Bone fractures are often misdiagnosed in emergency rooms and other health care facilities, even when patients’ symptoms include pain, swelling and limited limb movement. Unfortunately, these misdiagnoses can have very serious consequences, since they delay treatment, which can result in increased pain, suffering and even…
Spinal abscesses, also called spinal epidural abscesses, are pockets of infected pus that form in between the bones of the spine and the membrane surrounding the spinal cord. If they are not diagnosed and treated in time, they can compress the spinal cord and spinal…
The type of health care provided in emergency rooms is substantially different than that provided in other environments, such as inpatient or primary care facilities. The doctors, nurses and staff in emergency departments must handle many different, often difficult, situations simultaneously and quickly make decisions…
When we hear the term “medical malpractice,” we usually think of glaring examples of doctors’ mistakes, such as a surgeon amputating the wrong leg, operating on the wrong side of the brain, or mistakenly damaging an internal organ or artery that causes a fatal hemorrhage….
All surgeries carry a certain amount of risk, so some complications after surgery are to be expected. However, according to a recent report on medical error reduction and prevention, at least 4000 preventable surgical errors occur each year in the U.S. These errors, which range…
An 83-year-old grandfather who was killed when his golf cart was struck by a car at the Par 3 Golf Course in June died as a result of negligence, his widow said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in circuit court. Edward Streim, a Delray Beach…
According to the latest National Healthcare Quality and Disparities report from the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Florida ranks in the fourth quartile (lowest-worst) among all U.S. states on measures of overall healthcare quality. It is, therefore, no surprise that a significant number of…
Miami Trial Lawyer, Robert Boyers, Esq., Recognized By Best Lawyers in America 2022 for Excellence in the Fields of Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Litigation Robert Boyers, Esq., founding partner of leading Miami law firm, Boyers Law Group, was recognized as one of the…
Drowning is a leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 19 in the United States, yet, it is often overlooked in discussions of health issues, given the Covid-19 pandemic and the constant threat of storms, accidents and violence. Unfortunately, overlooking or underestimating the…
The Champlain Towers collapse in Surfside has caused shock waves of grief and horror to reverberate through not only Miami but also the Nation as a whole. The realization that these families could not count on being safe and sound from life ending danger, while…
