A medical error by a replacement nurse at an Oakland hospital is being blamed for the death of a cancer patient. The victim, a 66-year-old woman had been receiving treatment for cancer at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland since July. According to Oakland police, the woman’s death was caused when a replacement [...]
A San Fernando Valley motorist involved in a motorcycle accident that killed a motorcyclist, has been charged with murder. According to police, the 56-year-old man was driving a pickup truck, which he turned in front of the motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was thrown from his vehicle on impact, and sustained serious injuries. He died a short [...]
Neurontin, an antiseizure drug manufactured by New York-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, is yet another highly prescribed medication with deadly side effects. Approved in 1994 by the Food and Drug Administration to help sufferers of epilepsy with pain and partial seizure prevention, Neurontin has been found to increase suicidal thoughts and actions among patients who use the [...]
A defense against the eggshell plaintiff rule is the crumbling skull rule. The crumbling skull rule seeks to rebut the eggshell plaintiff rule by alleging that the harm incurred by the victim was inevitable and the defendant’s actions only had a minimal effect upon the already deteriorating circumstances. For example, a dying patient is treated [...]
A California jury awarded a 16.1 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit award to the family of a woman who died after participating in a Sacramento radio promotion nicknamed “Hold Your Wee for a Wii.” It was in 2007 that Jennifer Strange participated in the stunt for radio station KDND-FM where she and other contestants were [...]