InjuryBoard Las Vegas Archives

• Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is Forcibly Closed

  Peter Wetherall | February 29, 2008 5:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The local CBS television affiliate just reported that the City of Las Vegas's Department of business licensing revoked the business license of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada this afternoon. The principals of that company have been directed to a hearing before the City Council scheduled for Monday, at which time the company will have an opportunity to appeal the Licensing Department's...

• Hepatitis C - HIV Catastrophe at a Las Vegas Endoscopy Center

  Peter Wetherall | February 27, 2008 10:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Six people who underwent procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada have contracted hepatitis C, which has prompted the Southern Nevada Health District to step in and require that notices be sent and testing be provided to 40,000 people who obtained treatment at the facility. An investigation determined that "unsafe injection practices related to the administration of anesthesia...

• Irony of Ironies - Government Seeks Payback for Medical Malpractice

  Peter Wetherall | February 19, 2008 12:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  I read in this morning's Las Vegas Review-Journal that in October of this year, the federal government will start declining to pay medicare benefits to providers that commit medical malpractice, or who otherwise perform deficiently. Specifically, when providers commit certain errors, the charge for that procedure or hospitalization will be rejected, as a means of motivating these providers to...

• Truck Accidents Different From Auto Accident Cases

  Peter Wetherall | February 17, 2008 12:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I attended a truck accident litigation seminar recently in order to update my practice skills, and was reminded of how different an accident case involving a truck is from the garden-variety auto case. Of the 16,000 accidents that happen every day(!) on American roads, many involve trucks, and many of these involve catastrophic injury due to the size and weight of these vehicles.A truck going...

• Advice on Avoiding Bad Prescription Drugs

  Stewart White | February 16, 2008 4:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  After a few years in this business of representing patients/clients who have been injured by defective drugs, it appears that:1. The FDA doesn't protect consumers, though it might try2. All should know that the FDA doesn't test drugs3. The drug companies are in it for profit first, helping people second (no surprise)4. You shouldn't take any new drug until it has been out on the market...