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Prescription Error Deaths are Increasing at an Alarming Rate

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Any medication related mistakes committed by doctors, pharmacists, or any medical professional resulting in any kind of personal injury can be defined as prescription errors. They may occur on several accounts. They can be the result of either wrong drug prescribed, wrong doses prescribed, wrong direction prescribed, a wrong person receiving the medication, or an unsafe combination of drugs prescribed.

An Dayton, Ohio victim of any kind of prescription errors must seek the assistance of a qualified Dayton personal injury attorney. (more…)

Hire a legal attorney to fight your Dayton medical malpractice claim

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Dayton medical malpractice occurs when medical professionals fail to provide the required medical care and the condition that may arise due to this carelessness. We have the right to expect the best from our health care services. Our body is our most precious possession and for its well being we can demand the best in terms of diagnosis, medical prescription, and (more…)

Organs of Deceased Not Property of Next-of-Kin

Friday, June 13th, 2008

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the next-of-kin do not have a right to organs removed by county coroners after autopsies are completed, according to a 6-1 ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court.

The decision is a win for coroners and medical examiners in 87 of Ohio’s 88 counties who are facing a federal class-action lawsuit.In writing the decision, Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton went beyond the typical law library materials and consulted the Post Mortem Technique Handbook and The Color Atlas of the Autopsy.  In about 5 percent of autopsies, brains are removed, hung upside down in a large container of fixing solution for up to six weeks, and then dissected after they’ve hardened. Dissection of the brain can yield information about tumors, strokes or contusions that may have led to death. (more…)

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