Louis S. Abronson Law Blog

Answering that question turns out, often, to be less straightforward than we would wish. Healthcare providers cannot ever guarantee a good outcome, and sometimes a patient can suffer a terrible result for which no one can be held accountable. In considering each potential medical malpractice case, it is (virtually always) necessary to consult with an expert in the field who will render an opinion on:

1. Whether a prior healthcare provider fell below the required... Read More

Any student of history knows about the Vandals, the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 A.D. The Vandals are in the news again, with another victory over a much larger foe, this time in Delaware. In 2004 the punk band The Vandals released an album, “Hollywood Potato Chip,” that Hollywood trade newspaper Variety claimed infringed on its own trademarked logo. The band reached an agreement with Variety’s parent company, Reed Elsevier (known in the legal... Read More

For the first time in California, an appellate court ruled on the question of whether a truck driver can be held liable for injuries caused to others if his or her truck is parked legally but nonetheless blocks motorists’ views of oncoming traffic.  While the court’s ruling does not apply in all circumstances, the facts in Lawson v. Safeway, Inc. clearly showed that the... Read More

The recent recall of DePuy’s ASR™ Hip System has shone a new spotlight on medical implant failures, and an April 2, 2010, article from the New York Times revealed some surprising information that should concern anyone with an implant.

According to the New York Times article, the million or so artificial hips and knees implanted each year in the United States are... Read More

As Dr. David Ring was dictating his report of the operation he’d just completed, he was struck with the horrifying realization that he had performed the wrong surgical procedure on his patient.  He’d performed a carpal-tunnel release instead of a trigger-finger release on the 65-year-old woman.

To the Boston doctor’s credit, he immediately informed the staff, then personally notified the patient.  He apologized and offered to perform the... Read More

One day before his 51st birthday, Daniel Garcia, a beloved maintenance supervisor for the Scotts Valley Unified School District, was thrown from his motorcycle after colliding with a Jeep whose driver made an illegal U-turn in front of him.  The father of five died ten days later at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. 

Friends and colleagues told Santa Cruz... Read More

According to recent articles at CNN.com and MSN.com, surgical errors occur more often than previously believed.  Such errors include operating on the wrong patient, operating on the wrong site, or performing the wrong surgical procedure.  

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Nighttime is an especially dangerous time to be on the road, but Halloween night is often one of the deadliest nights of the year because of impaired drivers.  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2008, 58 percent of all highway fatalities nationwide on Halloween night involved a motorist or motorcyclist with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC)... Read More

A Canadian man in California on a business trip lost his wife and almost lost his ten-month-old son in a head-on crash Friday.  According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, 29-year-old Jaye Wass of Ottawa, Canada, was driving northbound on Highway 1 when her vehicle was hit head-on by a southbound Jeep that had crossed into the oncoming lanes of traffic.  Wass died at the... Read More

A Bay Area personal injury lawyer Louis S. Abronson.... Read More