Medical Malpractice Claims: Something You Should Know
Posted November 8th, 2018 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
Whether you are suffering from an illness or need surgery, one thing is for sure. Above all, you expect confidence in the doctors, nurses and other providers entrusted with your care. However, what happens when they fail you? How exactly do medical malpractice claims work? It’s well established that medical personnel has a responsibility to […]
Read MoreWhat to Do When A Pharmacy Gives You the Wrong Drug Prescription
Posted June 15th, 2018 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
We trust our medical professionals with our lives. That couldn’t be truer when we rely on them to correctly and timely prescribe appropriate medications to treat our medical conditions and help alleviate our illnesses. Because of this deep trust, we assume pharmacists will also correctly fill our prescriptions. Medication errors can be deadly, but they […]
Read MoreMedical Errors Are Deadlier Than You Think
Posted April 6th, 2018 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
At the hospital, you should feel safe, but recent reports suggest that the number of people who suffer maltreatment caused by medical errors is much higher than previously believed. When someone is injured or dies because of a medical error, someone must be held accountable to compensate the injured patient or the family of the […]
Read MoreWhen It Looks like a Cancer Misdiagnosis is a Malpractice Lawsuit
Posted May 11th, 2017 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
The words cancer misdiagnosis may appear to be a misnomer. In your case, it might be that the prospectively deadly disease just wasn’t picked up at all. Are these grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit? In one word, maybe. First things first. As a patient or someone concerned about a loved one, you should always […]
Read MoreQuestion for Attorney Carbone: I Was Given the Wrong Medication. Can I Sue?
Posted March 27th, 2017 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
Question: I recently had surgery to fix a torn ligament in my knee. After surgery, I was given medication to help with the pain. But soon after taking the drug, I developed a rash and was feverish. I called the doctor who said it was just a side effect of the drug. However, later that day I […]
Read MoreThe Most Common Types of Medication Errors
Posted August 3rd, 2016 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
When you go to the doctor and he/she prescribes you medication for your ailment, you expect that medication to help ease your medical issues. But what if the medication does the opposite? Instead of getting better, you get worse and worse. The next thing you know, you’re going to the emergency room for an injury […]
Read MoreMedical Errors Become the Third Leading Cause of Death in US
Posted May 9th, 2016 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
A new report from Johns Hopkins University has found that medical errors are now the third leading cause of death in the United States. According to the report, there is an astounding 251,000 deaths each year that are due to common, preventable errors that occur in healthcare facilities throughout the U.S. That means, 700 people […]
Read MoreWere Your Child’s Birth Injuries Preventable?
Posted January 26th, 2016 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
It is a scenario no parent wishes to claim as its own. When a child is born with birth injuries, there are legitimate causes for concerns. As a parent, one question may resound with you. Were your child’s birth injuries preventable? Some Birth Injuries may be Medical Malpractice Cases Did something go wrong at the […]
Read MoreThe Difference Between a Birth Injury and a Birth Defect
Posted September 14th, 2015 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
The day you have been planning for in the last nine months has finally arrived. The birth of your child is a miraculous thing and one that will change your life forever. But although the pregnancy may have been a smooth ride, something goes wrong during the birth. Your new child’s life is now in […]
Read MoreWhen the Pharmacy Makes a Mistake With Your Prescription
Posted September 10th, 2015 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Categories: Personal Injury.
We’ve all had to take prescription medication once or twice in our lives. Either it’s for a bad cough or if it’s something more serious like high blood pressure, prescription drugs are there to keep us healthy. When it comes to prescription medication, you rely on both your physician and the pharmacist to do their […]
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