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Medical Malpractice

11/21/2011
Eric Purchase
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Delay in Cancer Diagnosis: Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Law

Has a delay in cancer diagnosis harmed your chances for recovery? Talk to a Pennsyvlania medical malpractice lawyer in Erie today: 814-833-7100/888-870-3499.

9/19/2011
Eric Purchase
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Pennsylvania Home Care Nursing Malpractice Lawyer Verdict: $23 Million

Must see news about a Lehigh County home care nursing negligence verdict. Get a free consult from the Erie nursing and medical malpractice lawyers: 814-833-7100

8/20/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Pennsylvania Article Notes 1 in 5 Cases Pay

Looking for Pennsylvania medical malpractice information? Get payout rates and helpful information or call for a free Erie lawyer consult: 833-7100/888-870-3499

7/20/2011
Eric Purchase
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Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawyers Review Best Hospitals Article: 2 Near Erie

Do you have a medical malpractice case? We can get you answers. For a free consult with a medical malpractice lawyer call 833-7100/888-870-3499.

7/2/2011
Eric Purchase
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Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawyers Report $1.97 Million Verdict in Gynecological Surgery Case

Looking for answers about a medical error that seriously hurt you or your family? For a free consult with an Erie medical malpractice lawyer call 814-833-7100.

6/11/2011
Eric Purchase
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PA Medical Mistake Lawyer: Article Offers Tips to Avoid Hospital Errors

Hurt by a medical mistake in PA? Think you might have a malpractice case? Call for a free consult with an Erie lawyer. Call 814-833-7100/888-870-3499.

6/11/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Mistake Attorney: Pennsylvania Safety Tips from Men's Magazine

Has someone you love been hurt by a hospital mistake? You may have a case. Get a free review by a Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer: 814-833-7100.

5/2/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers Post Nurse Award Info

Looking for a medical malpractice lawyer in northwest Pennsylvania? Get a free, no-strings attached consult today by calling 833-7100 or toll free 888-870-3499.

4/24/2011
Eric Purchase
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Pennsylvania Medical Mistake Lawyers: Learn to Give Your Doctor Orders

Looking for information on Pennsylvania medical malpractice law? Want a free, no-strings consult with an Erie medical mistake lawyer? Call 833-7100/888-870-3499

4/22/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Verdict: $1.8 Million

Looking for an Erie cancer misdiagnosis lawyer? Call for a free medical malpractice consult today. 833-7100/toll-free 888-870-3499.

4/21/2011
Eric Purchase
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Large Erie Medical Malpractice Verdict: $21.6 Million

Looking for an Erie medical malpractice lawyer? Want a free, no-strings attached consult? Call Purchase & George today: 833-7100/888-870-3499.

3/15/2011
Eric Purchase
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Pennsylvania Lawyers Taking Fewer Medical Malpractice Cases

Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyers are taking fewer cases as verdicts dwindle. For a free consult with a med mal lawyer call 814-833-7100 or 888-870-3499

3/12/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Night Time Birth Linked to Brain Injury?

Want free info about birth injuries? Want help from Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyers? Get both here or call 814-833-7100 toll free 888-870-3499.

2/18/2011
Eric Purchase
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Pennsylvania Protects Doctors Who Admit Fault : Erie Malpractice Lawyer News

Pennsylvania's ultra-right wing legislature is moving quickly to take away citizen rights for the benefit of insurance companies. The latest effort is a House Bill designed to keep important information from juries who decide medical malpractice cases as part of an effort to protect doctors and hospitals who have admitted wrongdoing.

2/12/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyer : E.R. Refuses Treatment to Dying Man

If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice in northwestern Pennsylvania, we can help. Call for a free, no-obligation consult with one of our experienced malpractice lawyers today at (814) 833-7100 or toll free (888) 870-3499. You can find helpful information and relevant news on our site, including this story of a dying man who was refused treatment while just feet from a hospital emergency room.

1/22/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Attorney : Video in the O.R?

If you or a loved one has suffered from a surgical error, you may find what many others before you have found. It's nearly impossible to find out what happened during the surgery. States are considering legislation that would require video or audio recordings to be made in the O.R. and Purchase & George has information for you on the subject.

1/7/2011
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyer News: FOX News Spins Malpractice Decision

Medical malpractice is one of the most misunderstood areas of the law, in part because powerful public interest groups insist upon distorting the truth by suggesting that good doctors are being punished by crazy juries. FOX News joins the fray with a misleading headline about an arbitration decision against a doctor for the San Diego Chargers.

11/20/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyer : Impact of Electronic Health Records on Medical Malpractice

In an era where the vast bulk of the world has digitized and where acceptable error levels are measured in thousandths, health care continues to be a paper driven process with error levels measured in tenths. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine explores some of the issues relevant to the use of Electronic Health Records.

11/19/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyer : Suspected Murderer Sought Mental Health Treatment

A man suspected of killing his girlfriend and two of their children had committed himself for mental health treatment at St. Vincent Health Center just a week prior to the killings. He was released despite the pleas of his family that he was a danger to himself and others.

11/12/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Mistake Lawyers : $5.35 Million Verdict for Facial Deformity

A delay in the diagnosis of facial cancer caused the cancer to spread, resulting in more invasive treatment and long term risk, a jury found on September 29, 2010 in Reed v. Rhodes (C.P. Delaware County September 29, 2010).

11/8/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers : Doctors Paid to Plug Products

The Erie Times published a story today about some local doctors who are paid by pharmaceutical companies and medical device manfuacturers. Doctors protest that there is no conflict of interest posed by these payments and that, even though they're paid tens of thousands of dollars, the money has no impact on their decisions about what drugs to prescribe and which devices to use.

10/27/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers : $3.5 Million Verdict to Erie Man

Failure to diagnose and treat a destructive brain infection led jurors to enter a $3.5 million verdict against Hamot Medical Center in Erie County Common Pleas Court yesterday.

10/24/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers : The Medical Malpratice Myth

Tom Baker's "The Medical Malpractice Myth" is a must read for anyone seriously interested in tort reform. Do negligence lawsuits cause inflated insurance premiums or is there another, more rational explanation? Baker answers this important question and others with a rational, empirical approach that doctors, lawyers, legislators and anyone else interested in the truth about "tort reform" should all read.

9/29/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers : Article Reviews Research on Medical Errors

I recently ran across an article written by several medical doctors, PhDs and other professionals which reviewed the available research on medical errors and suggests that the rate of medical errors is startlingly high.

9/12/2010
Eric Purchase
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Erie Medical Malpractice Lawyers : Doctors Consider Honesty

A new idea is being proposed in the medical community...honesty. Sure, most still reject such a radical notion. However, a small but growing segment of the medical community is advocating that patients ought to be told the truth when they're injured by a medical mistake. Why, I wonder, aren't we outraged that it's taken this long? Why do we respond with little more than a collective shrug to the admission that doctors and hospitals have dishonestly denied fault for decades?



Purchase & George, P.C. are injury lawyers representing clients throughout Northwest PA including in Erie County, Erie, North East, Fairview, Edinboro, McKean, Girard, Springfield, Albion, Union City, Corry, Crawford County, Meadville, Linesville, Conneaut Lake, Cambridge Springs, Warren County, Warren, Venango County, Franklin, Oil City, Mercer County, Jefferson County, Brookville, Clarion County, Clarion, Northwest Harborcreek, McKean County, Bradford, Kane, DuBois, Sugarcreek, Waterford, and Punxsutawney.


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