On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Mar 30, 2020 | Birth Injuries
A brachial plexus birth injury is a common form of medical malpractice. An injury to the brachial plexus—the network of nerves between the neck and shoulders—occurs in roughly one to three out of 1,000 births. An injury like this most often occurs in difficult...
On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Mar 25, 2020 | Truck Accidents
About 80% of the time, the fatalities from commercial truck crashes are people in cars sharing the road with these massive vehicles, not the truck drivers themselves. In court and on the road, truck crashes are different. The injuries trucks can inflict on other...
On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Mar 12, 2020 | Nursing Home
For several months, COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly, and recently, it has been deemed a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Commonly known as the coronavirus, this illness is accompanied by a high fever, coughing and shortness of breath. While some may...
On behalf of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst | Mar 11, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is often described as the worst pain known to man. The intense pain occurs one’s head and though it is not fatal, it can be debilitating. 150,000 people every year receive a TN diagnosis. While most commonly occurring in individuals over 50...