Some of the most distressing Louisiana roadway accidents involve motorcycles. Due to the lack of protective casing and the small-size of the bike, accident victims on motorcycles face a greater risk of severe injury or death. Out of the near 2,000 accidents in 2015,...
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Month: January 2016
A Woman’s Cervical Cancer is Misdiagnosed and Allowed to Metastasize due to the Malpractice of the OBGYN and Pathologist
Our client was a 35 year old woman who regularly visited her gynecologist and had a PAP smear each year for seven years. Each year her PAP smear would be sent to a pathologist to be read. In all these years of testing, nothing abnormal was ever revealed to her from...
Medical malpractice claims in Lake Charles
Doctors and other medical care professionals spend every working day with people's lives in their hands. Whether it's a routine procedure or something more complicated, there is always some risk involved with medical treatment. That risk is multiplied when the doctor...
A Man Develops Stage IV Decubitus Ulcers due to Nursing Staff’s Failure to Properly Turn and Reposition Him and Follow Nursing Wound Care Protocols
Our client was a 63 year old man who presented to the emergency room with complaints of shortness a breath. Shortly after his arrival a CT scan was performed, and it was discovered that our client was suffering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm. A cardio thoracic...
Louisiana drunk driving arrests down, fatalities up
It is no secret that law enforcement agencies have been cracking down on drunk driving nationwide in hopes of reducing the number of alcohol-related fatalities on the roadways. The state of Louisiana is spending about $9 million in federal grant money each year on...
A Total Right Knee Replacement Results in the Amputation of a Woman’s Leg Because of a Hospital Staff’s Failure to Detect Signs of an Arterial Occlusion and Popliteal Vein Obstruction
Our client was a 55 year old female who underwent an elective total knee replacement. The surgery was performed and our client was placed in the recovery room. Immediately after surgery, the hospital staff in the recover room noted that our client's foot was cold,...
New vehicle features help combat distracted driving among teens
According to the Centers for Disease Control, car accidents are responsible for the deaths of six teens every day. While many teens deny texting and driving, statistics show that 25 percent of them responded to a text message one or more times every time they get...
A Hospital’s Failure to Properly Train a Psychiatric Tech and Maintain Patient Confidentiality Results in the Rape of a Juvenile Patient
Our client, a 14 year old female, was taken to the Emergency Room as a runaway by city police officials. She was found to be combative, hostile, and refused to answer police questioning. Our client was admitted to the adolescent psychiatric unit under the care of a...