Baltimore Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Discuss Surveillance of Injured Workers

For employees who have incurred a work-related injury, it is in the realm of possibility that a private detective, hired by the Workers’ Compensation insurance company, will follow you, looking for evidence that can be used to deny your claim. In the world of Workers’ Compensation, this type of surveillance is happening more often than you might think. This is important to keep in mind when you are in the process of filing a claim, and consider contacting an experienced Workers’ Compensation lawyer. Some of the tactics that a private detective might use include pretending to be a fellow patient in a waiting room and initiating a conversation with you about why you are seeing a doctor. Or a private detective might inconspicuously follow you and take pictures or video of you doing something that could jeopardize your claim. For example, if you have documented lumbar disc issues, and are videotaped jumping and cheering at a baseball game, this could be damaging evidence, even if yo
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Baltimore Personal Injury Lawyers: Common Injury Claim Mistakes

A person who suffers an injury in any type of accident can often feel overwhelmed. Trying to recover from an injury and attempting to decipher what steps should be taken next can often be confusing and stressful. At Leviness, Tolzman & Hamilton, our personal injury lawyers in Maryland take the stress out of accident claims by helping victims throughout the process so that they can concentrate on their recovery physically, financially and emotionally. Following are some common mistakes that personal injury victims often are susceptible to: Not getting medical attention – There are many reasons why accident victims wait to seek medical attention. Whether they feel embarrassed by the circumstances, think the injury is not that bad or simply do not want to make a fuss, they try to manage the pain on their own without getting help. This is extremely risky, as it can potentially harm both your health and your ability to recover compensation. Injuries that go unchecked can worsen and some
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Surgical Procedure Performed on Wrong Baby

When a new parent has a perfectly healthy baby in the hospital, it is normal for the baby to be taken away for routine tests, only to be brought back to the mother shortly after those tests have been completed. What is not expected is to have your baby returned to you, only to find out that a surgical procedure was performed on your newborn without any knowledge or approval from you. This is exactly what happened to a Tennessee mother recently, whose newborn son was operated on after doctors mistook him for another child. Doctors performed a procedure call a frenulectomy, which involves cutting the flap under the child’s tongue. If the skin under the tongue is too tight, it can cause complications with breast-feeding, other feeding issues and possible speech problems down the road. Unfortunately, this mother’s baby did not have any issues at all with is tongue, so when the nurse brought the baby back to her, telling the mother about the procedure that had just been done on her son
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Maryland Car Crash Lawyers Warn: Social App May Encourage Dangerous Driving Behavior

Distracted driving is a major risk factor for car accidents. For several years now, the government has tried to curb distracted driving with public ad campaigns directed at teens who text while driving. Recently though, the evolution of cell phones into smart phones has created the potential for a new type of deadly distraction. Nearly three-quarters of teens use a smartphone to stay connected with their friends through social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. While there is no doubt that these and other social media apps prove tempting to young drivers, there is a growing concern that one may actually encourage users to engage in risky behavior behind the wheel. Snapchat is a wildly popular social media application that allows users to share photos, videos and messages that disappear within seconds. Snapchat also has a feature that allows the user to share how fast they are traveling while taking the picture or video. Many argue that this feature effectively encourag
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Baltimore Workers’ Compensation Lawyers: OSHA Tree Care Safety Standards

Tree care is a high-hazard industry that provides services such as pruning, tree and stump removal, cabling and bracing, storm cleanup and lightning protection. For years, members of the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) have petitioned federal regulators to develop safety standards to address the high number of tree worker injuries and fatalities. While some states, including Maryland, have established their own standards for licensed tree experts, current federal regulations fail to adequately address many of the leading causes of tree worker deaths. Recently, however, OSHA announced that it would begin to gather information for the possible development of specific rules for the industry. Safety advocates are applauding the move, saying that it would provide an added level of enforcement that may help to save lives. Tree Care Accidents Tree care workers have an injury and illness rate four times greater than the national average, according to the 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyers Discuss Potential Threats of Zika Virus

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) recently declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency, a rare move that signals the seriousness of the illness and its potential impact on unborn babies. The virus, which has been inactive for many years, was detected in Brazil this past May and has since spread to more than 20 countries in Latin America. The W.H.O. expects Zika to affect as many as four million people worldwide by the end of the year. Zika is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes, but there is also evidence that the virus may be spread through infected blood or sexual contact. Adults who have contracted Zika typically display mild symptoms including fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (pink eye). Symptoms generally last from a few days to a week and rarely become severe enough to warrant hospitalization. The primary concern over Zika is its suspected links to microcephaly in babies born to mothers who were infected with the virus while pregnant. Microcephaly is
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Superbug Outbreaks

On January 13, 2016, the results of an investigation launched by Senator Patty Murray were released, indicating that inadequately sterilized medical devices are to blame for outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant infections. The investigation sought to uncover the cause of a cluster of infections in Seattle, and ultimately found a link to improperly sterilized duodenoscopes—long flexible tubes with a camera at the end used to examine the intestines. Duodenoscopes have been linked to over 250 cases of antibiotic-resistant infections between 2012 and early 2015, several of which resulted in fatalities. These medical devices are difficult to clean and sterilize after being used on one patient and before being used on another. Although a dozen or more hospitals have had issues with unsterile duodenoscopes, they generally did not alert federal regulators to the problem. When a medical device manufacturer learns that one of its devices may have contributed to death or injury, they have 30 days
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