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While there are advantages to undergoing a laparoscopic procedure over more invasive surgeries, including quicker recovery time and smaller incisions, when Miami laparoscopic malpractice does happen, serious injuries can arise. Depending on the procedure, injuries might include:

• Bile leakage
• Abscess
• Infection
• Jaundice
• Pain
• Lap cole injuries
• Bile peronitis
• Hepatic duct injuries
• Ureter injuries
• Kidney injuries
• Veress needle injuries
• Trocar injuries
• Cholangitis
• Electrocautery injuries
• Permanent disability
• Death

Laparoscopic surgery is often used to perform a number of medical procedures, including hernia repair, gallbladder removal, pancreatic surgery, certain abdominal procedures, and hysterectomies. This type of surgery usually requires that use of a tiny camera that is inserted inside the body. The surgeon then looks through the camera to perform the procedures. Unfortunately, mistakes can happen—especially when a laparoscopic procedure is performed by someone who lacks the proper training and/or experience to perform a procedure while watching what is happening on screen instead of with the naked eye.

Some laparoscopic injuries are so serious that a patient may become disabled for life. For example, a patient who sustains a bile duct injury because of a laparoscopic malpractice may turn in to a “biliary cripple,” undergoing liver transplants and other surgical procedures. Cholangitis, another injury that can result from a botched laparoscopic procedure, is a bile duct infection that can lead to bacteria and waste products from the small intestine moving up the body. This can prove fatal.

Examples of Laparoscopic Surgery Mistakes:
• Severing or damaging the bile duct
• Damaging a blood vessel or nerve
• Damaging the bowel
• Cutting the common bile duct and not the cystic duct during gallbladder surgery
• Failure to immediately remedy any injuries that occur during the procedure
• Failure to properly monitor the patient during and after surgery

Our Palm Beach medical malpractice law firm represents clients injured because of laparoscopic surgery errors and other medical mistakes.

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$4.7M Broward County Medical Malpractice Verdict Awarded to Woman Who Suffered Anesthesia Complications During Surgery, Florida Injury Attorney, June 22, 2011

$19.2M Florida Medical Malpractice Verdict Awarded to Family of Girl with Cerebral Palsy, Florida Injury Attorney, March 23, 2011

Florida Judge Who Intends to File West Palm Beach Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Surgeons and Radiologist Says Sponge was Left Inside His Body, Florida Injury Attorney, September 29, 2010

A 21-year-old college student is seeking Miami, Florida personal injury damages from ex-Heat basketball star Alonzo Mourning. The former-NBA star had crashed his Porsche’s into William Candelario’s disabled car on the Julia Tuttle Causeway at around 3am on Sunday. Although Mourning stopped to make sure that Candelario was okay, rather than remain at the accident scene, he went home. It was then that he called police, and they told him to return to the crash site.

Now, Candelario has filed a Miami Beach car accident lawsuit against Mourning, who he says should have stayed at the collision site and made sure he got medical help. It was just before the accident with the NBA star that Candelario was involved in another collision that left his vehicle disabled. Candelario’s Miami personal injury lawyer claims that his client sustained a concussion and experienced memory loss during the first crash, and, as a result, he had to receive emergency room treatment twice.

Miami Car Accidents
If you were hurt in a South Florida car crash, your injuries may be serious enough that you had to seek medical help, take time off work, or must now contend with serious damage to your car. Even though you likely have Florida’s Personal Injury Protection coverage, this may not be enough to cover all your costs, damages, and losses. It is important that you know that there may be legal avenues available to you to allow you to file a claim against the party or parties that may have caused or contributed to your accident or injuries occurring.

For example, motorists involved in Miami Beach car crashes are supposed to stay at the scene, report the incident to the authorities, and if someone was hurt, then make sure the victim gets medical help. Leaving the car accident site without stopping is against the law, and not calling for emergency help when someone is hurt can cause a person’s injuries to become more serious than they could have been had he/she immediately received medical care. Obviously, each Miami personal injury case has its unique details, which is why it is important that you speak with an experienced law firm to find out whether you have a case.

Obtaining any recovery you may be owed can help significantly—especially if you end up with costly medical and rehabilitation expenses or have to take time off from work and lose wages. Permanent injuries can be especially daunting if it means full-time nursing care and disabilities that can prevent you from holding a job or supporting your family.

Alonzo Mourning sued over alleged hit-and-run accident, NBC Sports, June 20, 2011

Ex-Heat star Mourning sued over traffic crash, Miami Herald, June 20, 2011

Related Web Resources:
Car Accidents, Justia

Car Accidents Responsibilities, DMV Florida

Alonzo Mourning, Basketball-Reference

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Jury Awards $2.25M Palm Beach County Wrongful Death Verdict in Fatal 2008 Boynton Beach Car Accident, South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog, March 16, 2011

South Florida Pickup Truck Crash Kills 2 Broward County Teens, Injures Four Others, South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog, April 20, 2011
Deadly South Florida Crash Near the Palm Beach County Line Claims the Life of Three Children, Injures Two Others, South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog, April 6, 2011

Less than a year after 2-year-old Haile Brockington died after being left all day in a day care van in hot weather, another toddler has died under what may be possibly similar circumstances. Like Brockington’s parents, who filed a Palm Beach wrongful death case against the Delray Beach day care center, the family of Dominicue Andrews is suing Jomiba Learning Center and alleging Miami-Dade wrongful death.

The 22-month-old died on Tuesday. When emergency workers arrived, Andrews’ body was on the ground near the day center van. Investigators are still trying to determine his cause of death, but the family’s Miami-Dade injury lawyer believes that the boy was left inside the van. He is alleging negligence related to the center’s transportation services.

With temperatures hitting the mid-90’s that day, it would have been much hotter in the van. A child can bake to death if left in a vehicle in blistering weather. That said, even if it’s just 60 degrees outside, the inside of a car could end up being much warmer. Considering that a child’s body temperature can go up three to five times faster than a grown up’s increases the chance of child fatality. It takes only 10 minutes for the temperature inside an enclosed auto to go up 20 degrees.

Jomiba has agreed to voluntary closure until the investigation is concluded.

Considering that day care centers are responsible for taking care o the young children under the watch, if negligence, carelessness, recklessness, or other mistakes on the part of the day care’s owners or its employees were to cause a child to die, the victims’ family could be entitled to Miami wrongful death. Other day care incidents that may be grounds for a case if the child were to get seriously hurt or die.

• Crib suffocation or entrapment
• Fall accidents
• Head injuries from being dropped or shaken by an adult
• Playground accidents
• Sex abuse
• Accidental death
• Inadequate care
• Inadequate supervision
• Injuries from hazardous conditions on the premise that could have been remedied

Family sues day care in Homestead toddler’s death, Miami Herald, July 14, 2011

Dead Boy Likely Left in Hot Van: DCF, NBC MIami, July 13, 2011

Related Web Resources:
Child Care, Florida Department of Children and Families

Wrongful Death, Nolo

More Blog Posts:
Palm Beach Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Day Care Center and Driver After 2-Year-Old is Left in Van, Florida Injury Attorney Blog, August 18, 2010

Parents File Miami-Dade Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Boy Scouts of America After Son Passes Away from Heatstroke, Florida Injury Attorney Blog, June 9, 2010

Teenager’s Family Sues Broward School District for Fort Lauderdale Wrongful Death, Florida Injury Attorney Blog, April 26, 2010

A long-awaited family reunion turned into a nightmare this weekend when 29-year-old Kitzie Nicanor was hit by an ATV driven by a Miami Beach police officer on South Beach on Sunday morning. Nicanor, who sustained critical injuries in the South Beach ATV accident, was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where as of yesterday she was still unconscious and awaiting surgery on her leg. She already has had to have her spleen removed and she has a heart perforation. Also injured was her friend Luis Almonte, who is also in the hospital with injuries.

According to Nicanor’s aunt, Jane Hooker, Nicanor and Almonte were walking toward the shoreline to take pictures of the sunrise when they were struck by an ATV that was moving at a fast pace and without its lights on. The ATV was being driven by Miami Beach police officer Derick Kuilan, who was on duty at the time. He was accompanied by 27-year-old Adelee Sharie Martin, who was unauthorized to be on the vehicle. The two had reportedly just come from the Clevelander Hotel following a bachelor party.

Hooker says that following the Miami ATV accident, Kuilan left the scene. She says that when she reported this to an investigating officer, she was told to “shut up.”

Today, Miami Beach police fired both Kuilan and Officer Rolando Gutierrez, who was also at the Clevelander that night. They are waiting for blood alcohol test results on Kuilan.

If you or someone you love was injured in a Miami motor vehicle crash that you believe was caused by someone else’s careless or reckless actions, you should contact an experienced Miami personal injury law firm right away. Speeding, drunk driving, driving without the lights on, and distracted driving can result in catastrophic injuries and death.

Miami ATV Accidents
All terrain vehicles must be operated with caution. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in the last two decades there have been 6,000 ATV-related injuries and numerous deaths. Sometimes the collision is a result of poor design or ATV malfunction. In other cases, driver inexperience or recklessness played a part. You must explore your legal options.

Miami Beach Cops Fired After ATV Crash, NBC Miami, July 8, 2011

2 officers involved in SoBe ATV accident fired, WSVN, July 8, 2011

Aunt: ATV crash a nightmare, Miami Herald, July 6, 2011

Witness describes police ATV crash that injured 3 on Miami Beach, Miami Herald, July 4, 2011

Related Web Resources:
Miami Beach Police

ATV Safety

ATVSafety.gov

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6 Kids, 1 Man Thrown in Palm Bay, Florida Pickup Truck Crash, Florida Injury Attorney, June 14, 2011

Deadly South Florida Crash Near the Palm Beach County Line Claims the Life of Three Children, Injures Two Others, Florida Injury Attorney, April 6, 2011

Palm Beach Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Polo Club Founder John Goodman Over Fatal Car Crash Can Proceed, Says Judge, Florida Injury Attorney, June 3, 2010

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