On Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, David Farnbauch had the opportunity to speak at the Allen County Bar Association's 2012 "Bench/Bar" Conference held at the Grand Wayne Center in downtown Fort Wayne. The annual "Bench/Bar" Conference is always the best-attended seminar sponsored by the Allen County Bar...
Rick Santorum's (and the GOP's) Damage Cap Problem
February 1, 2012
This article was published on Huffington Post.
Rick Santorum is not the first politician to be caught in a "Do as I say, not as I did" moment. So when it came out this weekend that Santorum had asked for more damages in his wife's...
In an altercation at the beach, one teen was killed when punched by another. The family of the deceased teen has filed a lawsuit against the teen who threw the punch, his sister, and his mother.
The suit alleges the defendant and his sister were drunk and that she instigated a disturbance...
Federal attorneys are suing Aseracare for fraudulently enrolling non-terminal patients in hospice care. Aseracare is an Arkansas-based company that provides hospice care. The company set high patient quotas for employees to fill and offered prizes to employees. Persons within the company tipped...
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic had to recall many devices in 2011.
The following is a list of Medtronic items recalled in 2011:
Kappa pacemakers
Sigma pacemakers
MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps
SynchroMed EL implantable pain medication pump
SynchroMed II implantable pain medication pump...
A recent decision of the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a man’s wrongful death claim against the nursing home where his uncle died could proceed in court and was not required to go to arbitration, despite a clause in the nursing home admissions contract that called for arbitration of all disputes...
Indiana House Bill 1023, sponsored by State Representative Clyde Kersey (D, 43rd Dist.), would set minimum direct care nursing staff ratios and registered nurse staffing for Indiana health facilities beginning July 1, 2012, but appears unlikely to pass this year.
The bill would require every health...
Indiana Senate Bill 354, sponsored by State Senator Allen Paul (R, 27th Dist.), proposes to require claims for payment from the State’s medical malpractice Patient’s Compensation Fund to be computed and paid every three months instead of every six months as required by current law.
Under current...
Cross-examination has been called “the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of the truth,” by the United States Supreme Court.
On December 16h, 2011, David Farnbauch had the honor of speaking at the “Cross Examination: A Lawyer’s Time to Shine” legal seminar sponsored by the...
Indiana hospital and surgery center critical errors increased to 107 in 2010 from 94 the previous year according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
Fort Wayne’s Parkview Hospital lead the way, reporting five incidents. This put them into a tie with a South Bend hospital for the most...
Sweeney Law Firm's goal is to provide you with the highest possible quality of legal representation for your personal injury claim and to secure fair compensation and a better quality of life for people who have been harmed by the negligence of others.
According to the National Academy of Sciences, approximately 98,000 Americans die from "medical malpractice mistakes" annually. The Sweeney Law Firm has experienced medical malpractice lawyers that can help those who have been the victims of medical malpractice.
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Sweeney Law Firm's goal is to provide you with the highest possible quality of legal representation for your personal injury claim and to secure fair compensation and a better quality of life for people who have been harmed by the negligence of others.
The purpose of a wrongful death suit is to provide relief to family members who have been injured emotionally and financially as a result of a family member's death.
