A junior on a high school football team died when he suffered a fracture to a vertebrae, damaging his upper spinal cord. The injury occurred while playing in a preseason game. While the incident occurred at a Georgia high school, the danger of spinal cord injuries is often present in
Misdiagnoses can be serious enough to cause death or severe impairment to individuals. This is what happened to one former student of Ohio University in 2007. She visited OU’s Hudson Health Center in 2007 and they failed to diagnose a flesh-eating bacteria disease. The result of the misdiagnosis caused her
A 19-year-old man who just graduated from high school was recently hit by a 2008 Dodge flatbed tow truck as he worked for the Ohio Department of Transportation in a construction area locate on state Route 534. Like many other Ohio truck accidents, distracted driving was involved. Investigators said the
An 18-year-old girl was recently killed in a truck crash occurring near the Ohio – West Virginia border. The accident also caused injuries resulting in the hospitalization of five other persons, including two victims listed in critical condition. Five other persons riding in the cab of the truck suffered less
A male motorist whose car crashed into another vehicle, killing its teen driver, has been sentenced to three months in jail. He will be allowed out part of the time on work release as part of a deal worked out with the prosecution. The motorist, who was also a teenager
Those in Franklin, Ohio, will be interested to hear about this doctor’s mistake that led to the suffering of his paying patient. According to reports, the female patient filed a complaint on June 28 in the Kanawha Circuit Court that stated the doctor and his colleagues had incorrectly interpreted a
Those in Franklin, Ohio, may be interested to know about this case. A man’s wife recently died due to alleged doctor negligence and malpractice caused by the use of NaturaLyte and GranuFlo during her dialysis treatments. According to reports, the woman, as well as other patients, suffered significant injuries due
Those in Franklin, Ohio, might like to know about this case about a 59-year-old man who suffered an acute stroke due to medical malpractice. According to the report, the man had been diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse in 1996 and had not been ordered to have any follow-up appointments for
A 45-year-old male motorist has admitted to being intoxicated when his vehicle interfered with a police car, causing the death of a 32-year-old Willoughby, Ohio, police officer. The car accident occurred last September. The prosecutor stated the motorist had consumed a number of alcoholic beverages before getting behind the wheel.
In 2009, a young woman was admitted to a New York hospital after overdosing on a combination of pharmaceutical drugs. Despite showing signs of life, such as curling her toes and demonstrating resistance to being placed on a ventilator, the patient was declared dead and the hospital staff prepared to