Blog: Medical Malpractice

How Can Medical Professional Liability Affect My Medical Malpractice Case?

Feb 23, 2024

When a medical professional causes harm, the first question is who is responsible. Liability makes a major difference in how your claim is handled because it determines who is financially responsible for your suffering. If you are unsure about details like medical professional liability, it can impact your medical malpractice case. If you are seeking compensation for a malpractice claim, be sure that you understand how medical professional liability can impact you. Making decisions without...

Most Common Types of Surgical Error

Aug 10, 2023

Medical malpractice refers to mistakes made by health care practitioners that can put patients’ lives at risk. A surgical error is a common type of medical malpractice that is among the leading causes of unnecessary patient deaths. If you or a loved one is a victim of a preventable surgical error in the Pittsburgh area, contact the Pittsburgh surgery malpractice attorneys at Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. for a free case review to discuss your legal...

Can I Sue for Nerve Damage Caused During Surgery?

May 17, 2022

Undergoing surgery always comes with the risk of complications. If you find out that you suffered nerve damage during an operation or procedure, however, there is a chance that it was caused by medical malpractice. Nerve damage is a type of surgical error that is often preventable with an appropriate amount of care by the surgeon and surgical assistants. If a case of nerve damage constitutes medical malpractice, you have the right to file a...

Spinal and orthopedic surgery patients at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver may have been exposed to HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

Apr 5, 2018

The Colorado State Health Department released a statement that a sterilization breach at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver may have put spinal and orthopedic surgical patients at risk for infection of HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C. Porter Adventist Hospital has sent letters to patients who had orthopedic or spine surgery between July 21, 2016, and February 20, 2018 that they may have been exposed to HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. “The process for...

Coastal Health & Wellness Clinics in Galveston and Texas City potentially exposed 9,500 patients to HIV and Hepatitis

Mar 28, 2018

The Galveston County Health District announced on March 23rd that approximately 9,500 people have been potentially exposed to hepatitis and HIV over the last three years at dental clinics located in Texas City and Galveston due to poor sanitation. Dr. Philip Keiser with the Galveston County local health authority said concerns about the sanitation procedures at Coastal Health & Wellness Clinics were raised 38 days ago. On February 12th of this year, inspectors found violations...

Pharmacist at Select Specialty Hospital in Boardman Accused of Mixing Lower Doses of Prescribed Drugs

Mar 8, 2017

Our firm is currently investigating cases of medical malpractice where a pharmacist employed by the pharmacy at a long term hospital located in Boardman is accused of mixing lower doses of antibiotics than what were prescribed for high-risk hospital patients. Ohio’s Board of Pharmacy has suspended Ernest Perrin’s license. According to a notice issued by the board, Perrin has worked at Select Specialty Hospital Regional Pharmacy, which is located in the same Market Street building...

Rockey Allen tests positive for HIV, authorities announce 1,000 people have yet to be tested

Jun 6, 2016

Rocky Allen, the Denver-area “serial infector” who made national headlines in February after his indictment, has now tested positive for HIV. In addition to hepatitis B and hepatitis C, some 3000 patients who were potentially exposed to Allen’s tainted needles may now have something new to worry about. The 28-year-old former Army medic who was court-martialed for stealing Fentanyl while serving in Afghanistan is now facing charges of tampering with a consumer product and deceitfully...

Over 200 Patients at Shore Medical Center in NJ may have been exposed to Hep B, Hep C and HIV

Mar 22, 2016

It was recently discovered that more than two hundred patients from Shore Medical Center in New Jersey may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV. Investigators say 53-year-old Frederick McLeish of Egg Harbor Township is a pharmacist and a drug diverter who worked at the hospital between 2013 and 2014. Shore Medical sent letters to potential victims on 16 February 2016 and says it will cover the cost of testing for patients...

Safety Needles: A simple solution to drug diversion in hospitals

Mar 21, 2016

As we have seen over the last few years, drug diversion, or theft of drugs, by healthcare personnel poses a continuous threat to patient safety in any healthcare setting in which controlled substances are handled. In a 2014 study, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in 2010, as many as 1.7 million people were infected with Hepatitis B, at least 315,000 with Hepatitis C, and as many as 33,800 with HIV through an unsafe...

Surgical tech may have exposed patients to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV in Washington

Mar 16, 2016

According to the Washington Department of Health, a surgical technician who is accused of tampering with narcotics in a way that could have exposed nearly 1500 patients to Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, and HIV worked at three Western Washington (state) medical facilities. Rocky Allen was arrested in Denver last month for diverting and tampering with medications, leaving patients at risk for contracting Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV. Rocky Allen worked at Northwest Hospital in...