On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Apr 9, 2013 | Medical Malpractice
Wrong-sided surgeries are some of the most obvious and preventable medical errors. As a preventative measure, most surgeons have preoperative routines, such as initialing or marking the surgical site before the anesthesia is administered to the patient prior to a...
On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Apr 9, 2013 | Medical Malpractice
Health officials urged approximately 7,000 former patients of Tulsa oral surgeon, Dr. W. Scott Harrington, to be tested for HIV and hepatitis to ensure they have not been exposed to the potentially life threatening diseases.Patients who have seen Dr. Harrington were...
On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Apr 2, 2013 | Medical Malpractice
One of the goals of the tort system is to impose legal responsibility on certain individuals (tortfeasors) for certain conduct in order to remedy past harms and deter prospective behavior.Generally, the negligence of one individual cannot be assigned to another....
On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Apr 2, 2013 | Firm News
Lawyers from across the state handed out more than 1,000 Easter hams to Oklahoma families at the McIntyre Law firm on Wednesday, March 27. The McIntyre Law firm and Lawyers Against Hunger partnered with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma to hand out the hams along...
