The word "noncompliant" is what medical doctors use to describe a patient who does not take their medications or follow the instructions given by the doctor. The patient's file is flagged as noncompliant and they are looked at and treated like they are a trouble maker. This label can really stick...
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Tucson Medical Malpractice After Pain Medication Can Lead to Respiratory Depression and Death
By Tucson Medical Malpractice Lawyer James Campbell Patients in the hospital often suffer from significant pain. To ease their patient's suffering, hospitals attempt to manage this pain with narcotic pain relievers. These medications are not risk free, however. A major concern created by the us...
Youth Safety Video Produced by Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi
Springing from Kinerk Schmidt & Sethi's representation of sexual assault victims and kids suffering sports injuries as well as its support of youth soccer in Arizona we are proud to announce the completion of a Youth Safety video we have produced. This video was professionally made and featur...
Avoid Injuries with Halloween Safety Tips
Halloween is so much fun for all of us and not just the kids. But, there is an array of things that could happen that could cause an injury or harm to our children. Here are some Safety Tips for you for this Halloween to keep you and your children safe and also help guard you from any possible la...
Tucson Medical Malpractice Suits Make Tucson Medicine Safer
The medical community acknowledges that many doctors need to improve the level of their care. Doctors and nurses will be the first ones to tell you that you or a loved one needs to be an advocate when you are sick.See, When Doctor's Don't Listen, by Leana Wen, M.D. This is necessary to ensure tha...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note About the Importance of Having Health Insurance
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike, but it is important to have it, especially for your automobile, your home and your health. Many people would rather take the risk than pay the expensive premiums. But when the risk becomes a reality, and the uninsured suddenly finds himself...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note on the Importance of Having Car Insurance
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike, but it is important to have it, especially for your automobile, your home and your health. Many people would rather take the risk than pay the expensive premiums. But when the risk becomes a reality, and the uninsured suddenly finds himself...
Tucson Medical Malpractice Law Suits Improve Tucson Medical Care
The medical community acknowledges that many doctors need to improve the level of their care. Doctors and nurses will be the first ones to tell you that you or a loved one needs to be an advocate when you are sick. See, When Doctor's Don't Listen, by Leana Wen, M.D. This is necessary to ensure th...
The Very Best Malpractice Case Is No Malpractice Case
I had one of the best experiences a lawyer representing injured patients can ever have, and in the process, I completely destroyed a potentially large medical malpractice case. That's right, I worked hard to eliminate a malpractice case. I was contacted by a woman from Southern Arizona who had r...
Generic Drugs Manufacturers Responsible for Sale of Dangerous Drugs
A recent ruling breaths new life in Tucson patient's ability to obtain recovery for injuries caused by sale of dangerous generic drugs. Last year, the United States Supreme Court ruled a generic drug manufacturer could not be held responsible for failing to warn patients that its drug had potent...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note About Dogs (Part II)
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note About Dogs (Part I)
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Understanding Insurance Policies: What are the Policy Limits? (Part II)
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Understanding Insurance Policies: What Are the Policy Limits?
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Do I Have A Tucson Medical Malpractice Case? Part Two: Causation
I recently wrote that, often, I get a call from a new potential Tucson or Arizona client, and one of the first things from their mouth is, "Do I have a malpractice case?" Frustratingly for the prospective Tucson client, I inevitably reply, "It depends." Unfortunately, it is very rare for me to b...
Knowing the signs of stroke can save your life
Posted by: Ted Schmidt, Dev Sethi, Matthew Schmidt and Burt Kinerk Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, right behind heart disease and cancer. Knowing the symptoms and signs of a stroke can save your life, the life of a family member, or even the life of a total strang...
KSS Lawyers are Tucson's Top Lawyers (Again)
We areproud to announce that Burt Kinerk, Ted Schmidt and Dev Sethi have each earned "Super Lawyer" recognition. This is the fourth consecutive year that each has been selected for honors. This is also the third consecutive year that Ted has been honored as one of the top 50 lawyers in the state...
Control -- The Real Reason Behind Electronic Medical Records
The medical world is shifting from paper medical charts, to electronic medical records (EMR for shorthand). The government is pushing EMR to attempt to improve health care to reduce medical malpractice through lessening medication errors, and prompting doctors and nurses to practice safe medicine...
Doctors Often Don't Tell You About Their Medical Malpractice
A recent survey of almost 2000 physicians revealed that approximately one-third of all physicians did not completely agree with the concept that they should disclose a serious medical error to the patient. This means, that these physicians do not believe it is necessary when their patient has bee...
Tucson Medical Malpractice: The Reality Of How Difficult It Is To Prove A Case
By: James D. Campbell -- Tucson Medical Malpractice Attorney The average Joe sitting in his armchair thinks that medical malpractice cases are a problem. There are too many of them and doctors can't practice medicine because insurance costs are driving them out of the business. I AM HERE TO TELL...
Arizona Personal Injury Law - Are You The Suing Type?
I have been a personal injury lawyer in Arizona for 30 years. Every now and then when I talk to a potential client they will say something like, "I'm not sure if I want to go through with this. I'm not really the suing type." I've been fortunate enough to represent more than 2,000 families in my...
Do I Have A Tucson Medical Malpractice Case? Part One: Standard of Care
Frequently, I get a call from a new potential Tucson or Arizona client, and one of the first things from their mouth is, "Do I have a malpractice case?" Frustratingly for the prospective Tucson client, I inevitably reply, "It depends." Unfortunately, it is very rare for me to be able to tell a p...
Understanding Insurance Policies: What's With all the Questions?
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Black Friday: Dangerous Toy Alert -- Trouble in Toyland.
With the heart of the holiday shopping season only a day away, a child's safety advocacy group and allies including Tucson Medical Center and Phoenix Children's Hospital have published a report highlighting dangerous toys that should not be under the Christmas tree this year...or any year. The r...
New Supreme Court Ruling
Yesterday the Arizona Supreme Court issued an order amending Arizona Rule of Evidence 702 to conform almost identically to its Federal counterpart. This amendment renders the trial court a “gatekeeper” for expert witness testimony and is designed to restrict the admissibility of “junk science” an...