Anesthesia Errors, Negligence, and Medical Malpractice
Anesthesia is an essential part of many medical procedures. It prevents the patient from feeling pain, from localized numbing to complete unconsciousness. However, the administering of anesthesia comes with serious risk, just like any procedure, and it is essential your anesthesiologist is trained and responsible. When a medical professional is negligent in this area and…
Read MoreDoctor Mistakes Cystic Mass for Gas, Leading to Blogger’s Emergency Surgery
The country’s healthcare system is unequal and unjust for women, especially Black women. Physician bias is compounded by foundational racism, making it difficult – if not impossible, in some cases – for Black women and Women of Color to get the care they need, when they need it. A popular fashion blogger, Chanté Burkett, was…
Read MoreMcGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips, LLC Files Lawsuit against Greenville Priest
McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips, LLC has filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Charleston, Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone, and Fr. Wilbroad Mwape alleges our client was manipulated into a sexual relationship with the priest. As WBTW News 13 reports, “Before coming to Greenville in 2020, Mwape was pastor at Holy Trinity Church in Orangeburg.…
Read MoreIt Is Time to Say Goodbye to Johnson & Johnson
A few years ago, the Internet was (briefly) afire with a debate over whether Johnson & Johnson’s promise of “No more tears” on its shampoo referred to the act of crying or the act of ripping something. Multiple websites scoured old commercials, paperwork, and ads to see which version was the true version. In the…
Read MoreNew Report Finds Traffic Fatalities Disproportionately Affect Black and Indigenous People
Last year – 2020 – was the year of the pandemic. Most of us stayed home, telecommuting or taking online classes. However, hundreds of thousands of essential workers continued at their jobs, driving back and forth to work each day. Even with a drastically reduced amount of vehicles on the road, traffic fatalities increased during…
Read MoreTalk to Your Kids About the Dangers of Online Sex Predators
A recent sting operation in St. Paul, Minnesota underscores the nationwide problem of online sex trafficking. Although sex trafficking historically occurs as a physical interaction, as the internet and messaging apps evolve, so do opportunities for sex predators to find victims. The National Human Trafficking Hotline defines sex trafficking as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision,…
Read MoreCan Your Race Prevent You From Getting a Kidney Transplant?
The issue of racial equity in healthcare is becoming more and more prevalent. Much of the way medical care is handled in the United States is to the detriment of Black patients, who not only face the threat of physician bias, but also the systematic bias built in to the very foundations of medicine –…
Read MoreAs Churches Reckon With Sex Abuse, What Happens to the Victims?
Many people and families put their faith and trust in the church and other religious institutions. Sadly, and more often than we realize, those institutions let them down in the most devastating ways. When religious leaders take advantage of their authority and use that power to commit sexual abuse within the church, they must be…
Read MoreFormer VA Nursing Aide Sentenced for Killing Elderly Veterans with Insulin
On May 11, a former nursing aide was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms with an additional 20 years in federal prison for murdering seven elderly patients in a VA hospital. The additional 20 years are for assault with intent to commit murder on an eighth patient. Reta Mays, 46, is not eligible for probation…
Read MoreDeath Row Case Reaches State Supreme Court With Attorney Whitney Harrison’s Help
Back in 1999, Richard Moore was convicted and sentenced to death for a robbery and shooting death of convenience store clerk James Mahoney. Although details of how the altercation began are unknown, while Moore was in the store, the two got in an argument and Mahoney pulled out one of several firearms he kept behind…
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