According to an article written by Diane Chun and published by the Gainesville Sun, 3 year old Sebastian Ferreros died in October of 2007 of a drug overdose. On Wednesday, August 13, 2008, Edna Irizarry, the pharmacist that filled the...

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Most people that consider themselves conservatives believe that personal injury lawsuits are a drain on society because they drive up the cost of health insurance. In fact, this common misperception is often repeated by politicians looking for campaign contributions and...

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Mandatory arbitration in personal injury cases usually favors corporate wrongdoers. Of course that is why corporations push so hard to include arbitration provisions in contracts when consumers purchase their products and services. For a detailed discussion on why and how...

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Arbitration is a contract in which the parties to it agree to have their disputes decided by an arbitrator instead of a judge or jury. It is promoted by its supporters as a fair, quick, and inexpensive way to have...

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According to www.drugtopics.modernmedicine.com employees of Christus Spohn Health System, a Corpus Chirsty, Texas hospital gave overdoses of Heparin to at least 17 babies on July 3, 2008. Heparin is blood thinner medication that is harmless in small doses. According to...

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According to the Florida Highway patrol accident report, Richard Buck, 21, was driving north on Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa in a Toyota pick-up truck as he passed through the intersection of Waters avenue when a Buick travelling west on...

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According to a web posting at http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806190360 The Bush administration announced the federal government will put in place a nursing home rating system by the end of the year that will be accessable to consumers from a yet to...

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there were 4,702 motor vehicle accidents from Hillsborough/Manatee counties to Hernando/Sumter counties on I-75 from January 2004 though May 2007. The accidents included all types of automobile accidents including car crashes, truck crashes, and motorcycle crashes. 3160 crashes involved injuries and 66 involved deaths.

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An earlier posting entitled "Semi Trucks Monitored in Tampa Bay" mentioned that on June 4, 2008 a man drove his automobile into a Semi Tractor Truck on US 19 at the Countryside Ford Dealership in Clearwater Florida. It turns out...

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Most semi truck drivers are safe drivers just trying to make a living. However, the shear size of their rigs makes their vehicles extremely dangerous when they get into an accident. For example, the Northbound lanes of US 19 at...

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According to an article posted at TampaBays10.com on May 31, 2008, Jamaal Miles of Pinellas Point Florida was driving west on the Tom Stuart Causeway Bridge in St. Petersburg Florida when he lost control of his car. As a result,...

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A Canadian study, "Correlates of Medication Error in Hospitals", published May 14, 2008 in Health Reports concluded that nurses that usually work overtime and nurses that perceive staffing and resources were inadequate were more likely to report that a patient...

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According to an article and video by Tammie Fields posted on tampabays10.com, on May 20, 2008 Rafael Grau of Davenport Florida was arrested and charged with a scheme to defraud. He and Geraldo Larracuente, also of Davenport were allegedly staging...

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Kevin McCarty, Florida's Insurance Commissioner, has been locked in what seemed to be a never ending battle with Allstate Insurance Company to force the company to comply with his subpeona for documents. The fight started last year when the state...

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On April 4, 2008 Florida's Second District Court of Appeal held in The Estate of Norma J. Johnson v. Badger Acquisition of Tampa LLC, 2008 W.L. 899280 that a consultant pharmacist hired by a nursing home does not owe a...

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Holding a Nursing Home responsible for wrongdoing in the State of Florida has become a game of wading through multiple layers of corporate structure. In the late 1990's Nursing Homes figured out that dividing up the various components of owning...

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According to a story posted at http://www.local6.com/news/16045570/detail.html an Orlando area Walgreens misfilled a three month old baby's prescription for Histacol DM syrup. Apparently, the child was supposed to receive 1/4 ml of the syrup. However, Walgreens pharmacy typed the wrong...

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On April 14, 2008, the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided three pharmacies in Pinellas County Florida. The Pharmacies are the Rx Shop at 5322 Duhme Road in Madeira Beach, the Rx Shop at 810 S. Fort Harrison Ave in Clearwater,...

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A new study published in the April 2008 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics found that 7.3 percent of hospitalized children participating in the study were victims of medication errors. Some of the children were actually victims of multiple medication...

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On January 16, 2008, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty abruptly stopped a hearing before it was completed after becoming frustrated with what he apparently perceived as Allstate purposefully not complying with his requests for documents. The hearing was part of...

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A recent lawsuit between Wal-Mart and its employee, Debbie Shank, has very publically demonstrated that the myth perpetuated by some tort reformers that personal injury lawsuits raise the cost of healthcare is simply not true. As the Wal-Mart case demonstrates,...

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As the number of prescription drugs consumed by Americans continues to increase, so do the odds that a pharmacy mistake will occur. Common pharmacy errors include misfiling prescriptions with the wrong medication and providing the consumer with the wrong dose...

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As we go through our work day, our thoughts are often on things other than our work. For most of us, our drifting mind means lack of productivity. A mistake caused by such lack of concentration simply means extra work...

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