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• Hospital Fined For Brain Surgery Errors

  Larry Buckfire | November 27, 2007 4:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  We have read in the past about horrible surgical mistakes and operations on the wrong part of a person's anatomy. Incredibly, a Rhode Island hospital has just been fined for performing its third operation in 2007 on the wrong side of a patient's brain. In one case, the patient died after a second surgery. If a patient suffers harm and additional surgical treatment as a result of a wrong side...

• Chesterfield Michigan Car Accident

  Larry Buckfire | November 24, 2007 5:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A serious Michigan car accident was reported in the paper today. The accident, which occurred on I-94 near 26 Mile Road in Chesterfield Township, Michigan occurred early Saturday morning, A man from New York died in the accident after he lost control of his Ford Escort and crashed through the freeway median. He then hit a tractor-trailer truck traveling eastbound. The truck then flipped and...

• Clergy Sex Abuse $50 Million Settlement

  Larry Buckfire | November 20, 2007 12:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Another major settlement has been reported in a case involving allegations of sexual abuse against the Roman Catholic Church. The church has agreed to pay $50 million to more than 100 Alaskans who allege sexual abuse by Jesuit priests. This is largest settlement ever against a Catholic religious order and was filed on behalf of altar boys and girls who were sexual abused by their clergy. ...

• Southfield Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

  Larry Buckfire | November 19, 2007 2:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A scary reminder of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning appeared in the news today. Four residents of the Knob in The Woods apartment complex in Southfield, Michigan were hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The unsafe levels of carbon monoxide came from a fault furnace at the complex.My firm has handled several similar carbon monoxide poisoning cases for victims, several of...

• Lapeer County Car Accident Kills Three

  Larry Buckfire | November 19, 2007 8:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A serious Michigan car accident last Friday killed three people and seriously injured two in Attica Township, Michigan. Apparently, and eighty-one year old man and his seventy-six year old wife were traveling to visit relatives when they vehicle crossed the center line and struck a vehicle driven by another woman. All three of them died in the accident. Another vehicle crashed into the...

• Detroit Ambulance Crash

  Larry Buckfire | November 14, 2007 7:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A patient being transported in an ambulance died Tuesday morning when another vehicle crashed into the ambulance. The Detroit car accident occurred on eastbound Grand River and roads were closed for the investigation. The driver of the car and the ambulance driver were taken to the hospital for treatment.The family of the deceased patient can file a Michigan Wrongful Death claim against the...

• Fraser Math Teacher Killed in Car Accident

  Larry Buckfire | November 08, 2007 9:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A tragic story in today's newspaper about a Fraser, Michigan math teacher who was killed last Sunday in a Michigan car accident. She was struck by another vehicle while leaving church services.Under Michigan law, her relatives are permitted to file a Michigan Wrongful Death lawsuit against the negligent driver for monetary damages. The family also can file a Michigan No-Fault Insurance claim...