The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that a Podiatrist could not give expert testimony against an Orthopedic Surgeon concerning the proper standard of care in a medical malpractice lawsuit concerning bunion care. Wexler v. Hecht, 928 A.2d 973 (Pa. 2007). The highest court in Pennsylvania found that because podiatrists attend…
A $7 safety device on a truck’s dump-bed kit made by Heil Co. would have prevented a man’s death, but the company didn’t include it on the product and failed to warn of the dangers of the product despite the fact that the safety device had been in use on…
Drug manufacturers of infant cold medicines such as Dimetapp, PediaCare, Tylenol, Triaminic and Robitussin have pulled these medications from stores following reported child deaths from overdoses. The manufacturers continue to assert that these medications are safe when used as directed on the packaging, but the American Academy of Pediatrics (“AAP”)…
LASIK eye surgery can cause extremely dry eyes, blurry vision and difficulty with night driving, leaving patients with excruciating facial pain, worse vision than before the surgery, and visual distortion (including halos, glare and seeing multiple objects). At the extreme, complications include eye bulging and blindness, especially in patients with…
Stevens Johnson Syndrome is the result of an allergic reaction caused by many different drugs and medications. Not all of these medications require a prescription and many can be purchased over-the-counter. It is estimated that Stevens Johnson Syndrome causes over 140,000 deaths every year in the United States and causes…
Medtronic, the nation’s largest electronic heart device maker, has agreed to pay $75 million in settlement of 2,000 claims that it hid defects in its defibrillators. A defibrillator is a medical device that is surgically implanted in the chest and, after sensing an abnormal heart rhythm, will send an electrical…
Pennsylvania Superior Court recently overruled a Philadelphia judge and held that it was improper to allow a case to proceed with only 8 jurors. The right to a trial by jury is one of the most fundamental rights of our legal system. The requirement to have 12 members on a…
The Holland-Glen Nursing Home in Hatboro, Pennsylvania faces serious charges filed by the United States Attorney’s Office for providing substandard and worthless care, which defrauded the Pennsylvania Medicaid and federal Medicare progarms. The civil complaint filed by the federal government alleges that the facility was operating without a proper skilled-nursing…
A defective Sesame Beginnings Travel Play Yard caused the death of a 10 month old boy, leading manufacturer Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. to recall more than 400,000 playpens (often called a “pack and play” by modern parents). Each year, dangerous products cause injury and death to hundreds of thousands of Americans.…
Infections ocurring during a hospitalization kill 99,000 people every year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even more dramatically, these same statistics reveal that each year over 1.7 million people in the U.S. develop an infection as a complication of their hospitalization. Obviously, these infections,…