Denver Trial Attorney Blog | Leventhal Puga Braley P.C.
CLABSIs: What Are They?
In our recent blog, we talked about the infections associated with catheters, which are part of a larger problem in the United States: hospital-acquired infections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least one in 31 hospital patients has one or more HAIs at any given time. These diseases range from urinary tract infections to Clostridium difficile, and they are caused by unsanitary conditions.
Leventhal Puga Braley P.C. Honored as Best Law Firm
We are pleased to share that Leventhal Puga Braley P.C. has once again been named to the annual “Best Law Firms” publication issued by U.S. News & World Report in conjunction with Best Lawyers®. For 2020, we have been ranked “tier 1” in two legal arenas: medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation in Colorado. In both instances, the awards are for our work on behalf of injured plaintiffs. Read the rest »
Catheters and the Risk of Infection
A July 2019 study published by the University of Michigan found that up to 25% of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are linked to indwelling devices like catheters. Worse yet, the study concluded that doctors and nurses’ failures to communicate were usually the cause of these infections. Read the rest »
Medical Device Misconnection: the Wrong Tube Can Kill
Our last blog article dealt with medication administration errors—when medication is delivered to patients through the wrong route. (For example, something that was meant to be taken orally is infused into an IV drip.) Now, we’ll be homing in on how doctors and nurses make these mistakes: with medical device misconnections. Read the rest »
Congratulations, Bruce Braley – New Partner, New Firm Name
It is with great pleasure that our firm shares the following announcement, originally published in The American Association For Justice’s Trial Magazine: Read the rest »
How Doctors Administer Medication (and Why It Matters)
Drugs serve many roles in a healthcare setting. They can be used to treat a disease, ease suffering, supply a missing substance, encourage a bodily reaction, or induce unconsciousness. But in the United States, delivering the right drugs to the right patients is a process beset with medication errors. Read the rest »
Why Car Insurance Is So Important in a Vehicle Crash
You cannot trust other drivers. It is a sad but true fact of life in the United States. You cannot tell when another driver has been drinking, is sleep-deprived, or is distracted and about to ram into you from behind. You also cannot tell whether another driver has insurance to cover your hospital bills and repairs in the event of a serious crash. Read the rest »
Misdiagnosis: Commonplace in the United States
According to a study of the U.S. population in the British Medical Journal’s Quality & Safety publication, the number of adult outpatients misdiagnosed each year is both underreported… and estimated to be more than 5%. That’s one out of every twenty patients in the United States. In no fewer than half of those cases, the misdiagnoses led to serious health consequences, such as the advancement of a disease like cancer, or death. Read the rest »
Injuries at Ski Resorts – Where Does Liability Lie?
Colorado is arguably the most popular snow skiing state in the United States. In U.S. News Travel’s annual “best ski destinations in the USA” ranking, five of the top 10 ski destinations were located in Colorado. These include Steamboat Springs, Vail, Telluride, Aspen, and Breckenridge. Read the rest »
The Terrible Cost of the Cone of Silence
Nobody wants to think about medical mistakes, but they happen all the time. What is even more frustrating is hospitals and doctors do all they can to hide the mistakes and avoid taking responsibility for failures in their systems.
This so-called cone of silence occurs when information is kept confidential among a select few. In the medical field, doctors may feel they need to protect other doctors, and hospitals may feel they need to protect their bottom line. But covering up medical malpractice is never acceptable. Here’s why. Read the rest »