FAQs

If you've been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you are not alone! About 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. And these are just the men who are diagnosed. Many cases of prostate cancer are...

When a tumor is surgically removed and cancer patient is given the results of the biopsies of the tumor and the surrounding tissues, most believe that a rosy prognosis means they are "cured" of their cancer. Wrong! It is a...

Definitely not. The large majority of cases that I handle are referred by other lawyers, including personal injury law firms. The retainer agreement with our clients specifies the division of the legal fee between the law firms and that the...

There are four big mistakes that an attorney can make when referring a client to another attorney: (1) failing to make sure that they are listed on the retainer agreement between the client and the other attorney, (2) failing to...

The cozy referral relationship between the referring attorney and the litigation law firm always has a happy beginning. The litigation lawyer promises great results and the referring attorney dreams of a fat check. In a perfect, ethical world, everyone is...

The knee-jerk reaction of most lawyers and their clients is to get all of the medical records from a hospital stay. But, unfortunately, that can be an expensive proposition for lengthy hospital stays of more than a day or two....

Breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer are usually the most difficult cancers to diagnose. In particular, breast cancer diagnoses are extremely prone to physician error. Clusters of malignant cells within the breast tissue are often easily overlooked by pathologists and radiologists,...

There are four types of cerebral palsy: spastic cerebral palsy, athetoid cerebral palsy, ataxic cerebral palsy and mixed cerebral palsy. Development of the brain starts in early pregnancy and continues until about age three. Damage to the brain during this...