Hard-working Medical Malpractice Attorneys Get You Back on Your Feet

Holding medical professionals accountable for negligence

Medical malpractice is frightening for many reasons, but perhaps foremost among them is the breach of trust: Where are patients supposed to turn for medical help if their own doctors harm them? Our attorneys have more than 25 years of experience helping medical malpractice victims get the restitution they deserve. If your medical treatment produced harmful results, call our office today for a free consultation to discuss your options.

Requirements for a medical malpractice claim

There are three components that must be met for a medical malpractice claim to succeed:

Negligence. Every healthcare professional — doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and nearly everyone else providing a service in the healthcare industry — must meet a standard of care. That standard of care holds that a healthcare professional must act like any other reasonably prudent professional in a similar situation.
Causation. The law also requires that the healthcare professional’s negligence caused the resulting injury. A healthcare professional may be guilty of medical malpractice for actively doing something harmful or for omitting something from treatment that led to harm. For more than 25 years, our personal injury attorneys have established cause for medical malpractice victims.
Injury. There must be an injury, although it may be physical, mental, or emotional.href

Common medical malpractice claims

Medical malpractice may be claimed against almost any type of medical diagnosis, treatment or advice. The most common medical malpractice claims allege:

Failure to recognize symptoms
Unnecessary surgery, treatment, or medication
Misinterpreting lab results
Misdiagnosis
Surgical errors
Prescribing an inappropriate medication or dosage
Poor follow-up
Premature hospital discharge

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If you or someone you know may be a victim of medical malpractice, call our office for a free consultation. Our firm offers contingency fee payment plans: no recovery, no fee. Our office has plenty of parking and easy access to public transportation. We offer flexible office hours to accommodate clients, but we also make home or hospital visits if you cannot come to us.

Organic Pest Control: Hands-On or Hands-Off?

Organic pest control and the effective control of garden pests depend very much on the gardener’s attitude towards the approach. The most basic approach has to do with monitoring. It’s very important for a gardener to constantly monitor his/her garden through a series of logs and journals, which keep the gardener constantly up to speed on any pest attacks and plant health.

Here are some examples of items one should keep in mind for effective pest control:
Sudden insect attacks, specifically from aphids, can occur seemingly overnight. While aphids can chew down leaves and stems, injuring plants, the plants can be smothered by the secretions left by the insects. What’s worse, certain types of fungi can grow on the insect secretions, which can suck essential vitamins and nutrients from the plant itself. There are organic ways to handle such garden pests, so further reading and study are needed beyond what’s included in this article. However, be prepared for this before any planting is done, as sudden attacks can destroy plants without swift action.
Lawns are especially susceptible to attacks, especially from caterpillars and other root-feeding insects. Why? Lawns, particularly new lawns, have very shallow root structures and can fall prey to predatory insects. Much like the example given above, swift action is needed if this occurs. Without an effective organic pest control plan, these insects can destroy a lawn within days.

Powdery mildew, if left unchecked, can have adverse effects on plants as well. Much like the fungi mentioned above, this mildew can suffocate plants. Ensure that plants susceptible to this are rinsed down with a gentle stream of water to wash off any mildew that might be present.

One of the basic tenants of organic pest control is to “let it be.” While it may be tempting to jump in and be “hands-on” with your plants to keep them pest-free, oftentimes it’s best to allow the environment to do its own work. While fungi and other pests may be present in your garden at any given time, avoiding the use of chemicals will allow your pests’ predators to keep them in check. Spiders, ladybugs, and other forms of predators should be allowed to remain in your garden to fight off the plant-eating pests that you’re trying to keep away.

While this isn’t a comprehensive review of organic pest control techniques, this should be a good primer in some of the methods one should consider if contemplating organic pest control instead of some of the more established methods.