“But, your honor, we conducted a search and collection from all sources we deemed appropriate and where we believed responsive and relevant information was located…I mean, honest judge.” In effect that is the response form a party being questioned about the extent and sufficiency of their discovery collection efforts. Is […]
Clinicians, engineers, safety analysts and scientists at the ECRI Institute have released a looming list of things that could go wrong with modern medical devices and technology in the marketplace. The list, titled “Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017,” was compiled from each participant’s expertise, insight and research […]
The lack of good care in nursing homes is a very real problem. Owners trying to enhance the bottom line often run with thin staffs, and it is the patient who suffers. For example, bed sores can cause terrible injuries and often death, but they never should happen. Sadly, in […]
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley is proud to announce that for the 2018 Edition, they have the most attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers® for personal injury litigation-Plaintiffs in Florida. Sixteen lawyers were recognized in the publication for their success in representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, professional malpractice, product liability, mass tort […]
Recreational Vehicles should be reasonably safe at this point in history. They are using well-tested, well-vetted components. Right? RV manufacturers and consumers probably thought so. No one had reason to suspect a component installed in thousands of RV’s – a refrigerator- could be the source of lethal danger. Right? But […]
Imagine a world in which public education did not exist. A world in which children did not have schools to attend. A world in which the future generation could not obtain a diploma. It is hard to imagine such a world, as the public-school system has been in place for […]
International Academy of Trial Lawyers James W. Gustafson, Jr., Esq. of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. in Tallahassee, FL was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at their Mid-Year Meeting held July 26-29, 2017. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers limits membership to 500 Fellows […]
Fleets of autonomous cars are navigating U.S. highways and byways every day. Once an unfathomable dream, as most technology has been throughout history, driverless vehicles with programmed minds of their own have arrived. The idea of learning, thinking machines is both exciting and concerning. It is a feat of engineering […]
Attorney Chris Searcy has been appointed to serve on the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) for the Southern District Conference. Members of this JNC recruit, interview and recommend candidates for federal district court judgeships.
Operating on the wrong extremity. Leaving a piece of equipment inside a patient after surgery. Failing to diagnose an illness. All are nightmare situations for a patient. But all are among the most-common types of medical negligence taking place in America today. “Medical malpractice occurs when a health care professional […]
