A Brownsville and San Antonio product liability lawyer can prove that their inability to exercise ordinary
care led to injury or death.
Not exact matches
July 28, 2011 — The Connecticut Athletic Trainers» Association (CATA), a
leading resource in concussion education for health
care professionals, athletes, coaches and parents, announced today it has forged a relationship with Sport Safety International;, a medical consulting firm that specializes in providing expert advice in the area of sport safety and
injury prevention,
to help introduce «Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health
care professionals.
The Delaware Athletic Trainers» (DATA) a
leading resource in concussion education for health
care professionals, athletes, coaches and parents, announced today it has forged a relationship with Sport Safety International;, a medical consulting firm that specializes in providing expert advice in the area of sport safety and
injury prevention,
to help introduce «Concussion Wise ™».
Weakness combined with the demanding job of
caring for a newborn can be challenging and
lead to injuries.
«The Braden QD Scale provides acute
care pediatric clinicians with one instrument
to predict both immobility - and device - related pressure
injuries across diverse age and clinical populations,» says
lead - author Martha A. Q. Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing at Penn Nursing and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
An estimated 800,000 Americans live with an ostomy, with up
to 80 percent experiencing high rates of peristomal skin complications (PSCs)-- skin inflammation,
injury, or damage occurring around the ostomy — that can
lead to pain, reduce life satisfaction, and increase health
care costs.
A team of brain
injury experts
led by researchers at the VA Puget Sound Health
Care System and the University of Washington have found that the more blasts veterans are exposed
to, the more they show chronic changes in neuron activity in specific brain regions.
In recent years, improvements in intensive
care have
led to an increase in the number of patients who survive severe brain
injury.
Children's Specialized Hospital is the nation's
leading provider of inpatient and outpatient
care for children from birth
to 21 years of age facing special health challenges — from chronic illnesses and complex physical disabilities like brain and spinal cord
injuries,
to developmental and behavioral issues like autism and mental health.
Kessler is proud
to be part of one only nine federally - designated Model Systems for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain
injuries, a distinction shared with Kessler Foundation, and also
leads the field in the
care of individuals with stroke, neurologic diseases, amputation, orthopedic trauma, cancer and cardiac conditions.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Older patients who received extra geriatric
care following a traumatic
injury were able
to return
to roughly two thirds more daily activities than those without a consultation, according
to a new study
led by researchers from the University of Michigan Health System and University of California, Los Angeles.
Care factor Left unaddressed or teamed with inappropriate shoes, it can place undue stress on feet and knees and
lead to longer term
injuries.
When her grueling athletic pursuits
led to injury and illness, she found holistic chiropractic
care to be the most potent way
to promote her body's self - healing.
You should seek immediate veterinary
care if your cat displays symptoms of paralysis as this condition may
lead to death or serious, permanent
injury if not treated promptly by a professional.
If a child is
cared for by a babysitter in the babysitter's home, for example, and the babysitter is aware of the presence of
lead paint in the home, the babysitter's failure
to ensure that the child does not gain access
to the
lead paint may result in liability on the part of the babysitter for
lead - paint
injuries sustained by the child while in the babysitter's home.
An individual in whose
care a child has been entrusted may be found liable for
injuries sustained by the child from exposure
to lead - based paint or varnish if the child's exposure and resultant
injuries are determined
to have been caused by the individual's negligence.
Even when wearing a helmet and other protective gear, the lack of a physical barrier can
lead to catastrophic
injuries that require more recovery and medical
care than in your average automobile accident.
If an individual in whose
care a child has been entrusted knows or reasonably should have known of the presence of
lead paint or varnish in a product or item and allows a child access
to the product or item, the individual's negligence in allowing the child
to gain such access may be found
to have been a cause of the child's resultant
injuries.
Some of these types of
injuries can
lead to victims requiring a lifetime of
care, suffering a drastically reduced quality of life and being unable
to continue
to work.
Being involved in an automobile accident can
lead to significant
injuries and financial burdens associated with medical expenses, property damage, lost wages, lost earning potential, long - term disability
care, and more.
People who suffer a traumatic brain
injury may require expert
care, specialized rehabilitation, and a lifetime of treatment
to help them
lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
A lawsuit for a birth
injury may be appropriate when a medical professional's deviation from the accepted medical standard of
care leads to harm.
It is important
to have someone working on your side when dealing with
injuries that can
lead to extensive and costly medical
care and which may leave you unable
to work and support your family.
Breaching or violating the duty of
care can
lead to catastrophic
injuries of passengers, pedestrians, and / or other drivers, which may include:
There is no such thing as a «minor» brain
injury because a lack of proper
care could always
lead to negative, long - term effects on your health.
Birth
Injury lawsuits are generally brought against the healthcare provider (s) whose substandard
care or mistakes may have
led to your child's birth
injury.
This usually means retaining experts in the defendant's specialty or a related area who can explain how the defendant's
care was deficient and how it
led to your
injuries.
It is even less likely that each of the occupants in a vehicle would sustain identical
injuries, with identical complaints that
lead to the same diagnoses from each health
care practitioner.
The higher standard of
care for drivers arises out of the fact that using a motor vehicle on a highway can
lead to serious or fatal
injuries upon others.
A sideswipe collision can
lead to serious
injuries that require immediate and ongoing medical
care.
Even if these provisions applied only
to doctors and hospitals, recent studies clearly establish that its provisions would
lead to more deaths and
injuries, and increased health
care costs due
to a «broad relaxation of
care.»
However, anyone in the medical field with a substantial influence over the patient's health is held
to a standard of
care and negligence on their part that
leads to the patient's
injury will make them liable for those
injuries.
Torn ligament
injuries can require long - term medical
care, which will
lead to extensive medical bills and lost time at work.
Being a parent is stressful even under the best of circumstances, but
caring for a child with the complex physical and developmental disabilities that arise from a birth
injury can
lead to a different degree of pressure.
If the
care received is below the acceptable standard of
care, which
leads to a patient's
injury, that party can be held responsible for
injuries sustained.
At Michels & Lew our staff,
led by Bradford S. Davis, M.D., will work with our personal
injury attorneys
to see that your claim provides the resources you will need for future medical
care.
A simple stumble and fall can
lead to injuries that require extensive medical
care, including facial and dental
injuries, hip fractures, head trauma, and back and tailbone
injuries.
The harm is that a small problem can grow much bigger and can
lead to severe, lasting and permanent
injuries and potentially death, if they are not taken
care of at the optimum time.
Unfortunately, when doctors are negligent, mistreatment and improper medical
care can
lead to permanent and catastrophic
injuries — even death.
In fact, trip and fall accidents are one the
leading causes of unintentional
injuries in British Columbia, costing the province over $ 290 million a year in health
care expenses alone, according
to BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (IRPU).
Medical negligence or malpractice
leading to a child's brachial plexus palsy birth
injury may occur during the
care of the mother during her pregnancy or during the labor and delivery stages of the birth of her child.
Dividing her time between Oxford and Reading, department head Emily Boardman also
leads the public law and adoption team and is a «safe pair of hands» for
care proceedings relating
to non-accidental
injury, death and sexual abuse allegations.
While clients and families concentrate on medical
care, our lawyers will spend time investigating the events that
led to the
injury.
We have dealt with cases where the brain
injury has
led to the break up of the family unit, and those where families are exhausted by the round - the - clock
care needed, and by battling with statutory agencies for financial and practical support.
A child -
care facility may also be found liable if its negligent hiring practices
led to the hiring of unqualified staff - members whose negligent supervision of children was a cause of a child's
injuries.
Any lack of
care in their handling or any defect during the manufacture or design process could
lead to very serious
injuries or death.
Essentially, the duty of
care describes how the careless person was expected
to act under the circumstances that
led to your
injury.
Thoracic sprains and
injuries can result in debilitating pain, limit your ability
to lead a normal life, and may even require lifelong medical
care.
Medical malpractice refers
to professional negligence by a health
care provider that
leads to substandard treatment, resulting in
injury to a patient.
Our specialist catastrophic
injury team at Osbornes will liaise with
leading medical specialists, rehabilitation specialists, occupational therapists and even architects
to work with us on your case and make sure all bases are covered concerning your future rehabilitation and needs.In these cases early rehabilitation funding is essential and a proactive approach
to the litigation can secure a long term support package of
care, accommodation and therapy.