Dan Frith

As any of our regular readers know, my law firm spends a great deal of time representing residents and their families in claims of negligence and abuse against long term care facilities. One particular defendant we see all the time is Medical Facilities of America (MFA), whose home office is…

This is a little difficult to explain. How can a surgeon leave a piece of a surgical scalpel inside a patient? Why does a doctor leave in a removable blood clot filter in a patient for years? How about leaving a needle in a female patient’s breast for years causing…

Finasteride – some cancer specialists believe the drug can reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer by 30 percent. The drug is available from Merck & Company, as Proscar, and from six companies as a generic to shrink the prostate in older men whose prostates can enlarge, making urination difficult.…

I ran across an article about a nursing home in Columbus, Ohio (Wexner Heritage Village) which complains it is losing money caring for Medicaid patients. Wexner Heritage Village is shrinking its popular nursing home but adding assisted-living and home-care services to attract those with private insurance, while still trying to…

I hear it all the time….”we need to stop these greedy lawyers from filing meritless cases against caring medical professionals.” In my opinion, there are few frivolous cases filed against doctors and hospitals – it is just too expensive and difficult to file worthless cases. But the reason for this…

Heparin is a anticoagulant commonly used in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Although called a “blood thinner,”Heparin does not actually thin your blood.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now issued a recall of injectable Heparin products and Heparin flush solutions that may be contaminated with oversulfated chondroitin…

I am a trial lawyer and represent individuals, families, and consumers of health care. Although I do not always agree with my colleagues who make up the trial bar, by and large I am proud of my profession and what trial lawyers have done for the “little guy” in America.…