When you get hurt and have to go to the emergency room, the last thing you should be thinking about is, “What if they make a mistake?!”

But, mistakes can happen. It is true that the standard of care in hospitals across the U.S. is quite good. However, emergency rooms are the most stressful locations for medical professionals and errors can occur. Here are a few examples of mistakes than can lead to emergency room malpractice...

Anesthesia Accident is definitely can be a medical malpractice case when it occurs due to the mistakes in administering anesthesia
Normally, the initial mistaken step taken by anesthesiologists or any other healthcare professional performing the process is the failure to assess a patient. Other errors that are reported as factors endangering the safety of patients are:
Use of anesthesia when patient is under the effect of medicines that exaggerate with anesthesia.
Delay...

Auto accidents are a fact of life. With millions of people living in our cities and ever-growing traffic clogging highways and streets already badly in need of expansion, we take our lives in our hands each time we get behind the wheel.

In fact, auto accidents lead the nation and contribute to deaths in the tens of thousands each year. Millions more suffer injuries and permanent disabilities.

The National Highway Traffic Administration reports that a...

If you've been researching the Social Security Disability process, you know by now that it is a lot more complicated than just telling the office that you can't go back to your current job. Social Security law is comprised of hundreds of regulations, rulings and cases interpreting them. There are not a lot of lawyers that practice in this area compared to other areas of the law because... well, it's a pain in the neck.

Social Security Disability law is complicated, the legal...

Medical malpractice is a tragic occurrence. Anything ranging from a misdiagnosis to wrongful death can be considered medical malpractice. Most health professionals strive to avoid this, but sometimes they make medical mistakes and patients are harmed. When your family has been the victim of one of these slip-ups, you need an experienced medical malpractice attorney to help you bring justice to your loved ones.

The website, , explains why Weiss and Paarz focus on medical...

Although they may not be as common as vehicle accidents or construction site accidents, elevator accidents happen more often than people think. In fact, it is estimated that over 12,000 people were involved in elevator accidents the last year. It also reported that elevators and escalators kill approximately 30 people per year and injure over 17,000 people.

Causes of Elevator Accidents

Elevator accidents can arise from any number of malfunctions...

Have you recently been in a car accident in the state of Connecticut? Was it someone else’s fault? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has just released the 2007 Traffic Accident Statistics. It was found that over 2,221,000 passengers were injured in 2007 in traffic accidents in the United States. Statistically you have a one out of 6500 chance that you will actually die in a car accident. In part because highway maintenance has become an...

According to Dictionary.com, mesothelioma is pronounced mez-uh-thee-lee-oh-muh. It’s still a little tricky to say, even when you see it broken down! And, this $64 word carries an even pricier definition.

“A malignant [cancerous] tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities often associated with exposure to asbestos.”

To put it simply, inhaling asbestos dust for extended periods of time can lead to cancer in...

It is a recognised fact that the vast majority of businesses, and many individuals, will be involved in a dispute at some stage or another. With the increasing costs and formality of litigation, alternative dispute resolutions have become the favoured tool of addressing disputes.

Arbitration the most prevalent ADR

There are several variants of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) – mediation, settlement negotiations, early neutral evaluation, conciliation,...

President Roosevelt and his committee drafted the Social Security Act as part of the New Deal in 1935. The act was created to limit the dangers of modern American life including elderly, poverty, problems faced by widows, fatherless children, and unemployment. The SSI benefits help those who fall under these categories get monetary aid. For the elderly, the SSI benefits will allocate money to assist the aged from the state. SSI benefits also go to mothers on child welfare and the...