Pain and suffering
The Value of the Expert Fact Witness: Case
In this case, I served as an expert fact witness in a case involving an 80 foot tree that hit a car, killing the wife and paralyzing the husband. My pain and suffering report helped to settle the case. The facts of the expert fact witness case Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gorman and their children’s…
Read MoreHow to help an attorney handle a personal injury case: part 2
Glenn Treeline (not his real name) sat in a truck next to the side of a road taking a break from driving. A driver hit the back of Glenn’s truck, throwing him through the windshield. The rescue squad responding to the scene found Glenn was bleeding from his head injuries and felt dazed. The squad…
Read MoreNursing Liability for Spinal Cord Injury
A patient arrives in the emergency department with a possible spinal cord injury. Or a patient falls in the hospital. One of the first things, which nurses must do, is to assess the patient and determine if there are any changes from the baseline assessment. Recognition of changes in assessment and changes from the baseline…
Read MoreSpinal Cord Injuries: Nursing Liability
Spinal cord injuries cause devastating injuries. Lawsuits may result with the injuries occurred as the result of someone’s negligence: falls on someone’s icy sidewalk, injury from speed motor vehicle crashes, or falls in a healthcare facility, for example. Paralysis from a spinal cord injury causes major emotional, physical, and financial damages. Spinal cord injury has…
Read MorePrevention and Early Detection of Intravenous Infiltration and Extravasation
Intravenous infiltration and extravasation instances are dreaded complications of IV therapy. Intravenous Infiltration and Extravasation Cases Infiltration is the accidental infusion of a non-vesicant solution into the tissue. An extravasation (pronounced ex-trav-a-sa shun) is an accidental infusion of a vesicant solution into the tissue. The vesicant is typically a caustic medication or a concentrated intravenous…
Read MoreRisk Factors for Falls (And the Damage They Cause)
There are a large number of risk factors for falls. The results of patient falls can be staggering: falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injures in people 65 years-old and older in the United States. They can play a catastrophic role in this population. Injurious falls can have huge financial implications due…
Read MoreBotched Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Mr. King’s (not real name) surgeon went to a weekend course and learned how to do a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a pig. He enthusiastically returned to his practice to begin using this surgical method on his patients. One of his first victims was Mr. King. Surgery did not go well and Mr. King was left…
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