When people enter the hospital for any type of treatment or medical care, they expect to be diagnosed and treated properly by trained medical professionals. Unfortunately, medical errors are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for up to 98,000 deaths annually. A 2001 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that more than 22 percent of active-care patient deaths were possibly preventable. While these are alarming...

Surgery is stressful enough without having to worry whether the surgeon is going to operate on the correct body part. Awrong-site surgeryoccurs when the doctor mistakenly performs a medical procedure on the incorrect organ or wrong side of the body.

Although some of these sorts of medical mistakes may be corrected after the fact, they are often irreversible, such as with an amputation or removal of an internal organ.

Recent New England Example

The Rhode Island...

Train Accident Attorneys, personal injury lawyers and accident law firms in California can be found in every corner of the state. They can be found in cities in San Diego, CA such as Carlsbad, Oceanside, and Escondido, in Orange County, in cities such as Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Anaheim, Santa Ana and Yorba Linda, in the Inland Empire cities of Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Riverside and San Bernardino and in Palm Springs and Palm Desert as well as in Ventura, Oxnard, and Simi...

Here are some of the most recent DUI statistics surrounding deaths and accidents in the United States.

The number of deaths caused by drunk driving accidents in the USA at the time this article is being written stands at 2699. The number of people injured by these accidents, on average, is over 700,000 per year. The economic cost to society of DUI accidents is estimated to be anywhere between 20 and 150 billion dollars. Over a third of all deaths as a result of traffic...

From 1 November 2007, certification under the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) became a mandatory requirement within the Immigration Rules for students from non-EU/EEA countries who intend to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for more than 6 months to undertake postgraduate studies or research in certain designated subjects, such as certain science, engineering and technology disciplines. The move is designed to stop the spread of knowledge and skills that could be used in...

1. You’re not just hit once, but hit a second and third time.

2. As you sit on the side of the road, a truck demolishes what’s left of your car.

3. Your computer was in the car.

4. The police get confused and think you were the cause of the accident.

5. The ambulance gets stuck in traffic.

6. The hospital has a five hour waiting list.

7. Your health insurance only covers this...

You pay your insurance premiums every month so that if you or another driver is seriously injured, you are covered. So nothing seems more unfair than being injured or having vehicular damage at the hands of an uninsured motorist. Unfortunately with today’s economic climate, your chances of being hit by an uninsured driver in Florida are 23 percent, according to the Insurance Research Council, and likely to increase to 28 percent by 2010.

Because the state of Florida does not...

Los Angeles freeways and roads are notorious for its traffic and collisions. Each year there are hundreds or even thousands of automobile wrecks on LA freeway, highways, bridges and roadways.

Most car accident and other motor collision cases results in serious personal injury or even death. However, you do not need to worry there are auto collision lawyers to help you.

Armed with knowledge on auto collision accidents, they do understand the suffering and...

An amputation is the loss or removal of a body part or extremity. This serious condition often arises in the aftermath of a traumatic accident or illness. A traumatic amputation happens when a part of your body is severed in an accident, such as a motor vehicle crash or a harrowing event involving dangerous equipment.

A serious injury like an amputation can dramatically change your life. If one of your limbs has been amputated, you may face:

• A long, painful...

The following is an expert answer given byBroward County Injury Lawyer, Joseph M. Maus, and taken from AllExperts.com, a free Q & A service on the internet:

Question:
Thank you in advance for any info you can give me.  I live in TX. This happened in a local grocery store. Short version of story.

I was going to get broccoli but had to go further down to grab a bag.  When I stepped on the rug, it slid and I started doing a balancing act.  I was...