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- Preventable Medical Mistakes
- Medical Literature Ghostwriting
- Trying to instill a culture of safety in hospitals
- Patient Safety and Preventing Medical Malpractice
- Hospital System Fails Heart Patients
Workers' Compensation
- Nurses and healthcare workers exposed to chemo at work
- After a D.C. injury, workers comp adjuster schedules FCE
- "Independent" Medical Exam? Try Insurance Medical Exam
- Unsafe Workplace
- Insurance adjusters take advantage of injured workers
Automobile Accidents
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Workers Comp Deadlines
Posted on 7/2/2010
Hospital data shows 969 incidents of preventable patient injuries
Posted on 6/28/2010
Medical Literature Ghostwriting
Posted on 6/28/2010
89 deaths due to crashes involving sudden acceleration in Toyotas
Posted on 5/26/2010
Radiology survey shows doctors reluctant to disclose medical errors
Posted on 11/11/2009
D.C. Workers Compensation book for injured workers to be published November 2009
Posted on 10/29/2009
Families in Texas Hurt due to Lack of Legal Reform
Posted on 10/28/2009
Malpractice Reform is Necessary for Patient's Rights
Posted on 10/28/2009
Many Not Receiving Compensation for Medical Malpractice
Posted on 10/28/2009
Politicians Working to Eliminate the Legal Age Bias For Workers
Posted on 10/8/2009
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Medical Malpractice
- Medical Ghost Writing - Drug Companies and Medical Device Manufacturers hiring writers to submit articles to medical journals (articles singing the praises of whatever the companies are pushing)
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot forming in a large vein. It can lead to pulmonary embolism, a potentially fatal complication.
- Radiologist diagnoses life threatening blood clots and calls the referring physician to communicate his diagnosis but hangs up after being put on hold. The patient dies a few days later without ever being treated.
- Medical information, tests and screening for men
- Cancer Awareness Newsletter
Workers' Compensation
- No injured worker should go to an IME without reading this article to learn why the "I" should stand for insurance - not independent.
- Here's what you do when you're hurt at work in D.C.
- For immediate release: Protect Your Rights: The Injured Workers Guide to D.C. Workers' Compensation, a book that is a practical guide to D.C. work injuries, written by Frank R. Kearney, will be published in November 2009.
- DC Workers Compensation Forms
- Injured Workers: File D.C. Workers Compensation Claim Forms
Automobile Accidents
- Car and truck accidents on the Beltway, I-95 and I-270 cause death and injuries in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The July newsletter is devoted to safe driving and preventing car and truck accidents in D.C., Virginia and Maryland.
- Answering client's questions about accidents.
- Accidents caused by teenage drivers
- Car accidents causing serious injury or death
- What is uninsured motorist insurance coverage?
General
- Read about the "independent" medical exam, protecting America's workers, and whether you should submit bills to your health insurance after a car accident.
- "Independent" Medical Exams - are they really independent?
- Read about "never events" - preventable medical errors that should never happen.
- Newsletter offers free book to injured workers to guide them through D.C. workers compensation process.
Legal Resources
Fighting for Working People and Families
A hospital violates a patient safety rule. It needlessly endangers a patient's life. An employer ignores a safety regulation, injuring a construction worker. A driver chooses to violate a Rule of the Road, causing a wreck. It shatters the world of that patient, worker or driver who is hurt or killed but it affects all of us. Violating safety rules threatens anyone who may be a patient, a worker or a driver. Everyone in the community is at risk when safety rules are violated and people are put in needless danger.
Our cases are about more than fair compensation for patients, workers and families. Through our cases, we try to change the way hospitals, HMOs and employers do business, and remind them of the motto many of them have - "Safety First."
A Law Firm You Can Trust
That's our basic philospohy at Donahoe Kearney, LLP. We try to help individual clients and the community as a whole. Since founding our law firm, we've dedicated our practice to representing children, patients, working people and families in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Most of our cases involve worker’s compensation, medical malpractice, and serious car wrecks. Mr. Donahoe and Mr. Kearney are both nationally board certified trial lawyers and have used their nearly forty years of combined experience to help children afflicted with cerebral palsy due to hospital malpractice and medical malpractice, families who have lost a love one because of HMO medical errors, patients injured due to medical malpractice, workers seriously hurt on the job and the families of workers killed in the line of duty.
We don't advertise. No TV commercials, pay per click ads, radio ads, newspaper advertisements or anything like that. Instead, we built a completely referral based practice. Our clients come to us through word of mouth, or after learning about us. We'd rather spend our time and money working trying to help people and make the community safer than on lavish advertising budgets and flashy television ads. And we don't pass cases on to a lawyer fresh out of law school. The people we are privileged to represent deserve to have their case and their cause prosecuted by experienced medical malpractice, personal injury and workers compensation lawyers, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Medical Malpractice
Hospitals and HMOs usually havea big sign in the lobby, announcing "Patient Safety" or "Our Patients' Safety is our Top Priority". When patient safety isn't first - when hospitals, HMOs, doctors and nurses needlessly endanger the lives of their patients, its medical malpractice. Every time.
Just like bus drivers, accountants and teachers, health care providers have rules that govern their profession. When they choose to violate one of those rules, because they are busy, over worked, tired, don't know any better, etc. and that choice needlessly harms a patient, that is malpractice.
Good medical practice, or the standard of care, is following the rules. Putting the patient first. And not choosing to needlessly endanger the patient - by not reviewing lab values or x-ray reports or the medical records, by assessing and examing the patient, by communicating with other health care providers, by following up.
Workers' Compensation
If you've been hurt at work, you should get workers compensation. But you need to know your rights. Workers compensation is about protecting your future rights for you and your family. Workers compensation laws and benefits are different in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Don't rely on your employer, boss or co-workers to give you the right information when you get hurt at work. Your job's workers compensation insurance company already has lawyers working to deny or minimize your claim for benefits. Even if you are seriously injured or disabled, there are time frames and statutes of limitations for filing a workers compensation case, there could be some technicality you haven't complied with or you may not know you are entitled to additional benefits -don't rely on an insurance company to tell you what your rights and benefits are. They are focused on the bottom line - not making sure you are compensated for your injuries and lost income and get the medical treatment you deserve. Don’t make the mistake of trusting them to take care of you – their duty is to the insurance company shareholders, not to a worker injured on the job. You need somebody on your side you can trust, Donahoe Kearney, LLP has the experience you need and your best interest at heart.
Automobile Accidents
With over 251 million cars on the road, it is no surprise that “accidents happen”. But accidents don't just happen. Some drivers choose to violate the Rules of the Road, or choose to text while driving, or decide to drink and drive. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that over 2.6 million people were injured and over 43 thousand people are killed in automobile accidents in the United States in a single year. But no matter how common car wrecks and collisions may be in the US, the statistics are meaningless until it happens to you. There are many ways to be injured on the road: trucking accidents, collisions at intersections, pedestrian accidents, drunken driving accidents, rear-end collisions, and collisions with uninsured motorists. If you or somebody you love has been seriously injured in an automobile accident, it isn’t just another statistic. You may be in shock and wondering where to turn. Can you trust your insurance company to take care of you? And if you were injured by somebody else, can you trust their insurance company to give you what you deserve?
You have suffered enough. Don’t take any chances – it is time to reach out to a law firm that cares about working people and their families. It is time to experience what it is like to talk with people who understand your situation and want to fight for your rights. Call us today for a free consultation, and put Donahoe Kearney’s comprehensive knowledge of the justice system and proven experience to work for you.
Please note that every case and claim is different. Each case and claim must be evaluated on its own merits and past settlements or verdicts do not predict the future result of any specific case or claim. This website is not intended to give legal advice - you must retain an attorney to receive legal advice regarding the specifics of your situation. No attorney-client relationship is created by viewing this website or ordering any material available on this site. No confidential information should be forwarded until a written retainer agreement is signed. We only give legal advice to our clients after they have signed a written retainer agreement.
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