Sherwood & McCormick

After hearing of continued fatalities involving texting and driving, I can honestly say it has modified my behavior and hope it will yours as well. I did find a few tips on ways to avoid the temptation to reach for that phone for just one more text. I hope you will find the tips useful.

Gall bladder removal (“cholecystectomy”)  is one of the more common surgeries in the U.S. One estimate places the number of these procedures in excess of 750,000 annually in the United States.  Unfortunately, laparoscopic cholecystectomies  (LC’s) do not always go as planned.  The most common mistake is that the surgeon clips or cuts the patient’s common bile duct instead of the cystic duct (an injury caused by a physician is an “iatrogenic injury.”). 

A federal judge on Wednesday December 28, 2011, ordered the federal government to pay $17.8 million to the relatives of four family members who were killed three years ago when a Marine jet fighter (F-18 Hornet) crashed into a San Diego home near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The lawyer representing the family had asked the Judge to award....

CNN reported that the National Transportation Safety Board called for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones and text messaging devices while driving. Over 3,092 fatalities were associated with distracted driving last year.

Driving while texting struck close to home last night....

I was reading an article about the caps on damages in California and I was reminded of an often overlooked reason for the inherent unfairness of caps or upper limits on noneconomic damages or damages for pain, suffering and the loss of the quality of life. California passed a $250,000 cap or upper limit on noneconomic damages in 1975. The cap only applied to medical malpractice cases and was in response to....

Recently a District Attorney refused to press charges against Syracuse coach Bernie Fine for sexual molestation of a minor even though the DA found the charges to be credible. Why? The statute of limitations. Most states have rules that set the outer limit of when a criminal case can be filed against someone who has intentionally injured another person because...

The standard line from the medical and business community has been, “If we just get Tort Reform, then medical costs will drop and our insurance rates will drop.”  But if we simply look at Texas, we can see that this truism is nothing but wishful thinking.

While most people accept that physical mistreatment of our loved ones by the nursing home staff constitutes abuse, there are far more types of elder abuse that can cause harm. Whether its emotional, psychological, financial, physical, or sexual abuse, it’s important to know what to look for in order to determine if your elderly parent or relative is suffering from nursing home abuse.