2015

Six (6) babies of every 1,000 births in the United States suffer a birth injury or birth trauma.  In 2014, for instance, over 23,700 babies were injured at birth in this country.  Some injuries resolved quickly or were easily treated, while others were very serious causing function problems of the brain, muscles, spinal cord,...

For a patient injured by medical malpractice, Michigan law allows the person to get back only one type of loss suffered: compensatory damages.  Only actual losses can be reimbursed.  In contrast to other states such as New Mexico, where in 1992 scalding-hot McDonald’s coffee disfigured 79-year-old Stella Liebeck, Michigan denies a jury the power...

There is a statute of limitations (i.e., a legal time clock) in Michigan that limits the time an injured person has to file a lawsuit.  If that time period expires before a lawsuit is filed in a Michigan court, the claim will be barred forever.  Perhaps you or a loved one recently suffered serious...

Via: https://www.woodtv.com/ GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The family of a Forest Hills seventh grader who died after an accident during surgery is suing Spectrum Hospitals and the surgeon who performed the procedure. Quiniece Henry died on February 13, 2014, five days after pediatric surgeon Dr. James M. DeCou placed a catheter inside the...

By: Angie Jackson Via: mLive.com GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The family of a Forest Hills teen who died last year after a medical treatment-related accident has filed a malpractice lawsuit against Spectrum Health and a pediatric surgeon. Parents of Quiniece Henry, 13, learned in February 2014 that the Forest Hills seventh-grader had Burkitt lymphoma -...