Understanding Birth Injuries. What New Parents Need to Know
The birth of a child is a life-changing event. As a new parent, you want nothing but the best care for your baby during labor and delivery. However, sometimes things can go wrong, and the baby can sustain injuries during birth. According to recent studies, birth injuries occur in about 7 out of every 1,000 births...
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Archdiocese of San Francisco Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
As the number of sexual abuse cases against priests and other church staff mounted, one of the largest Catholic Church organizations in the country threatened to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a measure to protect itself and limit survivor payouts. “We believe the bankruptcy process is the best way to provide a compassionate and equitable...
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Warning about Allergan Breast Implants Lawsuit
Attention ladies! We want to make sure you are well informed about a serious health risk involving Allergan breast implants. These defective implants may cause a rare and aggressive type of cancer called Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). This type of lymphoma is typically caused by a combination of textured implants and a...
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School District Pays $3.9 Million in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Lawsuit Won for Failing to Stop Abusive Paraeducator The Tahoma School District recently paid a sexual abuse survivor $3.9 million to resolve a child sexual abuse lawsuit. The School District negligently continued to employ Bryan Neyers, a former para-teacher, after receiving allegations that he was sexually abusing and grooming students. The lawsuit was filed on...
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Multiple Patients Allege Sexual Abuse at Montgomery County Hospital
Prosecutors believe that the ten patients who have come forward so far might be just the tip of the iceberg in an extensive sex abuse operation at Montgomery County Hospital. Montgomery County police arrested a doctor who works at Advanced Walk-in Urgent Care in Silver Spring on two counts of rape in February. “I want...
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Exactech Ankle Replacement Surgeries Moving Offshore
To avoid legal scrutiny in the United States, manufacturer of defective medical implants Exactech is now focusing on ankle replacement surgeries in South America. Manuel Pellegrini, MD, and Giovanni Carcuro, MD, of the Clínica Universidad de los Andes, performed the bilateral ankle procedures in Chile earlier this month. “Many patients worldwide are benefitting from the...
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FDA Updates Exactech Hip Implant Recall
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration prompted medical-implant manufacturer Exactech to expand its voluntary hip implant recall to all models, not just some of them. Exactech joint replacement devices are used to replace painful, arthritic joints due to osteoarthritis, osteonecrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and loss of normal structure and function in adults. These devices are also...
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What is a wrongful death lawsuit?
Alice had been living a great life, working as an accountant and spending quality time with her family. That all changed one fateful day when she received the news that her beloved husband had been taken from her in a tragic truck accident. Alice and her three children were devastated. They could not imagine how...
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Help for Individuals Coping With a Traumatic Brain Injury from an Accident
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a serious and often life-changing injury that affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone, over 2.8 million people suffer from TBI yearly. TBI can happen to anyone, regardless of age, background, or lifestyle. A traumatic brain injury can be caused by falls, car accidents, sports injuries, or...
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Baltimore Catholic High School Sexual Abuse Claims
for Sexual Abuse Survivors at Catholic High School in Baltimore CNN recently ran a story about four real-life survivor’s accounts of rampant sexual abuse against young girls in Baltimore. Four survivors shared their stories more than 50 years after priests brutally, physically, and sexually assaulted them. It happened repeatedly at an all-girls Catholic high school...
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