Medical Malpractice | 5 Blog Posts

A Florida state trooper has pleaded guilty to federal charges for his alleged participation in a drug smuggling ring that spanned the east coast. Twenty-nine year old Justin Kolves was charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute for aiding a group that smuggled massive quantities of oxycodone from Florida to Connecticut. According to the Washington Post, twenty individuals were charged, including a
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The family of a deceased Florida man is suing the hospital that they claim killed their dad, husband, and brother. Richard Smith, 79, was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the North Shore Medical Center in Miami after experiencing shortness of breath. Smith was on dialysis, as he had serious kidney problems. The day after being admitted, Smith experienced an upset stomach and was prescribed an antacid. Instead of the antacid, the nurse accidentally administered the drug pancuronium, a paralytic, according to reports. Smith went into cardiac arrest and although he was able to be r
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The number of U.S. doctors facing criminal charges is on the rise as white collar crime laws are put into the books and as drug control laws are more strictly enforced, according to Reuters. There have been recent famous instances of this, including the ongoing charges against Michael Jackson’s lawyer for medical negligence (and possibly involuntary manslaughter) and the eventual acquittal of Anna Nicole Smith’s doctor against charges that he violated the controlled substances law. Many lawsuits invoke the language in the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, which stipulates that a m
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I am Joe Taraska a trial attorney with Morgan and Morgan. Over the last 38 years of practice one of the most frequent questions I hear is "how do I select an attorney". In that this person will be the one to stand by you and your family during a time of great need the choice must be carefully made. So how do you do it?

First, consider the type of case you will be pursuing. Many are complex and require the skill of an attorney who specializes in that area of the law. For example if you are looking into a medical error you want a lawyer who primarily handles that type of lit
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I'm Joseph Taraska an attorney in the medical malpractice department at Morgan and Morgan.

I will be regularly posting this blog to help you understand your rights if you or a family member believe you have been injured by a medical error.

The first thing you must known is that there is a time limit for you to file a claim. If you miss the time even by one day you will be forever barred from bringing a claim. So how much time do you have? This depends on when you first suspected that malpractice occurred causing you or your family an injury. That is the day the time period b
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