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CGWC Partner Appointed To Advisory Committee Of National Board of Trial Advocacy - Thursday, July 09, 2009

CGWC partner Melvin B. Wright has been appointed to the Advisory Committee of the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Wright is board certified in civil trial law by both the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has been board certified for over 10 years.

Florida Today Says Lawsuits Don't Cause Costly Health Care - Wednesday, July 08, 2009

An article in Florida Today recently said that lawsuits should not be blamed for the high cost of health care. Republicans and the American Medical Association are pushing for limits on lawsuits to be a part of any health care reform. After analyzing five years of data, Florida Today concluded that medical malpractice lawsuits did not cause physicians to practice defensive medicine as claimed.

First, Florida Today concluded that soaring health care costs have negated any pay increases for average Americans since the 1990's. Meanwhile, Florida enacted caps on damages as well as attorneys' fees in medical negligence cases, while also making cases more expensive for attorneys to prosecute. In addition, the number of medical malpractice lawsuits have decreased by 8% since 2005 and the statistics are that Florida's malpractice insurers are the most profitable in the nation. Finally, the average doctor's malpractice premiums have decreased by 8% in the past three years.

Florida Today noted that malpractice victims already have to get other doctors to swear that there is a case of malpractice and then wait three months for the malpractice insurance company to decide whether to fight the case or settle, and that there are other restrictions on cases that stack the system against patients. So, Florida Today asks, why make it even harder for patients to sue? It's not bringing down the cost of health care.

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Monorail Operator Killed In Disney Train Accident - Sunday, July 05, 2009

This weekend, a Disney employee was killed in a monorail train accident, reportedly the first serious train accident in Walt Disney World's 38 years. At CGWC our sympathy goes out to the family of this accident victim.

Whenever an on the job accident occurs, we also think of worker's rights in Florida. Our Partner Stewart Colling found his calling for almost 25 years in the pursuit of workers' rights before he passed away unexpectedly a couple of months ago. We carry on this fight for workers' rights in his tradition and have recently hired Sean McCormack as a new attorney in our firm whose practice will focus on workers compensation and workers' rights.

If you or a loved one has been injured in an on the job accident, call CGWC for a free consultation about your rights under Florida's workers compensation and labor laws.

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Florida Medical Malpractice Attorneys Often See Wrongful Deaths In Hospitals - Thursday, July 02, 2009

According to a recent study by Healthgrades, an average of 195,000 deaths in hospitals annually in 2000, 2001 and 2002 in the United States were caused by potentially preventable medical errors. Thirty seven million patient records were reviewed. This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in October 2003. This study supported an earlier study in 1999 by the Institute of Medicine which found that medical errors caused 98,000 deaths each year and should be considered a national epidemic.

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.

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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.


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Patients Often Never Told of Abnormal Test Results - Thursday, June 25, 2009

According to a study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine, doctors all to often fail to inform patients of abnormal test results. The study found that doctors failed to inform patients of abnormal test results 1 out of 14 times. This included tests such as cancer screenings, cholesterol blood work, Pap smears, mammograms and colorectal cancer screenings. At some doctors' offices, the rate was as high as 26 percent.

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.


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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.

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