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…)

It seems that so often in Ohio personal injury law - car accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and the like - the client is forced to choose between an overgrown, powerful but impersonal firm and a friendly but underdog “mom-and-pop” practice. For most of us, after a personal injury or other civil law violation, those big law firm jingles dance through out heads, all those commericals from the biggest one or two firms in town replay in the mind’s eye. Often, we didn’t even know that information was stored up there, but it is shaken loose by the need of legal representation, by the urgency of the situation.

Shortly after that reaction is a the second: skepticism. Legal representation is an extremely important product and, as a consumer, it is not wise to purchase the product offered by the most-advertised company. With so much riding on the outcome, it’s natural to wonder just how much personal attention one’s case might recieve at such a large organization with countless other cases pending. What about a smaller, more personal firm that can guarantee plenty of one-on-one attention?

Undoubtedly, this is a good choice. However, soon enough after realizing this, it begins to dawn that the larger firms have resources, clout, and winning percentages that smaller, leaner operations just can’t match. And so the pendulum of indecision swings back the other way. Perhaps the trade-off - resources for service, winning percentage for personal attention - is worth it…

Enough.

Dayton medical malpractice, wrongful death, and auto accident attorneys are ready to offer you both service and success. As the victim of a personal injury, whatever it might be, you deserve at least that. A law firm should grow big enough to win its cases, to command the resources and experience necessary to succeed with your case. But, at the same time, should never lose sight of the face-to-face, client-counsel relationship that is the nature of personal injury law: a professional helping another citizen. It is easy for a small practice to flounder and jeopardize it’s potential for growth; even easier is a large firm forgetting the importance of service and personal attention, beginning to see cases as numbers: case numbers, settlement figures, winning percentages, etc.

Be sure to bring your personal injury case to a firm that has taken, paradoxically, a difficult path that seems only natural: big enough to win, small enough to care.

If you or a loved one is in need of legal assistance, call Thorson, Switala, Mondock & Snead, LLP at 1-937-228-9000 or toll free 1-888-841-4529 or submit an online questionnaire. The initial consultation is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.

You walk into your local State Farm office and say “I need full coverage insurance to protect me and my family should I ever get in an accident.” Your agent sells you a policy with every bell and whistle. You think that your family is well protected.

Now imagine the worst: Dad, Mom and toddler son are in a Dayton car accident when Dad takes his eyes of the road to answer his cell phone. The car runs off the road and strikes a tree. Mom is severely and permanently injured. Dad was negligent in causing the accident. (more…)

The general public is exposed to many myths concerning personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. The insurance industry lobby is responsible for the perception that personal injury and medical malpractice cases are clogging the judicial system and wasting the courts’ valuable time and resources. The Ohio Supreme Court released a summary for 2007 concerning cases that have been filed across Ohio that debunks this myth. (more…)

This Fourth of July be extra cautious with the use of consumer fireworks. The legal limit of the amount of pyrotechnic material allowed in consumer fireworks has been increased. Most of these fireworks can be purchased at temporary roadside tents and set off in your backyard or driveway. According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, the use of backyard fireworks has more than doubled since 2000. That has caused concern among some public safety groups that the rise in both popularity and firepower could prove dangerous and result in injury or property damage. (more…)