For more than two decades, Robert J. Talaska has dedicated his legal career to representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases involving birth injury, trauma or wrongful death. Prior to founding the Talaska Law Firm in 1998, Mr. Talaska handled complex or catastrophic medical malpractice cases for families in the greater Houston, Texas, area. Although his current offices are also in Houston, Mr. Talaska represents clients throughout the state of Texas. He is rated AV-Preeminent* by Martindale-Hubbell and is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in personal injury trial law. After completing his bachelor's degree at Beloit College, Mr. Talaska earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center in 1988. He
George Stinney was a 14 yr old, African American who was accused of murdering two young girls, Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 7. The Stinney case occurred in Clarendon County, South Carolina in 1944. This period of time was part of the Jim Crow era, a period of serious racial discrimination in the deep South. This case has been brought to the public’s attention, and it is believed that George Stinney did not get the justice he deserved. The people think that Stinney’s rights were violated, and the court of Appellate should review his case.
Case Citation: Gallagher v. Cayuga Medical Center 151 AD 3d 1349 - NY: Appellate Div., 3rd Dept. 2017 Background: In this civil case Timothy W. Gallagher is the appellant, and Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) is the respondents. The case took place in the appellate division of the supreme court of New York, division three. The plaintiff’s complaint was that Cayuga Medical Center had asserted medical malpractice, negligence, wrongful death and emotional distressed.
Biographical information Michael T. Slager Born: November 14, 1981 Place of Birth: Florida Walter Lamar Scott Born: February 9, 1965 Place of Birth: North Charleston, SC Location of Crime: North Charleston, South Carolina Date of Crime: April 4, 2015 Summary of the case Police officer Michael T. Slager from South Carolina was charged with using excessive force against an innocent motorist and killing him. The defendant pleaded guilty in a federal court in Charleston, South Carolina (Blinder, 2016).
Summary: On April 18, 1938 Jack Miller and Frank Layton were arrested by police when they attempted to take an unregistered sawed-off double barrel shotgun from Claremore, Oklahoma to Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Transporting a firearm that has a barrel under eighteen inches over state lines is not registered and has no stamped paperwork violates the National Firearms Act of 1934. The NFA was a, "revenue act, levying a $200 transfer tax on all covered firearms"(NYU Law, 61). This was a useful tax during this time because it helped control the gangsters from acquiring machine guns(NYU Law, 61).
The 10 murders that led to Dennis Rader being put away in prison for life began on January 15, 1974. Dennis Rader entered the house of the Otero family and murdered the husband, wife, and two youngest children. He entered the house and according to Philbin (2011) Rader testified in court that, “Well, I confronted the family, pulled the pistol, confronted Mr. Otero and asked him to – you know, that I was there to – basically I wanted the car” (p. 155). Rader told the family that he only wanted the car and some food; trying to convince the family he wouldn’t hurt them, which was not the case.
A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office investigator on Tuesday outlined a motive for the Dec. 12 fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man along State Route 255 in Manila, saying three of the five suspects admitted to taking part in the shooting. The day after the shooting, Cesar Valenzuela-Campos, 23, admitted to riding in the car that pulled up behind Tyson Claros minutes before he was shot, investigator Todd Fulton said. Tamara Thompson, 18, allegedly admitted the crime to a jail-house informant and Brandon Mitchell allegedly told a family friend, who called the detective, he’d become remorseful over the killing. “He said that he knew that Catie had lied to him and that he basically killed somebody for no good reason, and he could spend the rest of
The conduct of the defendant’s in the 1971 Washington Court of appeals case, State v. Williams, while neither advisable nor necessarily admirable, was justified given their valid concerns about losing possibly losing custody of their son if they sought medical help due to their Native American heritage. Walter Williams and Bernice Williams made the fateful decision to not take their 17-month old son, who was thought to only have minor tooth-ache, to the hospital due to concerns that such hospital visit would result in them losing custody of their son. Unfortunately, for the co-defendants, their son’s illness was much more severe than initially thought and their decision not to seek care resulted in both the son’s death and a manslaughter conviction
A veteran litigator with experience as both a defense counsel and a prosecutor, James B. Greer of Randall | Greer, PLLC, represents clients in complex commercial litigation cases. From his offices in Dallas, Texas, Mr. Greer represents clients in matters related to business litigation, banking law and class action suits, appearing in federal and state courts throughout the nation. Former clients have included major financial institutions, investors and oil and gas operators. He has been recognized repeatedly as one of the state 's top litigators by Texas Monthly Magazine. Prior to earning his Juris Doctor from Baylor Law School, Mr. Green completed his undergraduate studies at Millsaps College, graduating magna cum laude.
The court found the “Defendant's care of Claimant fell below acceptable standards of practice” (Stashenko, 2015). In 2009 a former inmate of the Hawaii corrections department was awarded close to $1 million in damages for an incident in 2003, in which the physician’s failure to give the correct type and dosage of antibiotic for an infection in his scrotum. This resulted in 6 subsequent surgeries and the removal of his scrotum, rendering him
The case I will be concentrating on is Tomcik vs. Ohio Dep’t of Rehabilitation and Correction in which Tomcik was imprisoned under the custody of Department of Rehabilitation and correction, based on the Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals book. The problem stimulated from continuous negligence from nurses and doctors at the department, which initially was when Tomcik received a physical evaluation, included the breast examination by Dr. Evans who stated that the examination was cursory and lasted only a few seconds, which means that not much attention was presented regarding the patient and his job. The next day Tomcik noticed a lump as being about the size of a pea in her right breast, however it was not reported by Dr. Evans.
It It f It frustrates me what Dr. Anna Pou had to go through with the lawsuits of the Memorial Medical Center incident. As Healthcare professionals, being sued for making the rightful decision for the patient and the hospital is unjust. Healthcare professionals like Dr. Pou, have taken the Hippocratic oath, and one of the promises made within that oath is “first, do no harm”. Hospital’s should not be so quick to make such an important decision of pressing charges to their faculty; more trust should be placed in them. In addition, she made it clear her intentions were just to ‘‘help’’ patients ‘‘through their pain,’’ on national television.
Health Care Law: Tort Case Study Carolann Stanek University of Mary Health Care Law: Tort Case Study A sample case study reviewed substandard care that was delivered to Ms. Gardner after having sustained an accident and brought to Bay Hospital for treatment. Dr. Dick, a second-year pediatric resident, was on that day in the ED and provided care for Ms. Gadner. Dr. Moon, is the chief of staff and oversees the credentialing of all physicians at Bay Hospital.