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Hit-and-Run Las Vegas Pedestrian Accident Injures Three People
The Las Vegas Strip is known around the world as an attraction that draws gamblers, visitors who are here to see shows and people who just want to walk around and see the sights that are unlike any others in the world. While many would feel that there is safety in numbers, that proved not [...]
Continue reading...Bail Set for Woman Accused in Fatal Las Vegas DUI Accident
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Driving under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants is a serious crime in Nevada even if the person who is arrested for it does not cause an accident. However, the penalties and potential liability for a defendant becomes much more severe if a DUI accident occurs and especially if a person is injured or [...]
Continue reading...Victim of Police Shooting Waits for Word on $3 Million Settlement
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Police officers have a difficult job and must often deal with hectic if not chaotic situations. That becomes dangerous when guns and split-second decisions are involved, which appeared to be the case with the shooting of a person who seemed to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time several years ago. Now [...]
Continue reading...Doctor-Lawyer Scam Nets First Sentence
Friday, January 15, 2010
Doctors are held to a high professional standard of conduct for obvious reasons, as are attorneys. Generally, people assume that the two professions are generally pitted against each other given that attorneys can and do file lawsuits against doctors for medical malpractice. However, that is not always reality, and when doctors and lawyers get together [...]
Continue reading...Investigation Finds UMC Patient Records Tracking is Lacking
Friday, January 8, 2010
The University Medical Center has found itself in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, and one of the issues we’ve been following involves the leaking of private patient information that’s protected by law. As a result of this leak of information that includes birth dates, social security numbers and the like, the state [...]
Continue reading...Nevada Supreme Court Rules Against Pharmacy Liability
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
We posted recently regarding the issue of liability for a pharmacy if someone who has been abusing prescriptions ultimately causes harm to others. The court has made its ruling, and it has decided that pharmacies can not be held liable for these types of damages. The case has drawn national attention not only because of [...]
Continue reading...Potential for Liability Continues to Grow for Endoscopy Center
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
We’ve been following and providing you with updates regarding the serious problems caused by the hepatitis C outbreak that originated at a local endoscopy clinic, and on Monday a report was released by officials that tells a very disturbing story. Not only is it alleged that staff members were negligent in their care, but now [...]
Continue reading...UMC Takes First Steps in Response to Ignored Patient
Monday, December 21, 2009
Generally, when a person or an entity is guilty of some sort of misconduct, the reaction by that entity can be telling. Since the story broke regarding UMC’s alleged refusal to treat a pregnant woman who was in agony, the hospital has had to deal with other legal problems. In response to this issue, word [...]
Continue reading...Another Potential Legal Problem for UMC
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
We’ve been posting about different topics recently, but more than once, the University Medical Center has come under fire for different reasons. Now come allegations that UMC did not treat a woman in labor, and if her allegations turn out to be accurate, it could open UMC up to a substantial amount of legal liability [...]
Continue reading...Assisted Living Facility Loses License for Repeated Neglect
Friday, December 4, 2009
People who suffer from advanced Alzheimer’s Disease need constant care in order to be protected from harm, and many times this harm can come as a result of their own unwitting actions. One of the foundations of proper care for these patients is a regular routine of medication, and when patients go without it, serious [...]
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- UMC Patient Privacy Leak Revealed
- Hearing Delayed Again in Hit-and-Run DUI Case
- Nevada Supreme Court Case Could Bring More Liability to Pharmacies
- Update: FBI Getting Involved with UMC Information Leak
- Another Potential Legal Problem for UMC
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