Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Chaos at Some Chain Pharmacies Is Injuring & Killing Some Patients
In late January, the New York Times published a frightening article describing understaffed and chaotic work places where pharmacists have described being unable to safely perform their jobs, placing the public at risk of dangerous medication errors, some of which have resulted in serious injuries and deaths, including here in Rhode Island. One pharmacist… Read More »
Pentagon Reveals That Service Members Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries Due to Missile Attack
According to a statement released by the Pentagon in January, almost 40 US service members with diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) after the Iranian missile attack on the Al Asad Base. Despite what President Donald Trump has dismissed as less serious than physical wounds (and referring to simply as “headaches”), traumatic brain injuries… Read More »
New Study Indicates That Children Are Especially at Risk of Dog Bites in The Eye Area
According to a new study published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, children are twice as likely as adults to be bitten by a dog in the eye area, especially infants and children four years old or younger. However, when it comes to familiar dogs at home, children were more likely to… Read More »
IKEA Furniture Still Injuring & Killing Children
IKEA has been sued and settling cases related to furniture tip-over accidents that have injured and killed a number of children since at least 2005. Still, to date, children are still dying due to the company’s furniture defects, arguably because it took the company far too long to recall these furniture lines (at first,… Read More »
Providence, Rhode Island Court Makes First Decision in Finding That Schools Owe Students a Duty of Care in Study Abroad Programs, Opening The Door for Premises Liability Claims
In a monumental win for students and others who are injured due to the negligence of schools and other facilities who fail to ensure that the proper security is in place in order to ensure that they are kept safe, in January, a federal judge in Providence, Rhode Island ruled that a case against… Read More »
Rhode Island EMTs Are Misplacing Breathing Tubes Too Often, Costing People Their Lives
One doctor doing research on cardiac arrests in Rhode Island made a horrifying discovery that was the subject of a recent Boston Globe article. According to the hospital records analyzed, patients arriving via EMT crews routinely had misplaced breathing tubes, whereby air was sent to their stomachs instead of their lungs, resulting in suffocation…. Read More »
A Move in The Right Direction Towards Paving the Way for Military Medical Malpractice
For years, military members have been denied the same right to bring a claim for medical malpractice that every other citizen has due to what’s known as the Feres Doctrine, which prohibits negligence claims by active duty military personnel against the government, which runs the hospitals that end up injuring or killing some of… Read More »
RI Trucking Assoc. Names Kiselica Chairman, Adds New Members to Board of Directors
Thursday, January 23, 2020 GoLocalProv News Team Michael Kiselica PHOTO: Kiselica Law Firm The Rhode Island Trucking Association (RITA) has named Providence attorney Michael Kiselica as Chairman of its Board of Directors. RITA four new members to its Board of Directors. Those include Debora Babin Katz of TrucBrush, Angela Stone of Palfinger Liftgate, Claire… Read More »
Car Safety Systems Are Placing Lives in Danger by Increasing Distracted Driving
Federal studies indicate that more than 3,000 people are dying each year from distracted driving, and unfortunately, car manufacturers are contributing to the problem: According to a new study out of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, systems that were designed to make driving safer—such as adaptive cruise control and lane technologies—are actually placing… Read More »
Cellphones Are Injuring Us in Unimaginable Ways
We’ve been reminded of the dangers that can come about from using a cell phone while one is driving, or trying to walk, text, and cross the street. According to the National Safety Council, close to 3,000 people died in distracted-related accidents last year, and according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, there were… Read More »
