On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | May 13, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
Psychiatric care is full of uncertain outcomes. However, there are times when the link between a hospital or physician’s inept or negligent action and a patient’s suicide seems painfully obvious. That’s what the family of an 18-year-old woman alleges...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Apr 22, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
What’s your biggest worry when you’re sick enough to head to the hospital or take a troublesome symptom to your doctor? For many, it’s that they’ll be given some kind of terrible diagnosis. In reality, people should be worried that they...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Feb 19, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
When a doctor misses a breast cancer diagnosis, it can prove fatal. Early detection and treatment, as with other types of cancer, is the key. Missing cancer in the early stages massively complicates the process and delays that treatment. Unfortunately, it happens more...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Jan 23, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
A Columbus hospital and its surrounding community have been torn apart by revelations that a doctor gave lethal doses of pain medication to 27 patients as they lay incapacitated in their hosptial beds. Even worse, a number of other medical professionals have been...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Jan 14, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
Could personal biases lead a physician to neglect — or intentionally harm — some patients? Do some patients get better — or drastically worse — treatment than others because of their physician’s private politics or beliefs? That’s a...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Dec 7, 2018 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
Technology has been improving and saving lives for generations, but technology also brings some unexpected hazards. In hospitals, technology can be a patient’s best friend — or worst nightmare. It’s estimated that 400,000 hospital patients a year die...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Nov 6, 2018 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
Could mistakes in personal hygiene contribute to a deadly adenovirus outbreak in a medical facility near you and leave someone you love sicker than when they entered the hospital in the first place? Quite possibly. Despite the fact that few people have heard the term,...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Sep 13, 2018 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
Medication errors are a common problem, whether you end up taking the wrong drug or too much of the right drug. Unfortunately, you can’t afford to relax your guard against medication errors even when you’re in the hospital. To guard against dangerous or...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Aug 7, 2018 | Cleveland Personal Injury Law Blog, Firm News, Medical Malpractice
How well do you know your doctor? The odds are high, these days, that you got your doctor’s name off a list provided by your insurance company. The website created by the doctor’s clinic or office may have had some basic information about your...
On Behalf of The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm, LLC | Jul 3, 2018 | Firm News, Medical Malpractice
It’s difficult for a lot of people to speak up to a physician — even when they have a strong feeling that the doctor is making a mistake. Unfortunately, that’s the kind of issue that can prevent patients from challenging a bad diagnosis on a...