A number of lawyers handle suicide cases as wrongful death lawsuits due to the circumstances surrounding the cases. However, not many attorneys will handle the suicide case as a medical malpractice suit. When treating a suicide case as a medical malpractice one, issues like psychology of the patient need to be understood in order to […]
Overcoming Adversity: From Erb’s Palsy to Paralympic Rower and Silver Medalist
Danielle “Dani” Hansen was injured during childbirth. Erb’s Palsy is a paralysis of the arm due to nerve damage. In Dani’s case, nerve damage near her left shoulder paralyzed her left arm. Doctors offered little hope that she would ever use her left arm, which was shorter than her right arm. From an early […]
Failure to Diagnose Prostate Cancer
There’s no prescribed method for responding to the news that you or someone you love has prostate cancer. Dealing with the reality of something of this magnitude is a process that takes time and courage. Sometimes this process is made harder by the troubling realization that the cancer could have been treated earlier on in […]