or mesothelioma which they believe was …

The controversial Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook has been shut down. The shutdown comes after the release of new air quality numbers and renewed calls for the plant’s to be closed from government officials and area residents – many of whom are suffering from cancer. The Illinois EPA (IEPA) recently conducted new tests on air quality …

New testing conducted by the EPA indicates that there were higher levels of a cancer-causing gas near the Sterigenics plant than previously imagined. The plant is located in Willowbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago.  “The citizens of DuPage County should not have to endure this exposure to a known human carcinogen,” Illinois Attorney General Kwame …

Tasigna is a chemotherapy drug prescribed to people with a certain type of blood cancer called Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). Ph+CML is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, during which the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells. These extra cells are often damaged and can overwhelm healthy …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) keeps an electronic database that lists the cancer-causing potential of different substances. The EPA first classified ethylene oxide (EtO) as a possible human carcinogen in 1985. Fifteen years later, the EPA changed EtO’s status to a known human carcinogen. What is a Carcinogen? Carcinogens are substances that cause cancer by changing …

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The physical and mental strength it takes to battle cancer is often so stressful that it leaves people feeling helpless. Prolonged stress can cause serious damage to the body, leaving it more vulnerable to illness. Finding ways to cope with cancer surely isn’t easy, and while there’s no single solution that works for everyone, there …

Hundreds of thousands of lives depend on St. Jude’s pacemakers. Yet concerns over battery problems and cybersecurity issues have been topics of news stories, lawsuits, and patient outcry. Our St. Jude pacemaker lawyers are currently representing clients seriously hurt by these defibrillators. Many of our clients were affected by the St. Jude recalls in the …

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Preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., right after heart disease and cancer, according to recent data. Physical suffering may be seen after a medical error, but emotional scars like fear and loss of trust in doctors or hospitals may also exist. Here are 5 ways to deal with …

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As advanced as our healthcare is, the care offered to women during childbirth is astonishingly poor. Doctors and nurses constantly monitor babies to ensure their health and safety, but mothers are often less of a concern. Our maternal mortality rates are increasing, and more American women die of pregnancy-related problems than any other developed country. Birth …

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Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have been accused of keeping patients sedated unnecessarily while they operated on other patients. A former anesthesiologist at the hospital came forward with information that at least five doctors put patients’ lives in danger by double-booking their surgeries. The doctors defrauded the government by billing Medicare for time they spent …

Next week, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill, H.R. 1215, that endangers the rights of everyone who gets their health insurance through Medicare or Medicaid, or Veteran’s Affairs. That means nearly every veteran, disabled person, elderly person, and impoverished person, including children, in the country. This bill takes away your right to file a …

Bad and often scary reactions from prescription drugs are more common than you think. Serious side effects can happen when someone takes the wrong medication, is prescribed an inappropriate dosage, has an allergic reaction, or experiences an exaggerated side effect. If you’ve suffered a serious side effect from a prescription, you may have legal options, …