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injury lawyers in major U.S. cities |
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of Action |
Law Firm's Name |
Law Office Location |
Local
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California |
152 N. Third Street, Suite 600 |
800 - 921-1776 |
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16000 Ventura Blvd., Suite 905 |
800 - 222-5862 |
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Colorado |
2300 Fifteenth Street, Suite 200 |
877 - 527-5260 |
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108 E. St.Vrain St., Suite 20 |
800 - 231-1017 |
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Florida |
111 North Orange Avenue, Suite 1450 |
407 - 843-0126 |
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The Panter Building |
800 - 593-6178 |
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Georgia |
4651-A Roswell Road, |
800 - 844-4651 |
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17 Executive Park Drive, Suite 310 |
404 - 321-3323 |
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Illinois |
368 West Huron Street, Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60610 |
800 - 310-2222 |
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440 South Grand Ave. West, |
888 - 828-9037 |
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Massachusettes |
36 Miller Stile Rd., |
617 - 479-4300 |
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294 Pleasant St., Suite 204 |
781 - 297-0005 |
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New York |
148 East 74th St. |
800 - 861-5001 |
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61 Columbia St., Suite 300 |
518 - 449-5400 |
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Ohio |
Standard Building - Sixth Floor |
800 - 280-0070 |
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195 South Main St., Suite 300 |
330 - 434-4100 |
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Pennsylvania |
U.S. Steel Building |
888 - 817-5745 |
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Two Commerce Square, 32nd Floor |
800 - 568-5868 |
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Texas |
3D/International Tower |
800 - 683-8383 |
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13250 Branch View Lane |
888 - 405-5297 |
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Summary of Medical Errors Which Can Produce Actionable Medical Injury Claims |
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Medical Error Type |
Medical Error Description |
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Errors of Commission |
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Misdiagnosis |
(Results in wrong treatment) |
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Mismatched blood |
Blood screening error |
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Contaminated blood |
Donor blood testing error |
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Drug Errors |
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Wrong drug given (contraindicated drug given) |
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Wrong drug given (drug name mix-up - many are very similar)) |
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Wrong drug given (labeling mix-up) |
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Wrong drug given (wrong choice of treatment) |
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Wrong Choice of administration (intravenous, intramuscular) |
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Wrong Dosage given (too much, overdose?) |
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Wrong Rate of administration (too fast?) |
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Wrong Patient (you get someone else's drugs) |
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Bad drug given (drug subsequently banned, such as Baycol or Vioxx) |
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Surgical Errors |
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Instrument, clamp or sponge left inside patient |
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Post-surgery infection (contaminated field, environment, common in hospital) |
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Unnecessary surgery, operation or procedure |
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Wrong site (wrong body part - left and right mixed-up) |
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Wrong patient (surgery on wrong person) |
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Errors of Omission |
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Failed to Treat |
Critical drug not given |
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Critical procedure not performed |
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Inadequate screening |
Wrong blood type (bad transfusion) |
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Inadequate donor blood testing |
Blood contaminated by pathogen - hiv, hepatitis, etc. |
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Conservative Republicans do NOT
want you to sue for some of the above medical errors - |
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Vaughn's Summaries (One-Pagers) Copyright ©2005, 2006 Vaughns-1-Pagers.com All Rights Reserved Vaughns Major Medical Malpractice Attorney list web page was last updated on 2007-05-11. |