Posts tagged Nevada

• Response Time in Cardiac Cases Slow

  Steve Klearman | January 09, 2008 7:18 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a New York Times article dated January 3, 2008, in one out of three cases of cardiac arrests in hospitals, the staff takes too long to respond and increases the risk of brain damage and death in the patient. This study was based on 6,789 patients in 369 different hospitals whose hearts stopped but could have been resuscitated with an electric shock. The study concludes that these...

• Be Safe on the Ice and Snow

  Steve Klearman | January 08, 2008 7:11 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On January 4th, one of the worst storms in recent history hit the Sierra Nevadas, knocking out power, causing flooding and forcing people to evacuate their homes. The storm initially dropped roughly six to ten inches of rain, which turned to snow later on that evening. After 44 inches of snow followed the rain, the levees in Fernley, Nevada were stressed to their breaking point, causing them to...

• Woman Dies in Dentist Chair

  Steve Klearman | January 02, 2008 7:11 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Last week Georgette Watson, principal of Brentano Math and Science Academy in Chicago, died while undergoing a root canal in her dentist's chair. It wasn't the physical surgery that killed her, however. The blame is being placed upon her anesthesia, which put her in a state between unconsciousness and being awake, a state known as "twilight sedation." In this condition patients are typically...

• Nevada Medical Board a Subject of Scrutiny

  Steve Klearman | December 29, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As reported yesterday, the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners disciplined a record number of doctors at its last meeting.The Board has come under scrutiny in recent years for a variety of practices. In fact, according to a Reno Gazette Journal article dated December 12, 2007, our Nevada Board is one of the worst in the United States for disciplining doctors. A Reno Gazette Journal inquiry...

• Nevada Doctors Disciplined by Board

  Steve Klearman | December 28, 2007 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In the most recent Nevada Board of State Medical Examiners meeting, seven medical doctors and one physician's assistant were disciplined. The Reno Gazette reports that this is the largest number of disciplinary actions at one meeting in several years.Professionals disciplined include: Gregory Bryan, M.D., Michael Sullivan, P.A., Gilles Desmaires, M.D., David Linden, M.D., Stuart Steel, M.D.,...

• Do Antidepressants Make Murderers?

  Steve Klearman | December 27, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Antidepressants are again under scrutiny.According to a Yahoo! News Article dated December 18, 2007, the Supreme Court will hear a case regarding a teen, Christopher Pittman, sentenced to 30 years of prison for killing his grandparents and setting fire to their home at age 12. His attorneys argue that the lengthy sentence violates the teen's Eighth Amendment protection from cruel and unusual...

• Deleted Emails and Production

  Steve Klearman | December 26, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ah the new and complicated world of how email production is handled by courts.Scott Roseland, at cybercontrols (www.cybercontrols.net), cites to Benton v. Dlorah, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. D. Kan, Oct. 30, 2007. There, the plaintiff informed defendant at her deposition that she had deleted e-mails, and defendant filed a motion to compel plaintiff to produce relevant documents, to produce her hard...

• Sopranos Genius Defends His Thoughts

  Steve Klearman | December 20, 2007 7:56 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yes, every now and then I stray from injury law, sometimes into other areas of law, sometimes further.Associated Press writer, Janet Frankston Lorin, reports that David Chase, the well-known creator of the Sopranos (and other fine entertainment) is in the midst of a lawsuit.At issue is whether the services Robert Baer provided during Chase's development of "The Sopranos" pilot should be...

• Nevada Researchers Work on Accident Prevention

  Steve Klearman | December 19, 2007 7:02 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Driving in Reno is not (nearly) as bad as driving in Southern California or New York City, but we still have our share of accidents. A UNR civil engineer professor and some UNR students are now researching roads and intersections in the Reno area to make them safer and less accident prone. The project entails videotaping certain intersections and studying tire marks or warning signs in "fender...

• Top 10 Questions to Ask Your Nevada Doctor

  Steve Klearman | December 18, 2007 7:17 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Here is a list of ten questions from MSN, commented on by John S. Ford, MD, MPH in his California Medicine Man blog dated December 13, 2007 1) Do I really need this test? Great question but the author is preaching not to the choir, but to the tree stump. It's pretty well documented that as far as the patient is concerned: "Nothing is too good for my health...as long as someone else is footing...