On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Sep 6, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
Medical centers in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. cannot offer many treatment options when it comes to rare cancers, and this is one of the greatest challenges that patients have to face. It stems from the fact that rare tumors are difficult to study. With not...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Jul 22, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
Medical professionals in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation could face negligence claims from patients. In 2015, 7% of those claims went to trial, but plaintiffs were only successful in 12% of those cases. It is more common for medical malpractice claims to be...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Jul 22, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
You never know when an accident might occur. Usually, the first place people turn to is the hospital. We trust medical practitioners with our lives. Imagine someone, Paul, who was in a car accident where he splintered his right femur. As a result, a rod was put into...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Jun 10, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
When Pennsylvania residents take legal action against negligent hospitals or doctors that have caused them harm, the success of their medical malpractice lawsuits hinge on their ability to establish two key elements. The first is proving that the doctors who treated...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Apr 16, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
As a general rule, surgeries performed with the help of robots are more technically difficult than those done through either large or small incisions. However, robotic surgeries generally allow for better long- and short-term outcomes for patients in Pennsylvania and...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Mar 4, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
When Pennsylvania patients need to undergo an operation, they want highly qualified surgeons to perform the procedure. For most patients, this means their surgeon should have a degree from a top-flight medical school, years of experience and superb surgical skills....
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Feb 26, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
If you were in the service between 2003 and 2015 and have suffered hearing loss you may have a claim against the manufacturer of combat arms earplugs. 3M and its predecessor Aearo Technologies sold defective combat arms earplugs version 2 to the US Military during...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Jan 23, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
Some 32 million people in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States are supposed to be allergic to penicillin. However, a new study from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology has found that only a tiny fraction of these people are actually...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Jan 10, 2019 | Medical Malpractice
With all of the education and training that doctors, nurses and other health care professionals here in Pennsylvania and elsewhere receive, you would think that they know what they are doing 100 percent of the time. Sadly, this is not always the case. In fact, you...
On behalf of The Waffenschmidt Law Firm, LLC | Sep 6, 2018 | Medical Malpractice
A pet can be just as important to a family as its human relatives, and many Pennsylvania pet owners go to great lengths to make sure that their furry friends receive the best care. Much like their counterparts in the human healthcare field, veterinarians are held to...
