In medical malpractice actions in Michigan, attorneys must hire qualified medical practitioners to serve as expert witnesses. Because medical malpractice cases usually involve complicated health and medical issues, medical malpractice experts are asked to testify on the patient’s behalf to provide insight and answers about medical procedures, diagnoses, the standard of care, causation, and...
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Unfortunately, wrong-way crashes are common in Michigan. There are about 350 accidents every year in the U.S., and in Michigan, 56 wrong-way crashes were reported from 2010-2018. There were 86 deaths resulting from those crashes. That’s an average of roughly 10 deaths from wrong-way crashes per year in our state. That’s way too many!...
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Doctor fatigue is a work-related syndrome. Research by the Stanford University School of Medicine showed that more than half of all American physicians suffer from doctor fatigue. Because of this, they are more than twice as likely to commit a serious medical mistake. The study found that almost 6,700 hospital and clinic physicians who...
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If you’re involved in an accident—even if you think it’s minor—it can be an extremely traumatic experience. Once you come to a stop and make sure you and your passengers aren’t in danger, there are a number of things you must do… and another list of six things you shouldn’t do. If you do...
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Michigan Medicine (also known as University of Michigan Health System), is providing a resource that all hospital systems should use to help prevent medical malpractice. Michigan Medicine now offers the COMPASS Peer Support Network The U of M’s Compassionate Peers and Stress Support (COMPASS) Network will be offered to all University faculty, staff, and...
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