Florida Injury Attorneys Blog

A woman from Tampa has filed a personal injury lawsuit claiming an oral surgeon left an inch-long piece of a steel drill bit in her wound for nearly a year. According to an Associated Press story the lawsuit claims that Donna Delgao suffered sinus infections and nosebleeds following her oral surgery.

According to the story the surgery took place in 2008 and Delago had the drill bit removed by another surgeon 11 months later. She is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages. Her attorney is claiming she may suffer nickel poisoning and other side effects due to the mistake. The St. Petersburg Times reported the surgeon would have no comment on the case.

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Lawyers representing talk show host Nancy Grace have asked that her deposition in a Florida wrongful death lawsuit not be videotaped in order to protect Grace from embarrassment. CBS News’ website is reporting that the HLN host’s lawyers want to ban cameras to prohibit the release of the deposition.

Grace is facing a wrongful death lawsuit in Orlando after a guest on her show committed suicide. Melinda Duckett’s family is claiming the 21-year-old Florida mother suffered emotional distress following Grace grilling her client about her missing 2-year-old son. Duckett committed suicide shortly after a taping of the Nancy Grace Show.

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Christine Wuennenberg filed a long-anticipated lawsuit against Walt Disney World for a monorail accident that took her son’s life. Austin Wuennenberg died while working in the Orlando theme park. The lawsuit says Disney failed to follow safety procedures which led to the crash, according to an Associated Press story.

The lawsuit comes on the heels of Federal authorities citing Disney for workplace violations. One of the citations was for failing to have a workplace free of hazards that could cause death or harm to workers. Disney said it could not comment on the lawsuit at this time according to the story.

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A wrong-way, head on collision with a DUI driver on Tampa’s Crosstown Expressway took the life of Summer Moll’s mother and almost cost the young girl her life as well. A year-and-a-half later, Moll has made remarkable progress in so many areas. The drunk driving accident left the child with broken legs and arms that were held together by pins. Moll still has one major problem stemming from the car accident and that is a head wound that just won’t seem to heal.

Moll will head to Cincinnati Shriner’s Hospital today hoping to find some answers as to why her head will not heal. The young girl’s medical care has eaten all of her grandmother’s savings as bandages for Moll cost $100 a week according to a story on MyFoxTampaBay.com. On top of it all, the girl’s father is now seeking custody and her grandmother is fighting that battle as well. Summer’s father has been arrested on DUI charges himself in the past and has arrest warrants out for him in Florida.