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Florida Medical Malpractice Attorneys Often See Wrongful Deaths In Hospitals - Thursday, July 02, 2009
If a loved one has died during a hospital admission, the cause of the wrongful death could have been medical malpractice. Florida's medical malpractice laws are complex and navigating the legal system in a medical negligence case calls for an experienced medical malpractice attorney. Call CGWC for a free consultation and learn about your legal rights.
Labels: Medical Malpractice
Tractor Trailers Cause Fatal Accident In Brevard County - Saturday, June 27, 2009
Due to shear size and power, relative to most standard automobiles, compact automobiles, and even sport utility vehicles, collisions with tractor trailers can often be fatal. On only one day this week there were two fatal accicents on Interstate 95 in Brevard County. The accidents were only two miles apart, and one involved tractor trailers.
When you're on the road, pay special attention to tractor trailers and drive defensively. Many truckers follow the rules, but many don't and drive too many hours at a time, are fatigued, and sometimes even take prescription or over the counter medications or supplements to stay awake. As a result, they drive distracted and cause serious truck accidents that often prove fatal.
If you or a loved one has been injured in an automobile accident, call CGWC for a free consultation about your legal rights.
Labels: Auto Accidents
Patients Often Never Told of Abnormal Test Results - Thursday, June 25, 2009
What does this mean to you as a patient? It means that you shouldn't assume that your test results are normal when you haven't heard from you physician. If you've had tests but haven't heard from your doctor, be proactive. Follow up with a call and get to the bottom of it. It could mean the difference between life and death.
If you or a loved one has developed complications due to a delayed diagnosis or delayed treatment because a doctor's office failed to inform you of bad test results, you may have legal rights under Florida medical malpractice statutes. Call CGWC for a free consultation.
Labels: Medical Malpractice
Don't Let Medical Bills Bankrupt Your Family - Monday, June 22, 2009
According to a Harvard study in 2007, over 60% of all bankruptcies were health related. And it's not just the uninsured who face problems when a family member suffers from a severe injury or illness with mounting medical bills. According to the study, 75% of those who filed for bankruptcy due to health related financial problems had health insurance when the problems started.
Why? Because just having health insurance doesn't protect your family. Health insurance doesn't pay all the medical expenses, like deductibles and particular types of needed therapy or other medical care. Health insurance also doesn't cover lost wages and lost income from being out of work due to an illness. You may even lose your health insurance if you can't keep up with the premiums.
So even if you have health insurance when you're injured, you can't sit back, relax and expect health insurance to solve all your problems. Plan ahead and buy a good private disability policy, over and above any group disabilty coverage provided by your employer, because group disability coverage is usually very restricted. And hire an attorney early to pursue all your legal remedies to protect your family, including prosecuting claims for personal injury. You may need all the compensation you're legally entitled to recover to avoid financial ruin.
Labels: Personal Injury
Burn Injuries Often Preventable - Friday, June 12, 2009
For many, burn injuries are the most feared and unimaginable. For the few victims of severe burn injuries, that worst nightmare comes alive and months, even years, of painful and expensive treatments, like skin graft surgeries, becomes their only remedy. Sadly, many burn injuries are preventable.
For example, recently, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 162,000 Chenille Robes which proved so flammable that six people were killed when the robes caught on fire. Five were women and the robes caught on fire while they were cooking. Three of the women were in their 80's. The robes were originally sold by Blair Stores of Pennsylvania.
Products like clothing, bedspreads, and pajamas should often be designed with flame retardant qualities. Poor design can cause severe injuries and death, and the manufacturers and sellers of defective products can be held liable to the injured victims under product liability laws.
If you or a loved one has suffered burn injuries or any other kind of injury and suspect a defective product may be to blame, call CGWC for a free consultation about your legal rights.
Florida Pedestrian Accidents - Saturday, June 06, 2009
If you or a loved one has been involved in a Florida automobile accident, call CGWC for a free consultation about your legal rights.
Thousands Of Homeowners Have Bad Chinese Drywall - Friday, June 05, 2009
Thousands of homeowners in Florida had homes built during the housing boom between 2004 and 2008. Many didn't know that defective drywall made in China was being installed in their new homes. Later, they noticed sour smells, copper water heater pipes turning black, and even medical problems, like sinus problems, muscle pain and dizziness.
Florida Senator Bill Nelson's office estimates that bad Chinese drywall may have been used in as many as 100,000 homes. The Florida Department of Health performed labaratory analyses of some of the drywall and found it contained strontium sulfide which is not found in most drywall made in America. The Environmental Protection Agency is still testing the drywall samples, but many believe the strontium sulfide releases sulfurous gases that could be behind all the problems these unfortunate homeowners are facing.
If you think your home may have been built with bad Chinese drywall, call CGWC for a free consultation about your legal rights.
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