Persistence Is The Cure For An Evasive Witness
Taking the deposition of a defendant doctor in a malpractice case can be tricky, no matter how much experience you have in medical malpractice litigation. After all, as a general rule, the doctor has...
View ArticleAvoiding "The Race" After Your Ohio Auto Accident
Yesterday a potential client called me about an auto accident she had the day before. She found my name through a Google search. She called me only because (1) she had already been called by the...
View ArticleTwo Huge Signs Of A Spleen Injury After An Auto Accident
Although injuries to the spleen are not an every day occurance after a car crash, they are not rare either. Trauma to the spleen can occur, and it does not always manifest itself immediately. In fact,...
View ArticleWhy I Like Being A Lawyer
Recently a former client whom I represented in an auto accident years ago came to me with a problem. She politely asked me if I could help her since this was not a "personal injury" case. She worked...
View ArticleHow Outsourcing Medical Care In Hospitals Is Needlessly Harming Patients
Imagine having a loved one in the hospital who needs to be transferred to a rehab facility. The hospital sends standard discharge paperwork to the rehab facility, which includes necessary life saving...
View ArticleUntangling The Medical Malpractice Web: It's Not All About Lawsuits
In a world where it is becoming easier to be cynical and negative, the continual kindness and grace of people continues to amaze me.Recently I was consulted on, and declined, two potential malpractice...
View ArticleInjured By A Distracted/Texting Driver? One HUGE Reason NOT To Deal With The...
If you were injured in a car collision by a distracted or texting driver, the offending driver's cell phone provider should have a record of the driver's texting history.Here's the problem from where...
View ArticleSounding The Alarms...Of Malpractice
Hospitals employees are suffering from "alarm fatigue," according to a recent study from the Joint Commision on Accredidation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO), which sets standards for and...
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"There's A Band-Aid In My Pizza!" (And Other Gross Food Stories)
A colleague shared the other day that a pizza chain recently delivered more than a pizza to a resident. Also included (at no charge, apparently) was a bloody band-aid. As a home pizza maker for over 20...
View ArticleIn What County Can You File An Ohio Personal Injury Lawsuit?
In most cases, a lawsuit is filed in the county where the auto/motorcycle/truck accident occurred. But it does not HAVE to be limited to that county.A common example will bring this into focus. Let's...
View ArticleHow Do Lawyers And Chiropractors Get Your Name After An Auto Accident?
One day, you're rear ended or broadsided in an automobile, motorcycle, or truck accident. As if that trauma is not enough, within 24 hours of the crash your phone starts ringing. If you have a cell or...
View ArticleRecent Law Changes Allow Insurance Companies To Delay Your Claim
A frequent question we're often asked is: "How does an insurance company evaluate my injury claim?" One basic element is what I call "calculator” damages, for hard numbers that can be added like...
View Article“MY INSURANCE COMPANY TOLD ME MY RATES WILL GO UP IF I USE MY INSURANCE” (AND...
I hear this threat all too often, and it really ticks me off.Scenario: client is involved in a crash that’s not his fault. His car needs to be repaired, but he hasn’t heard squat from the at fault...
View Article"I Was Injured By A Driver From Another State--How Will This Affect My...
Good question—glad you asked! It may have a major effect on your claim in certain circumstances. It’s what I call the “absent defendant” scenario. Recently I resolved an auto accident claim for a...
View ArticleWHY IT PAYS TO BRING YOUR ACCIDENT CRASH RECONSTRUCTION EXPERT TO THE SCENE
Frequently, we need the services of experts who can assist us in auto, truck, or motorcycle accident collisions. They can often tell us how fast vehicles were travelling before impact, the change in...
View ArticleDocs Attach Patient's Intestine To Her Vagina--And Get Case Tossed!
I'm sure we all remember that childhood anatomy song, a snippet of which goes something like "well, the hip bone's connected to the thigh bone, the thigh bone's connected to the________" and so on and...
View ArticleWhat Happens If Two Drivers Injured Me?
An example will hopefully show how Ohio law allocates responsibility when more than one party is responsible for an auto accident. A driver is on her way to work when she’s rear ended by another...
View ArticleInjured By A Hit An Run Driver? The One Thing You Must Do IMMEDIATELY!
Unfortunately it's an all too frequent scenario. Out of the blue, you're sideswiped or rear ended. Or you've been run off the road, forcing your car to crash. The responsible (or better yet the...
View ArticleCan A "Black Box" In The Operating Room Reduce Surgical Malpractice?
Yes, according to a Canadian surgeon who has developed aviation "black box" type technology for use in the operating room.Most everyone is familiar with the "black box" that is retrieved from the...
View ArticleYour Auto Insurance Umbrella Policy: Protection After A Crash---Or Full Of...
An automobile "Umbrella Policy" can provide your family with HUGE protection after an auto or motorcycle collision, but there are a few things you need to understand first, and a couple of possible...
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