April 12, 2022 The Weitz Firm, LLC

Surgical errors can have devastating consequences. Pravalika Gayatri Putalapattus, a seventeen-year-old high school student from Virginia, knows this all too well. In 2016, her cousin Sirisha underwent brain surgery in India. The purpose of the surgery was to remove a cancerous tumor. Sadly, a surgical error during the procedure resulted in Sirisha’s death. Pravalika’s initial […]

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August 18, 2021 The Weitz Firm, LLC

Hospital patients sign consent forms for surgeries, but they do not sign up for unspecified surgical errors. Yet, surgical errors are killing patients regularly throughout the US. As a patient, you trust your doctor to know what they are doing. It can be a nightmare to wake up from surgery to find out your trusted […]

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January 28, 2021 The Weitz Firm, LLC

Early one frosty morning, a single mother of two was getting ready for work. While her older daughter made cereal, her one-year-old was ready to go, jumping in her crib and laughing. As she bent down to pick up her youngest, she felt a searing pain in her lower back. Thinking quickly, she made sure […]

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March 22, 2019 The Weitz Firm, LLC

According to the Pennsylvania Medical Society, there were 107 medical liability cases tried to a jury in Pennsylvania in 2017. This number may seem to indicate that medical malpractice rates are relatively low in Pennsylvania, however, these numbers do not include cases that were settled prior to trial or before a lawsuit was even filed. […]

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June 15, 2018 The Weitz Firm, LLC

Patients who go into the hospital or an outpatient facility for surgery entrust their care to people whom they believe are competent. They don’t expect that they will be harmed during the surgery. Unfortunately, people can suffer serious injuries and might even die due to errors in the surgical suite. Many things can go wrong in […]

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May 4, 2018 The Weitz Firm, LLC

Are you scheduled for surgery in the near future? Are you concerned about the procedure, but realize that it’s essential for your health? You’re sure to have many questions on your mind, but you also know that you have to put your faith in your medical team in order to get your health back in […]

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March 2, 2018 The Weitz Firm, LLC

Despite massive strides forward in technology and medicine in recent years, mistakes can and do still happen. Electronic medical records are no more successful than paper records at preventing medical errors. Doctors can still miss critical information or do the wrong thing when providing patient care. Sometimes, these mistakes involve medications or manual therapy. Other […]

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