Connecticut residents put their lives into the hands of doctors and surgeons when they go in for medical procedures. Unfortunately, mistakes can happen, and negligence can sometimes play a role. Wocl Leydon, LLC is here to help you navigate through your medical malpractice case. Most Common Type of Surgical Errors in Connecticut Hospitals Though mistakes […]

Car crashes are unfortunately a common occurrence. Even if you are the best driver in the world, you may get seriously hurt or even die in an accident. If you are in an auto collision, it may be due to the negligence or ignorance of other motorists. Read to learn about the 5 causes of […]

Effective treatment of a medical condition is impossible without an accurate diagnosis. However, because many diseases have similar symptoms, doctors sometimes misdiagnose their patients – an error that, depending on the circumstances, can rise to the level of malpractice. In such cases, patients may be entitled to sue their healthcare providers for the harm they […]

Sepsis is a medical condition in which the body has a deadly reaction to infection, and it can lead to organ failure, tissue damage and death. Connecticut residents who are ill should be aware of how to detect and prevent this potentially deadly condition. Hence, early detection of sepsis is hugely crucial. According to the […]

Connecticut patients may be interested to learn that two-thirds of women have a friend, family member or acquaintance who has been diagnosed with endometriosis. Even so, getting diagnosed with this painful condition can still be difficult as both patients and doctors may not be aware of the symptoms. Endometriosis is a medical condition that is […]

Because medical misdiagnoses often occur nowadays, Connecticut patients may do well to obtain a second opinion from other physicians. Besides the fact that there are more than 20,000 different diseases, other factors can lead to a misdiagnosis, as there are many reasons for misdiagnosis. So While sometimes patients are to blame for a misdiagnoses, such […]

Connecticut residents will probably be aware that an early diagnosis is crucial in cancer cases, and this is especially true when the cancer involved has a very low survivability rate. The survival rate for pancreatic cancer is below 10 percent, and a 2015 study indicates that about one in three people who develop the disease […]

Connecticut nursing home residents sometimes have to go to the hospital. When they are discharged and return to the nursing home, it is common for medical mistakes to be made. Medication errors in nursing are a fairly common phenomenon. A study shows that having a nurse practitioner visit with such patients within the first 48 […]

A Connecticut patient who is admitted to the hospital for an illness or injury is very likely to come in contact with a doctor called a ‘hospitalist.” This relatively new type of physician is a specialist in hospital medicine who works exclusively in a hospital setting. Doctors have only been able to obtain board certification […]

Every year, many Connecticut residents undergo visual cancer screening by their doctors in order to determine if suspicious-looking moles and other apparent skin abnormalities are cancerous. While these types of screenings are quite common, a governmental agency has just released a report indicating that the screenings may lead to misdiagnosis of cancer. The U.S. Preventative […]