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• Biomedical Tissue Services Scandal - Seven Charged in 179-Count Indictment

  Staff Writer | May 18, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In Rochester, New York, authorities unsealed a 179-count indictment against seven New York area funeral home employees (from Burger Funeral Home, Profetta Funeral Chapel, Serenity Hills Funeral Home) and Biomedical Tissue Services human tissue collection workers Thursday. The indictment contains many felony charges related to the theft of human bodies from graves and funeral homes, and the...

• Physician Patient Communication is Critical

  Paul Grieco | May 16, 2007 2:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Many clients contact our office on a regular basis to discuss medical care they or a loved one received which resulted in some type of problem. Many of these clients believe that just because a complication occurred that the doctor or hospital must have done something wrong and therefore there must be a viable medical malpractice lawsuit. In discussing the issue with the clients and counseling...

• University Hospitals Makes Breakthrough in Treatment of Liver Tumors

  Jack Landskroner | May 15, 2007 6:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  University Hospitals of Cleveland has made a breakthrough in the treatment of liver cancers which will improve the treatment and possibly the prognosis of cancer patients. An innovative technique that assaults liver tumors with millions of radioactive beads has been tried for the first time in Northeast Ohio....While it isn't considered a cure, the minimally invasive therapy has been found to...

• Another Drunk Driver with Multiple Convictions Causes Crash

  Jack Landskroner | May 02, 2007 12:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Yet another DUI offender with multiple convictions has been involved in a crash this week in Akron. Thankfully, no one, including the drunk driver was hurt. Danny E. Schuster, 28, of Ackley Street in Akron was arrested this morning on a sixth drunken driving charge. Akron police found him at 3 a.m. passed out in a Honda Civic that had crashed into a guardrail on Ohio 76 at South Arlington...