By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Monday, December 10, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Giving birth can be a dangerous act for women and for their babies. There’s always a risk with any pregnancy, but in recent months, we have been seeing more reports that the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal deaths in the developed world. According to the New York Times, many states continue to fail to properly investigate what is leading to these deaths. In fact, some states continue to cite mothers’ behavior as the reason for their deaths or for their children’s birth injuries. If you have been injured in childbirth, if your baby was injured in childbirth, or......
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December 10th, 2018How Companies Sometimes Put Profit Over Nursing Home Care
December 5th, 2018By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. BATON ROUGE, Louisiana. The Washington Post recently performed an in-depth investigation into how a private equity Firm’s acquisition of a nursing home company led to the alleged neglect of thousands of elderly and sick residents. According to , private equity Firms purchase companies that might be struggling and try to turn them around. However, when the goals of private equity Firms (make profit and cut costs) conflict with safety and industry standards, people can end up hurt or injured. The Washington Post’s investigations found that under the management of the private equity Firm, the nursing home’s health code violations allegedly rose 26 percent.......
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December 5th, 2018On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Certain medications administered in a hospital or doctor’s office setting require multiple step safety guards to help prevent medication administration errors. Some medications are more dangerous than others if administered incorrectly. Louisiana patients may be saddened to learn that a nurse’s error may have resulted in the death of a patient. The family may be seeking the advice of a medical malpractice attorney in the aftermath of her death. The patient sought the care of medical professionals for headaches, swelling of the brain and other symptoms. Reportedly, the patient was in stable condition. As part of the......
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