Racine Personal Injury Lawyer

Every year, about 20,000 people in Turkey die because of medical malpractice.    Comparatively, only about 6,000 to 10,000 people die in the country each year due to automobile accidents.  Additionally, experts estimate that if incorrect prescriptions and pharmacy errors are added into this statistic, it could skyrocket as high as 50,000 deaths a year.  The […]

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According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, the maltreatment of older people in nursing homes is on the rise.  Currents estimates claim that at least one in twenty nursing home patients has been the victim of negligence or abuse.  According to another study, over half of nurse aides admitted to having witnessed, or participated […]

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Swansea care and rehabilitation center has been sued by the estate of former resident Dorothy Frolker, who suffered severe and permanent injuries after falling at the nursing home.  The incident occurred on March 25, 2007.  The complaint contends that Swansea failed to provide and train adequate staff members to ensure Frolker’s safety, did not attempt […]

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If approved, the Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act, proposed by New York congressman Maurice Hinchey, would reverse a 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision that protects the military from medical malpractice lawsuits.  The bill would allow claims for damages for death or personal injury cases resulting from negligence, failure to act, or wrongful acts in medical […]

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