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Safe Grilling Tips to Keep Summer Sizzling

Along with beautiful weather, the joy of summer brings more barbeques than we can keep up with. Something about food fresh off the grill puts a smile on just about every ones face. Although summer barbeques are joyous occasions, there is danger lurking. Grilling causes…

By David Mittleman

/ 14 Jul 2015

Doctor Betrays Patient Trust, Part II

Earlier this week I wrote about Farid Fata, the disgraced Detroit-area “oncologist” convicted of healthcare fraud for performing unnecessary cancer treatments on unsuspecting patients, many of whom did not have cancer. Over 500 people underwent painful and often dangerous treatment, believing Fata

By David Mittleman

/ 11 Jul 2015

Fitness Trackers- The Future of Personal Injury Evidence

In a Michigan auto accident, in order to recover for noneconomic or “pain and suffering” damages, an injured party (or their family) has to show that he or she suffered a “threshold injury” including death, permanent serious disfigurement, or a serious impairment of body function. …

By David Mittleman

/ 10 Jul 2015

Doctor Betrays Patient Trust

When you visit your doctor, you hope and expect to receive care, treatment, and advice based on what’s best for you, the patient. When Detroit-area cancer “specialist” Dr. Farid Fata saw his patients, however, he had something else in mind: money. As part of a…

By David Mittleman

/ 8 Jul 2015

Michigan No Fault Insurance Benefits For Same Sex Couples

With the historic United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision in Obergfell v. Hodges, our wonderful country has taken another huge step forward in the name of social justice. Federal law now guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry. Aside from the social effects of not…

By David Mittleman

/ 6 Jul 2015

Doctor Who Insulted Anesthetized Man Wouldn’t Face Same Accountability in Michigan

Last week the story of Tiffany Ingham, an anesthesiologist who insulted a patient while he was undergoing a colonoscopy, flooded the web and mainstream media. Ingham had been inadvertently recorded during the procedure, and she was captured calling the man a “retard,” a “wuss,” threatening…

By David Mittleman

/ 1 Jul 2015

Electronic Medical Records: Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?

As an experienced medical malpractice lawyer, I’ve spent a large portion of my career studying medical records on behalf of my clients. That used to mean hours upon hours of deciphering barely legible notes jotted by doctors, nurses, and technicians and trying to make sense…

By David Mittleman

/ 26 Jun 2015

E coli Contamination Linked to 14 Brands of Bottled Water

Several major stores are participating in a voluntary recall of bottled water over fears that the water may contain the dangerous E. coli bacteria. The water was bottled by Niagara Bottling in Pennsylvania and bear a code beginning with the letter A or F. The…

By David Mittleman

/ 22 Jun 2015

Uber Drivers Rate You Too

Uber Drivers Rate You Too! Uber Explosion In this age of endless “apportunity”, few apps provide the utility and convenience of Uber. This app, which has revolutionized “ridesharing”, is becoming one of the top used apps among smartphone users. Across the country people of all…

By David Mittleman

/ 15 Jun 2015

Harvard Professor Suing TD Garden for Slip and Fall at Celtics Game

Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus, Alan Dershowitz, is suing Boston’s TD Garden arena after a violent slip and fall in an arena bathroom during a Boston Celtics basketball game. Mr. Dershowitz is known as a zealous civil liberties advocate, legal commentator and writer. Many of his writings add

By David Mittleman

/ 12 Jun 2015

The Importance of Renters Insurance

You leave town for the weekend to visit family. You come back and a pipe has burst in your newly furnished corner unit. What do you do? If you have renters insurance you can stay calm knowing you have replacement options; if you do not…

By David Mittleman

/ 8 Jun 2015

Cerebral Palsy Awareness Prompts Michigan Teen to Trek 57 Miles Carrying Brother

Cerebral Palsy is a neurological disorder characterized by lack of muscle coordination, tight muscles, and exaggerated reflexes. It typically appears in infancy or early childhood and can be caused by trauma, including medical malpractice during labor and delivery. Approximately 17 million people

By David Mittleman

/ 5 Jun 2015