A Lynx bus and a van collided on Boggy Creek road today shutting down a portion of the road for hours. The car accident resulted in injuries to eight of the bus occupants. The accident may have been caused by construction debris on the road. The driver of the van had to be airlifted to a local hospital. Many times car crashes are the result of debris left on the road from construction or...
Well the Federal Government finally seems to be starting to do something about the extensive malpractice occurring in our hospitals. Up until now, if malpractice was committed on a patient at a hospital the hospital would actually profit from the malpractice by billing for and getting paid from Medicare for the cost of the care stemming from the malpractice that they caused. Now Medicare...
The American Association For Justice has prepared a detailed and disturbing report outlining the shocking behavior of insurance companies toward their own policy holders in connection with valid insurance claims. The report is called Pattern of Greed 2007: How Insurance Companies Put Profits Over Policyholders. It details a pattern of shameful activity from the same big insurance companies...
According to a recently published online study by the American Academy of Dermatology, patients that want to see a dermatologist for an evaluation of potential cancer in a mole must wait much longer than it takes to get an appointment to the same dermatologist for a cosmetic Botox injection. Given the malignant melanoma is so very deadly it is disappointing to see that patient health care is...
Those forms with lots of legalese that a parent must sign if their child wants to do an activity may not be worth the paper they are printed on. The form releases that parents are asked to sign to release others from liability for injuries to their children when engaged in activities are being used more and more in increasingly mundane activities. A recent court decision (which is subject to...
Microsoft is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on a problem reported with its XBox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel. Although no injuries or damages have been reported, approximately 50 consumers have reported excessive heat and smoke coming from the wheel when the unit is plugged into an electrical outlet. No problems have occurred when operated on batteries alone.Microsoft has a...
According to the Orlando Sentinel, a college student visiting from Georgia was lying on the beach on July 3, 2006. A Volusia County Beach Patrolman,44 year-old Robert Augustynowski, was distracted by swimmers heading toward the ocean's rip current. He did not see the victim lying on her beach towel and ran over her with his Dodge pickup truck. The victim received extensive injuries to her...
It's been eight years since a Florida Judge was the vicitm of medical malpractice wnen he underwent back surgery at Tampa General Hospital (a state university hospital) and the state still has not paid his claim. When the judge awoke from the surgery he discovered he had lost his eyesight. Since the surgery was performed at a state university hospital, the state's sovereign immunity laws...
The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the the 15 year-old girl from the Ocala area who was injured in the parasailing accident over the week-end died early Sunday evening. The young teen, who would have been 16 on Sunday, was removed from life-support and her parents donated her organs to save the lives of others.As more details became available, it was noted that the National Weather...
Most motor vehcile collisions can be avoided. To help you avoid an accident it helps to know the causes. The main factors causing most car accidents are Driver behavior, Poor Roadway Maintenance, Road Design and Equipment Failure. More than 95% of car wrecks (motor vehicle accident, MVA, in the USA or Road Traffic Accident, RTA in Europe) result in some part from driver behavior along with one...