- Staff Writer | July 31, 2006 12:35 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeOn July 26, 2006, our firm successfully concluded a case which involved both a medication error and medical malpractice. Our client was placed on Coumadin, a blood thinner, due to a rare clotting factor in her blood. Her doctor erred by taking her off the medication and she had a life-altering stroke, permanently disabling her.On April 29, 2005 Jane Doe sustained a massive stroke to the brain...
- Staff Writer | July 28, 2006 10:40 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeFive year old Alexis Hayes' cerebral palsy, lack of speech and need for a wheelchair came as a result of medical malpractice, an Ohio jury ruled last week. The jury awarded Hayes' family nearly $18 million for what they deemed was an anesthesiologist's error. The injuries occurred as Alexis was about to undergo surgery to remove a benign cyst on her neck.The hospital, which settled out of court...
- Scott Hendison | July 27, 2006 7:28 AM |
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MiscellaneousWednesday July 26, 2006 will be the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association ("OTLA") last scheduled build day at the Portland Habitat for Humanity project in SE Portland. When she was President of OTLA, Jane Paulson wanted to help Habitat by contributing and raising funds from OTLA members to help build a Habitat home. Paulson raised $20,000 from OTLA members to help build the Chanocua's home. The...
- Scott Hendison | July 25, 2006 2:17 PM |
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Medical MalpracticePaulson Law firm has recieved a verdict for $600,000 in a claim last month against Willamette Dental. The damages awarded were for a lingual nerve injury. Our client's nerve was damaged during a routine wisdom tooth extraction, which left him with numbness and shooting, burning pain, a tingling sensation, and a throbbing pain in this tongue. He also experiences difficulty biting and using his...
- Scott Hendison | July 25, 2006 4:17 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThe Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that the Oregon state Constitution does not give a family the right to sue a company for negligence after there is a death in the workplace.Our court decided the case against two adult children and the mother of Felix Juarez. Juarez was fatally injured in 2000 when a backhoe bucket struck him at Windsor Island Mine, near Keizer. To read the entire story, see...
- Staff Writer | July 20, 2006 11:53 AM |
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Wrongful DeathIn a case involving the family of Felix Juarez, a worker at the Windsor Island Mine who died from head injuries after being struck by a backhoe bucket, the Oregon Supreme Court rejected the workers' comp suit. The justices made a unanimous decision that the Oregon Constitution did not automatically give the family the right to sue a company for negligence that resulted in its worker's death....
- Staff Writer | July 19, 2006 1:15 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThough a state law limits jury awards against public agencies to $200,000, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled on July 5 that the family of a brain-damaged child could sue for millions of dollars. The family of Jordaan Michael Clarke sued Oregon Health & Science University for more than $17 million alleging their boy suffered permanent brain damage in 1998 due to medical malpractice while a...
- Staff Writer | July 18, 2006 9:43 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA sixty-seven year-old Portland man was killed this weekend when his Ford Explorer rolled over during a crash in North Portland around North Chautauqua Blvd. and North Columbia Blvd.According to police, the man who was killed was slowly changing lanes when he struck another vehicle going in the same direction. The vehicle he struck ended up with minimal damage, but the man's Ford Explorer...
- Staff Writer | July 16, 2006 1:19 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeFellow blogger Denise Rubin in NY talks about the recent announcement that ACE inhibitors have been linked to birth defects in the first trimester of pregnancy, specifically problems with fetal skull development, kidney problems and growth inhibition. ACE inhibitors such as catopril and lisinopril are prescribed to treat hypertension and are popular medications used for kidney protection in...
- Staff Writer | July 14, 2006 1:02 PM |
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Wrongful DeathThe family of an Alabama woman who died as a result of injuries suffered during an incident at an Alabama group home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility. Martha Sue Hall had been transferred from a different home to Grand Haven Group Home only three days before her death. She suffered "significant and catastrophic injuries leading to her death," the suit alleges. The Mental...