When you think about nursing home neglect or abuse, sexual abuse is probably not the first thing that comes to mind — but it’s a grim reality for some patients. Once thought to be rare, evidence is slowly surfacing that indicates the sexual abuse of nursing home residents is horrifyingly common. Perhaps even worse, those in positions of power and…
Could a simple alteration to the average semi change the odds of survival for the occupants of a car when the semi and the car collide? Thanks to innovations and design, regulations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and oversight by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), passenger cars have become safer than ever. Most passenger vehicles…
If you have an existing doctor-patient relationship, your doctor has a duty to make certain that you receive any critical, ongoing care that you need. Failing to do so is considered patient abandonment — which is a type of medical malpractice. Patient abandonment can be obvious — when your doctor suddenly drops you from his or her practice without adequate…
No doubt you have heard stories about people whose social media posts came back to hurt them. For example, maybe a friend of yours works in hiring and routinely does not call in people for interviews if their social media profiles show them regularly partying or using drugs. Social media can also be harmful if you were in a car…
In Ohio, one danger that’s becoming increasingly common among those employed outdoors is Lyme disease. Lyme disease is spread to humans from the bite of carrier ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. Until fairly recently, the risk of an Ohio worker contracting the disease was relatively small — but the carrier ticks have now been found in at least 66…
With the advent of spring and especially summer, it is likely you are heading outside more. Whether this is to walk, hike, jog, cycle or hang out with friends, dogs are one potential danger to be aware of. This holds true even if the dog in question belongs to people you trust. Follow these tips to help keep safe this…
Ohio car accident victims generally know that they can file a lawsuit to recover for losses that result from their injuries. Some may have questions about the availability of punitive damages, especially when they feel the other driver was not just at fault but really behaved very badly. Judges or juries may award punitive damages in some motor vehicle accident…
Ohio has the third most number of nursing facilities in the country, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, with nearly 960 in the Buckeye state in 2015, the latest year on record. What this means is that a large percentage of Ohioans are either in a nursing home or have family or loved ones in such a facility.…
Does a pre-existing condition automatically nix your claim for workers’ compensation benefits? As of 2015, there were twice as many people aged 65 or older working than there were teenage employees — which means that the United States has an increasingly mature workforce. That’s not all bad — after all, with age comes wisdom. However, age also brings a host…