Approximately 30 percent of medical malpractice payments are made to victims of a wrongly diagnosed heart attack.  Furthermore, around 2 to 5 percent of patients experiencing a heart attack at a hospital are inappropriately sent home because hospital staff failed to recognize that they were having a heart attack.

A recent study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine found that chest pain severity is not an indicator of heart attack.  In addition, researchers found that chest pain duration was not an indicator either.

The study analyzed the severity of the pain and the duration of the pain experienced by 3,300 patients entering the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with chest pain.  Researchers followed the patients for 30 days after their arrival at the hospital.

In examining the patients, the researchers concluded that patients experiencing more severe chest pain were not more likely to suffer a heart attack than patients experiencing less severe chest pain.  Also, patients experiencing longer-lasting chest pain were not more likely to suffer a heart attack than patients experiencing chest pain for shorter durations.

If someone you love has been the victim of a wrong diagnosis or other form of medical malpractice, contact the Champaign personal injury lawyers of Thomas A. Bruno & Associates by calling 217-328-6000 today.

Champaign police officers are charging a Paxton man for leaving the scene of an accident involving injury.  The accident occurred at around 10:30 p.m. last Thursday north of Bradley Avenue on North Mattis Avenue.

Police reports indicate that the 37-year old Paxton driver rear-ended a 32-year old Champaign woman’s vehicle when it was stopped in the southbound lanes of North Mattis.

After the accident, witnesses told police they saw the man get out of his vehicle and hop a fence into a nearby apartment complex.  Officers were able to find and arrest the driver shortly after he fled the scene of the accident.

The Champaign woman suffered head, neck, and arm injuries and was taken to Carle Hospital for treatment.

If you or someone you love has suffered injuries due to another party’s negligence, contact the Champaign personal injury lawyers of Thomas A. Bruno & Associates at 217-328-6000 to learn more about your rights.

Four people suffered burn injures after an accident caused a fire at a restaurant in Florida this weekend.  According to county police officers, the fire started when a waiter at the Ozona Blue Grilling Co. was making an order of bananas foster tableside.

The dessert is made by pouring liquor over the top and the lighting it on fire.  Reports indicate that the waiter held the bottle of 151-proof liquor too close to the dessert after lighting it on fire and the fire crept up towards the bottle.  The liquor bottle caught firecausing the waiter to lose control and spill the flaming liquid onto a table of restaurant patrons.

One 25-year old woman at the table suffered serious burn injuries including third degree burns.  She was taken to Tampa General Hospital via helicopter.  Another woman at the table suffered respiratory burns and two men at the table suffered minor burn injuries.

If you or someone you love has been injured on another’s property, contact the Champaign injury lawyers of Thomas A. Bruno & Associates at 217-328-6000 to learn more about our premises liability experience and discuss your situation.