Posts by Christopher Nace
What the Media Does Not Understand about Premises Liability
A woman recently sued Dunkin’ Donuts and settled her premises liability case for $522,000. The media has had a bit of a field day with the story (as have the commenters on the sites covering the news) because they assume that this is another hot coffee lawsuit. In actuality, the victim “tripped over an exposed…
Read MoreDefective IVC Filters Spur Defective Medical Device Lawsuits throughout the Country
An inferior vena cava filter, or IVC filter, is a medical device designed to prevent blood clots from traveling into the heart or lungs. They are primarily used in patients who, for myriad reasons, cannot take blood thinners. When they work properly, IVC filters have the potential to save lives. When they fail, they have…
Read MoreWhy Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Rely on Expert Testimony
Medical malpractice is defined as “improper, unskilled, or negligent treatment of a patient by a physician, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care professional.” In order to prove that a healthcare provider was negligent, and that the negligence led to a breach of duty and harm to a patient, attorneys consult with experts in the…
Read MoreAre Cameras in the Operating Room an Effective Way to Curb Medical Malpractice?
Preventable medical errors are absolutely rampant in this country, and what goes on in operating rooms is not always carefully documented. A study conducted by Patient Safety America estimates that more than 400,000 people die each year of preventable medical errors in hospitals and other medical settings. There are several cases of preventable medical errors…
Read MoreThe FDA Warns about the Dangers of Medication Errors from Drug Mix-ups
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety advisory to doctors, pharmacists and patients to check both the prescription and the label on medicine bottles before taking a new prescription drug. They have received several reports concerning prescription errors with regard to drugs with similar sounding names, but with completely different purposes. For example,…
Read MoreParental Responsibility when a Child Causes a Personal Injury
Imagine you are driving along one day and you are involved in an auto accident. Another car ran a stop sign and came barreling through the intersection and broadsided your car. When you step out of your car to assess the damage, you notice that the driver of the other car looks really young —…
Read MoreMedical Malpractice and the Rise of Gastric Bypass Surgical Errors
The rise in popularity of gastric bypass and other surgical weight loss procedures is directly linked to the rising obesity rates in the Unites States. Gastric bypass is a bariatric surgery technique which treats morbid obesity by dividing the stomach into a small pouch and re-routing the small intestine. This procedure reduces the volume of…
Read MoreCan a Blood Test Detect Traumatic Brain Injury?
A new blood test being developed may be able to detect traumatic brain injury, or TBI, according to an article published in the Journal of Neurotrauma. TBIs affect about 1.7 million people each year, and it is one of the leading causes of death and disability, according to the CDC. Until this point, doctors relied…
Read MoreCongratulations, Barry Nace and Chris Nace, for Your Best Lawyers Award!
Nace Law Group, is very proud to announce that both founding member Barry J. Nace and partner Christopher T. Nace were named Best Lawyers in America by U.S. News & World Report! Barry has been recognized by Best Lawyers on numerous occasions, and this is Chris’s second year making the list. Both attorneys were named…
Read MoreThe Harsh Reality of the Damages Cap for Amtrak Victims’ Losses
After the tragic Amtrak derailment in May 2015 when eight people died and more than 200 people were injured, victims of the crash received the harsh news that they are unlikely to be fully compensated for their injuries, and survivors for the deaths of their loved ones. A federal law enacted in 1997 limits recovery…
Read MoreFDA Approves Praluent a Pricey New Cholesterol-lowering Drug
On July 24, 2015, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved Praluent (alirocumab) the first in a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors (protein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9). This new class of medications hold the promise of reducing heart attacks and strokes, which kill approximately 610,000 Americans every year. The PCSK9…
Read MoreNew Report Links Robotic Surgery to 144 Deaths Since 2000
A team of researchers from MIT, Rush University Medical Center, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have published a paper on Adverse Events in Robotic Surgery, which takes a look at the causes and patient impacts of surgical adverse events in an effort to improve operational systems and practices in the future. After reviewing more…
Read MoreCDC Uncovers a Link to Birth Defect Risk for Pregnant Women Taking Paxil and Prozac
The Centers for Disease Control has published an analysis on the use of a class of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) such as Prozac and Paxil during pregnancy and whether or not there is a link to birth defects in babies born to women who took these antidepressants immediately before becoming pregnant and in the…
Read MoreFDA Proposes Disclosing Added Sugars on Nutrition Facts Label
The average American male over age 20 consumes about 235 calories from added sugars and women of the same age group consume about 239 calories of added sugars each day. The American Heart Association recommends no more than 150 calories’ worth of added sugars per day for men and 100 calories per day for women.…
Read MoreHow Do Doctors Deal with Medical Mistakes?
Preventable medical errors are frightfully frequent in modern medicine. Research in the Journal of Patient Safety estimates that upwards of 440,000 people die each year and thousands more are injured in the United States from medical errors. This makes medical/hospital mistakes the third leading cause of death for Americans. Doctors (as we and they may…
Read MoreFarid Fata’s Chemotherapy Scam on Hundreds of Patients Gets Him 45 Years in Prison
In what is being called the most serious case of medical fraud in U.S. history, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Borman sentenced oncologist Farid Fata to 45 years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $17.6 million in restitution for scamming hundreds of patients. His upscale clinics were located in the Detroit area…
Read MoreIs There a Link Between Glyburide and Gestational Diabetes?
A recent study that was published in the JAMA Pediatrics on the risk of birth injury connected to gestational diabetes has been connected to the mother’s use of glyburide during pregnancy. Glyburide, which is sold under the brand names, DiaBeta and Micronage, is an oral diabetes medication that controls blood sugar levels in people with…
Read MoreFlorida Court Lifts Cap on Noneconomic Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases
In July 2015, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in Florida ruled that caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases are unconstitutional, and they do not apply in personal injury cases. This ruling was based on an earlier decision in 2014 of the Florida Supreme Court which struck down damages caps in wrongful death…
Read MoreConsult the Surgeon’s Scorecard Before You Go Under the Knife
People tend to put a tremendous amount of blind trust in doctors. They are willing to allow them to cut them open to fix what is ailing them without knowing much at all about the doctors’ backgrounds, training and success rates with the kind of surgery they are about to perform. But now there is…
Read MoreCentral Line Infections Are Deadly
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are an estimated 30,100 central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSA) in U.S. health care facilities each year. These are serious infections that cause the prolongation of hospital stays and increased risk of death. These infections are preventable through the use of proper insertion techniques and the…
Read MoreWhen Justice is Served: Public Justice, Rosa Moreno and the AAJ
At Nace Law Group, we are proud of the work we do to ensure that our communities are safe and that victims of injustice are given their day in court. It is why we sit on the executive board of Public Justice, a group of dedicated attorneys who fight against injustice in all of its…
Read MoreStudy Links Sugary Drinks to High Death Tolls around the World
Most people probably understand that drinking too many sugary drinks is not good for their health. Now a group of researchers from Tufts University in Boston have published a study in the medical journal, Circulation, which puts the death toll from consuming sugary drinks at 180,000 adult deaths each year worldwide. Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D. Dr.P.H.,…
Read MoreNew Contraceptives and the Increased Risk of Fatal Blood Clots
Birth control pills have always carried the risk of blood clots and stroke, but a new study published in the British Medical Journal has found that the pill can be linked to anywhere from a two to a more than four-fold increased risk of blood clots when compared to women who are not taking oral…
Read MoreDespite Millions in Research Funding Still No Effective Treatment for TBI
According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s 2015 report to Congress in March, there are 2.2 million Emergency Room visits associated with concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). There are 280,000 hospitalizations and 50,000 deaths every year due to MTBI and despite a Congressional allocation of more than $600 million since 2007,…
Read MoreThe Heartbreaking Truths about Stillbirths
When you work in the world of medical malpractice, and especially when your job involves helping the victims of that malpractice, you have to learn to separate your emotions from your work; sometimes it is the only way to effectively help someone. But there are some stories, and some cases, that make it almost impossible…
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