The hospital insists it did nothing wrong and followed all proper protocols, but a pathologist’s report suggests otherwise. It appears now that a jury will have to decide whether there is any merit to a claim of hospital negligence based on the finding that an 80-year-old woman was apparently frozen alive in the hospital’s morgue. The circumstances of the...
Read MoreMost of the time, when someone in Kansas City is having surgery, they get general anesthesia to make it through the procedure without pain. General anesthesia allows for considerable latitude when it comes to surgery, but patients must also be closely monitored while under the effects. A failure to monitor patients can lead to serious injuries or death. It...
Read MoreNot too long ago, the standard for delivering a baby called for having the mother in the hospital delivery room and a doctor in control. A lot has changed over the past few decades. Many hospitals offer a variety of birthing options to expectant mothers these days. In some cases the doctors have been replaced by nurse-midwives and beds...
Read MoreThe mother of a man who died while in prison has the green light to pursue a lawsuit against the doctors she accuses of failing her son. She cannot include the state in the suit or the state’s Department of Corrections, however. This case of apparent wrongful death and alleged failure to diagnose did not occur in Missouri, but...
Read MorePolice investigators have likely not had enough time to pull together all the information they need to reach solid conclusions about the cause of a deadly two-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of two Kansas City area men early Thursday morning. Officials say possible alcohol impairment has not been ruled out as a contributing factor. The Kansas Highway Patrol...
Read MoreDoctors are scientists. At least most claim to be. That suggests that their practices are guided by standards that have been established by having gone through the rigors of scientific study and research. But, as many medical professionals argue, health care is also something of an art. That’s convenient on one level. It means that standards of care and...
Read MoreBack in 2001, an Ohio woman gave birth to a son. He may have had all his fingers and toes, but she claims he suffered birth defects due to the fact that she had been prescribed the anti-depressant Paxil during her pregnancy. She is now suing the drug’s maker, GlaxxoSmithKline, saying that the birth injuries her son suffered were...
Read MoreBreak a bone and chances are that the doctor setting it for a cast has seen something like it before. Contract some sort of bug, and it’s just as likely the doctor knows what sort of treatment will get you over it. The same cannot be said about a brain injury. Each one is unique. As the head of...
Read MoreOn Dec. 1, the Kansas City Chiefs were playing the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium. Kyle Van Winkle was among those who went to the game. Unfortunately, the 30-year-old husband and father of a 7-week-old baby boy never made it home. He died after allegedly suffering a brutal beating at the hands of a man he didn’t even know....
Read MoreAll too often we hear stories about the horrors of doctors failing to diagnose a disease resulting in the death of a patient. This can be particularly devastating in cases where cancer is the culprit, but doesn’t get caught in time. Such instances, if negligence can be shown, may represent situations in which a medical malpractice claim may be...
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