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Companies include restrictive covenants in their contracts to protect against employee misconduct. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are a crucial form of protection for companies that have a lot of competition or that have very valuable trade secrets. Workers with access to proprietary information, like your company’s chemical processes or client lists, are workers who could damage your company if they misuse that information after leaving the business.
Severe injuries can occur in many different ways. Someone might fall down the stairs at a restaurant with balcony seating. They might break bones or suffer a traumatic brain injury.
Self-driving cars seem like an inevitable future. They already exist, even though they are not yet ubiquitous on U. S.
Many people do not check a doctor’s record before going in for surgery or another type of treatment. They simply go to the hospital and trust that the members of their care team will approach their care appropriately. But you may be a particularly curious and informed patient.
If 2020 proved anything, it proved that the world rapidly changes. As Americans, we learn to adapt to those changes and make the most of our current situations. The same is true for our legal system because we have to adjust to ensure that justice still serves.
On October 17, 2023, Attorneys Patrick Cavanaugh and Zachary Gordon completed a seven-day medical malpractice jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. They obtained a unanimous jury verdict in favor of their client, the estate of a deceased patient. The jury found that the Defendants committed medical malpractice regarding the patient’s optimization for anesthesia and administration of anesthesia during an out-patient procedure.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says electrical hazards cause more than 4,000 injuries and 300 deaths each year. Electrocution is the sixth leading cause of workplace deaths, and 52% of those fatalities are related to the construction industry. Electrical workers face widespread hazards and are exposed to electrical energy throughout their work environment, and many are unaware of the potential danger they face making them more vulnerable to the threat of electrocution.
Most serious injuries are apparent right when they happen. If you break your leg, you probably won’t walk away regardless of how high your pain tolerance is. Instead, you will have to remain immobile until medical professionals arrive to help stabilize the injured leg and move you somewhere for treatment.
One kind of medical malpractice that can happen is called a never event. There are various never events, but among them is the risk of mixing up patients. Patients can get mixed up for a few reasons.
Doctors and other medical professionals are generally competent, skilled and compassionate professionals. They spend years pursuing a rigorous education so that they can care for others. The public typically has a lot of respect for members of the medical profession, and many people are afraid to question something that their physician says.
When a Pennsylvania resident or business decides to take a dispute to court, numerous steps will more than likely occur before seeing the inside of a courtroom. One of the steps that may occur is a deposition, which can be an integral part of civil litigation. Understanding the basics could help alleviate any anxiety or stress regarding this process.
In many ways, electricity makes life safer. The availability of electrical power drastically reduces the bodily damage people incur and the physical labor that employees have to perform. However, electricity is also a significant risk for workers in all kinds of industries.
When you own and operate a business, at some point you are likely to face a business dispute. Maybe a vendor didn’t provide the quality IT services you hired them to do or a supplier failed to provide the items your business needed to produce your products. Now, you are having problems resolving the dispute and considering seeking mediation or arbitration.
There are many reasons why mediation works well for legal disputes: it’s cheaper, less time-consuming and less emotional-draining than a trial. However, one of the largest benefits of mediation is protection over your current relationships. It’s a surprising thought, but most people who consider mediation for their dispute either work closely or know the other party personally.
Patients have to rely on their physicians for several different types of assistance. They cannot undergo testing without a doctor’s order for an MRI or a lab culture. They cannot legally obtain most medications without a prescription.
Pennsylvania regulations permit a nurse anesthetist to administer anesthesia when the nurse anesthetist is supervised by an anesthesiologist or an operating surgeon. [1] While surgeons may supervise a nurse anesthetist without a physician anesthesiologist, “In the interests of patient safety and quality of care, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) believes that all patients deserve the involvement of a physician anesthesiologist in their perioperative care. ” [2] If non-anesthesiologists are the physician to supervise a nurse anesthetist, the ASA cautions that “Careful consideration is required whenever a non-anesthesiologist physician will be the only physician available, as in some small hospitals, freestanding surgery centers, and offices.
Reaching the decision to file a lawsuit against someone does not often come easy. The civil litigation process comes with a multitude of unknowns for individuals and business owners here in Pittsburgh and elsewhere. One of those mysteries involves a process called discovery.
People may end up at a hospital seeking medical care because they have an emergency or an issue their doctor cannot manage without specialist support. They may need inpatient testing recommended by their doctor to diagnose a medical condition, Modern hospitals have an impressive array of testing options available. There are laboratories that can look for pathogens or cancer in tissue samples.
Tires are one of the most important components of any motor vehicle. Anyone who has experienced a sudden flat tire knows that driving safely after one tire loses inflation is all but impossible. All too often, people neglect their tires.
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly recently published “Six Ways to Make the Right-to-Know Law Work Better,” by attorney Zachary Gordon , based on his years of experience litigating transparency issues before administrative agencies and trial and appellate courts across Pennsylvania. A threshold issue under the Right to Know Law (“RTKL”), is the timing for appeals from agencies denying access to records. Those deadlines are frequently misunderstood causing requesters to miss their time to appeal.
There are certain tasks that only medical doctors can perform. Generally speaking, only licensed medical professionals can prescribe drugs. Similarly, a doctor’s diagnosis is the only way for people to affirm that they have specific medical conditions.
Most people are familiar with the “three-second” rule when it comes to how far behind the vehicle in front of a driver should stay to avoid a crash if that lead vehicle comes to a sudden stop. It’s easy enough to measure by counting to three seconds after that vehicle has passed a specific point like a sign. Your car shouldn’t reach that point for at least three seconds after a lead vehicle has done so.