Poliakoff & Associates would like to congratulate Wes Kissinger and Don Coggins on a recent jury verdict in Spartanburg. The family of Janice G. Easler has been awarded $2 million in damages for the plaintiff’s wrongful death five years ago.

For a look at the facts about medical malpractice, take a look at this website. The website goes into detail about commonly believed myths and some facts which just might make you rethink how willing you are to go to the doctor.

By Barry Scheck Last month, Glenn Ford, an African-American man, walked out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary after spending thirty years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. One of the most important contributing factors to his death sentence? Racial discrimination in the selection of his all-white jury. In a community that is

I often speak to people who have become victims of patient harm. They, or maybe a loved one, went to the hospital, nursing home or doctor’s office and suffered a preventable injury, infection or medical error. Many times they’re seriously disabled. Or they’re calling me because their family member or loved one was killed.

COLUMBIA, SC — THE YEAR was 1994, and South Carolina had acquired a well-earned reputation as the nation’s dump, hosting massive nuclear and hazardous waste landfills and a medical-waste incinerator that accepted waste from around the country, when the DHEC board did something extraordinary: It ordered Laidlaw Environmental Systems to post a $133 million cash

Texting and driving can be a deadly mistake. For one story of how texting affected this family’s life, watch the video, provided by Zero Fatalities, here. .