Legal Articles, Wrongful Death
Falling Merchandise
Cases involving injuries caused by falling objects were once a quiet backwater of premises liability law. Most cases involved objects such as dropped tools on construction sites, or natural causes, such as rotten tree limbs.
Baby Powder and Cancer: An Unexpected Correlation
Talcum Powder, also known as Baby Powder is used by millions of people every day. Millions of households in the United States use these products for the care of their infants. Since the product is generally seen as safe, consumers are shocked to learn that it’s been linked to ovarian cancer.
So you Suspect Pharmacy Malpractice- What to Do
If you suspect pharmacy malpractice, a pharmacy misfill or mistake, or medication error, there are some important things you should do before contacting a malpractice lawyer.
You Suspect Medical Malpractice: What to Do Now?
Your loved one went to the hospital with a non life-threatening injury. Now he is dead. If you suspect something went wrong and medical malpractice, it can be confusing and difficult to know how to sort things out.
Methadone Overdose- What to Do
Signs and symptoms of methadone overdose often give the family warning signs that the methadone dose was too large, and the patient received a toxic overdose of methadone.
Methadone Toxicity and Overdose Deaths
Methadone, more than other opiates, is a tricky drug for doctors to prescribe, because if doctors prescribe too much methadone, patients can die of methadone toxicity from an overdose of methadone.
Methadone Half-Life
Methadone can cause overdose deaths because of its pharmacology and lng half-life. Doctors need to be aware of the half-life of methadone before prescribing methadone, or patients could die of methadone toxicity.
Methadone Dosing
Methadone dosing errors are the single largest cause of methadone overdose by doctors in the U.S. Patients die from methadone overdoses and sometimes their families file overdose lawsuits when doctors prescribe too much methadone.
Why Don’t Doctor’s Check Methadone Levels in the Blood?
My loved one died of methadone toxicity or methadone overdose. The doctor never checked the blood level for overdose. Should the doctor have checked the methadone level in the blood to prevent this overdose death?
