Facebook Post Helps To Torpedo Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Case

January 7, 2017

In its decision filed on December 22, 2016, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) held that reasonable minds could not differ in the conclusion that the medical malpractice plaintiff knew, or reasonably should have known, between July and September, 2009, that her long-s[...]

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A New Lyme Disease Vaccine?

July 27, 2013

Efforts are being made toward a new and effective Lyme disease vaccine. Baxter Healthcare Corporation has recently reported the results of its Phase 1/2 Lyme Vaccine Study that began on March 1, 2011 and ended on May 8, 2012. Study participants received three primary immunizations and one booster [...]

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Lyme Literate Lawyers

April 28, 2013

We have been receiving an increased number of Lyme disease medical malpractice inquiries from people who have suffered serious or permanent physical and psychological injuries as a result of alleged misdiagnosis of their Lyme disease, late diagnosis of their Lyme disease, and/or the failure to timel[...]

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Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Disaster In The United States

October 17, 2012

Every week we receive many inquiries from people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease who want to know if they have a possible medical malpractice claim for the failure of their primary care physicians or other health care providers to order timely and appropriate medical testing for Lyme dis[...]

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Lyme Disease In Maine During 2011

April 22, 2012

Lyme disease is transmitted to people through the bite of a deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) infected with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The first documented case of Lyme disease that occurred in Maine was in 1986. Lyme disease in Maine has increased each year from 2003 to 2011 (except for 2010, [...]

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