Use our checklist to find the best facility for your loved one and to determine if they are receiving poor care Like people across the country, all of us at Betras, Kopp & Harshman were saddened by the news that nine residents of a nursing home in Hollywood Hills, Florida died after air conditioning at the facility stopped working after Hurricane Irma hit the area. The patients, who ranged in age from 71 to 99 died from heat and lack of oxygen. More than 140 other residents of the Read More
As lawyers who have represented hundreds of medical malpractice victims, we're acutely aware of the dangers associated with the hundreds of thousands of preventable medical errors committed by health care professionals in the United States each year. That's why our interest was piqued by two troubling articles that recently appeared in the Washington Post. The first: A dog bite sent him to the ER. A cascade of missteps nearly killed him, tells the story of 50-year-old David Krall who nearly Read More