Posts tagged Nevada Injury Law

• Avoid Personal Injury Cycling in Reno

  Steve Klearman | December 14, 2007 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Reno is still pretty dangerous and challenging for bicyclists. This is largely due to the need for a better route of paths, better marked paths and a need for a better continuation of the paths network. Does this mean that Reno is an unsafe place for bicyclists to ride overall? Not necessarily, but there are certain precautions that every bicyclist should take, aside from simply wearing helmets...

• The Date-Rape Toy

  Steve Klearman | December 13, 2007 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The name Aqua-Dots sends chills down the spine of families in the U.S. If you haven't heard about the recall that happened last month, then you are likely in the minority. About 4 million units of the product were recalled last month because they break down into a date-rape drug when ingested. Currently 10 retailers and companies including Kmart, Walmart, Sears, Target and Mattel are being...

• More on Nevada's Mental Health Funding Problems

  Steve Klearman | December 12, 2007 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a Reno Gazette Journal Article dated November 30, 2007, the new Reno triage center may have its budget cut after Governor Jim Gibbons ordered state agencies to submit lists for an 8% budget cut this month. This cut was an increase from an original 5% cut due to declining sales and gaming tax revenues.The triage center is a center to help homeless people with mental health or...

• Crucial Medical Tests Delayed

  Steve Klearman | December 11, 2007 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Thousands of patients are facing delays in crucial medical tests because of a shortage of a radioactive substance used in those examinations -- all because of the shutdown of one nuclear reactor in Canada. According to Associated Press writers Charmaine Noronha and Stephanie Nano, the substance is used in at least 15 million medical scans a year in the United States, by one estimate. Those scans...

• Nevada's Mental Health Funding Problems Continue

  Steve Klearman | December 07, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As Nevada's population of those with mental heatlh problems grows, the state has determined that it cannot spend as much as it did previously.According to a Reno Gazette Journal Article dated November 30, 2007, the new Reno triage center may have its budget cut after Governor Jim Gibbons ordered state agencies to submit lists for an 8% budget cut this month. This cut was an increase from an...

• How a Microwave Can Light Up Your Day

  Steve Klearman | December 06, 2007 6:38 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  General Electric recalled 92,000 combination wall and microwave ovens after at least 35 incidents of fire that damaged property, the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. According to a Yahoo News article yesterday, the door switch in the microwave oven can overheat and ignite plastic components in the appliance, the company said.The lower thermal oven does not pose...

• Lymph Node Assessments Skipped in Breast Cancer Cases

  Steve Klearman | December 05, 2007 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A startling 11% of those in a 200,000-patient national sample did not receive a lymph node assessment while undergoing surgery for early-stage breast cancer. The recommended practice promotes disease staging and appropriate treatment selection. Garth Sullivan, Esq., at Indox Consulting (415-568-7116) reports that researchers explored the impact of patient race and ethnicity, insurance status,...

• Your Holiday Guide to Toxic Toys

  Steve Klearman | December 05, 2007 6:31 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Tests on more than 1,200 children's products, most of them still on store shelves, found that 35 percent contain lead -- many with levels far above the federal recall standard used for lead paint. According to an AP article released today, a Hannah Montana card game case, a Go Diego Go! backpack and Circo brand shoes were among the items with excessive lead levels in the tests performed by a...

• Maybe Cell Phone Didn't Detonate

  Steve Klearman | December 04, 2007 4:45 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Relax: your cell phone might not be a bomb after all.A South Korean man whose death initially was blamed on an exploding cell phone battery was killed by a car accident involving his colleague, police said Friday.The International Herald Tribune reports (November 29th) that the quarry worker, only identified by his family name Seo, was found dead Wednesday with a melted phone battery in his...

• Nearly Half of Doctors Fail to Report Incompent or Unethical Behavior

  Steve Klearman | December 03, 2007 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In Nevada, as elsewhere, one has to look out of state to find a medical expert witness to testify. Nevada doctors do not testify against each other. Similarly, I suspect that a review of State Board of Medical Examiners complaints would reveal that the vast majority of such complaints come from patients.It comes as little surprise, therefore, that nearly half of all U.S. doctors fail to report...