According to a recent report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the nation’s state-based workers’ compensation system (“workers’ comp”) has, over some time, shifted the costs associated with the treatment of workplace injuries to the workers, their families, and taxpayers. Ideally, when a worker suffers an on-the-job injury or illness, he or she
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Common Birth Injuries Associated with Medical Negligence
Patients depend on doctors and nurses to provide exemplary care which comports with the standards of care accepted within the medical community. This premise also applies to the health and care of a pregnant mother and fetus prior to birth, and a baby at the time of labor and delivery. Providing care within the following standards
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Injured at Birth: Medical Negligence and Preventable Tragedies
Doctors, Midwives, Nurses and other healthcare providers, in order to prevent harm to patients, are required to administer medical treatment within the standards of care required and recognized by the medical profession. If a medical professional fails to comport with those standards in treating a patient, and such failures result in significant permanent injury, then
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Colon and Rectal Cancer Increases Among Young Adults
According to a study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the rate of colorectal cancer diagnoses is dropping among people who are 50 and older, yet increasing among younger adults. Researchers expect that by 2030, the incidence rate of colorectal cancer in young patients will double among the 20 –
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Trucking Company Fined for “Electrical Nightmare” Work Hazards
Contact with an electrical current can cause electrocution, burns, fires, fall accidents, and other traumas can be deadly. A Jersey City, New Jersey trucking company was recently fined a total of $63,000 by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after an investigation revealed 14 serious violations relative to electrocution hazards. Investigators stated
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