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Medical Malpractice

MedMal Lawsuits Down, But Insurance Profits Up

If you’ve paid attention to the debate over healthcare costs in the United States, one refrain you’ve often heard from...

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Negligence or Abuse of an Elderly Person in Pennsylvania

The Aging of AmericaThe State of Pennsylvania has over 2 million citizens age 65 and older and by 2020, according...

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New U.S. Medical Device Identification System May Help Save Lives

A medical device meant to stop deadly blood clots from reaching the heart or lungs fails, causing a piece of...

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Medical Misdiagnosis – A Malignant Problem

Medical errors kill more than 225,000 people and injure more than 1 million each year in the United States. At...

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Helping Victims of Faulty Hip Implants to Get Back on...

Hip replacement surgery has come a long way. Since 1891, when a physician in Germany introduced a prosthetic hip joint...

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Don’t Get Terminated by Robotic Surgery

Many of us have seen films or television shows in which intelligent robots rebel against their human creators, turning what...

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FDA: Protecting and Promoting Whom?

The advertisements are well-designed. We see healthy-looking people, doing things they love with family and friends, before they pause to...

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General Motors Recalls: 50 Years After First Protecting Drivers, Courts...

When we last wrote about the General Motors recall debacle, it already had reached historic proportions. Unbelievably, the full extent...

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Concealed Firearms: Who Can Get a License?

By: Peter Paul Olszewski, Jr., Esq.*A resident of Pennsylvania can obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm by applying...

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Contaminated Children’s Tylenol Plea Underscores Need for Oversight

As experienced personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys in Scranton, Pa., we have seen a lot of cases involving defective...

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Defending Those who Can’t Defend Themselves

Most parents or caregivers of a special needs person would say it would be impossible for them to lead anything...

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Distracted Walking: LOL Wut?

Arched neck, eyes down, headphones nestled in ears and a mobile device held at chest level. This sight is typical...

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