Medical malpractice occurs when a patient suffers unnecessary injury or death as a result of a negligent or incompetent action by a medical professional. A simple mistake by a health care professional is not enough to warrant the malpractice label. Some examples of actions, or failure to act, that constitute medical malpractice include: failure to diagnose, or misdiagnosis of, a disease; failure to provide medically appropriate treatment for a disease; unreasonable delay in treating a diagnosed disease; surgical error; incorrectly prescription of medication; and failure to obtain a …

Personal injury cases involve harm caused by another’s actions. Negligence is the primary cause of actionable cases, suits that generally involve automobile accidents, gun accidents, liquor liability, premises liability, slips and falls, sports accidents and traumatic brain injuries. Other physical injuries range from broken limbs to neck injuries. Litigation is filed to compensate the victim for medical expenses. Other areas of compensation could include physical pain and suffering, mental anguish, physical impairment, disfigurement, lost wages, and loss of earning capacity. If an accident is fatal, a wrongful death suit could …

The Brain Injury Association of America and it’s partners have designated March as “Brain Injury Awareness Month” with the goal of raising public awareness about brain injury so that there is a decrease in the growing number of injuries sustained every year, an increase in the number of people practicing preventive behaviors, and a change in the public’s attitude toward individuals with brain injury. For more information, visit the Association’s website www.biausa.org.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of …