Pittsburgh Medical Malpractice Law
Covers medical malpractice cases, news and reform.
Author: Rosen Louik & Perry is based in Pittsburgh.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Medical Malpractice • States • Pennsylvania • Law Firm
Recent Posts from Pittsburgh Medical Malpractice Law
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PREMISES LIABILITY - - NOT JUST SLIP AND FALLS
When people think of premises liability, they probably immediately think of someone slipping and falling in a store or on a faulty sidewalk. However, landlords, employers, elevator companies, and even mass transit authorities can all…
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OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Prevention and early detection is the key to surviving breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women with the…
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NHTSA RELEASES REPORT INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS IN 2007
A report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that there were 41,057 motor vehicle related deaths in 2007. According to its 2007 Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities and People…
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HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT LEAVES MOTORCYCLIST DEAD
A motorcyclist was struck and killed on the Pennsylvania turnpike near mile marker 33 in Pine Township on September 4, 2008. State police say that motorcyclist, Keith Brown, 46, of Green Bay, Wisconsin was struck…
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CONSTRUCTION WORKER DIES ON THE JOB
PITTSBURGH -- A construction worker died on August 11, 2008 while working on a building under construction at Technology Drive. The 26 year-old man was found lying on the roof of the building that was…
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FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE -- HOW COMMON IS IT?
At some point, we have all relied on and trusted the skill, education, and experience of a physician to diagnose and treat an illness or injury. Most of the time, our trust is well placed.…
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CAR-MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT KILLS DRIVER
The driver of a motorcycle died in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze area of the city after colliding with a car. The crash happened at Penn and Dallas Avenues in the mid-morning on Tuesday, August 5th. The…
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SURGICAL ERRORS COSTLY
A recent study published in the journal of Health Services Research found that preventable medical errors occurring during or after surgery cost employers nearly $1.5 billion dollars a year. In addition, these preventable medical errors…
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MEDICALLY UNFIT TRUCK DRIVERS ARE ON OUR ROADWAYS
A recent study published by the Associated Press notes that hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the nation with commercial driver's licenses should not be behind the wheel because they qualify for…
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SURGICAL ERRORS: DON’T BE A VICTIM
Surgical errors can be the most serious forms of medical errors. The majority of surgical errors are known as “wrong site” operations, where the surgeon operates on the wrong organ, limb or other area of…