Philadelphia Injury Attorney Blog

Both Raymond M. Bily, Jr. and Jeffrey M. Reiff of the Philadelphia law firm of Reiff and Bily have had extensive experience handling thousands of serious personal injury cases in Philadelphia for almost 30 years. We both volunteer as Judge Pro Tempore for the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia evaluating cases on a pro bono basis.

Both attorneys travel and handle cases throughout the United States involving complex personal injury and serious car accident cases. When we determine to accept a case, the case must make economic sense. We must balance the potential for loss against the potential for recovery and consider both the time and money needed to fully prosecute the case.

This is a non-exacting process based upon our years of experience handling thousands of cases. Unfortunately our careful screening process only enables us to represent a small portion of clients who initially consult with us on a free, no obligation-basis.

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Often times, surgical operations are bloody procedures. They involve the use of hundreds of instruments and dozens of surgical sponges which are gauze-like pads used for sopping up blood. Each time the doctor asks for a surgical sponge, a nurse is to count them aloud before handing them over, which is a standard way of keeping track of equipment to make sure no sponge is left behind.

Prior to closing the patient, at least one other count or exchange takes place between the surgical nurse and the surgeon. The Chief Surgeon is the "captain of the ship" and has a duty to make sure no instrument or sponge is left inside the patient. Otherwise an x-ray will have to be taken to detect one or more of the reflective strips on each sponge or the surgeon will have to go inside an open cavity, pushing organs around to hunt for lost instruments.

In one of the cases handled by the expert Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers at Reiff and Bily, an unwanted souvenir of a surgical procedure was left inside a patient's body causing catastrophic injuries. For more than a year, our client walked around unaware of a surgical sponge that she carried inside of her body while she spiked fevers and had numerous infections and returned to her doctor complaining of the same. The client had to be hospitalized repeatedly until the client almost died from her uncertain cause of infection and injury.

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The swimming pool accident attorneys of the Philadelphia swimming pool accident law firm of Reiff and Bily offer their heartfelt prayers and sympathies to the family of Andre Davis, a New Jersey high school student who drowned Wednesday, January 21, 2009 during a party that Rider University students were holding during winter break in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The incident occurred at an Ocho Rios, Jamaica resort pool where there was no lifeguard present and where many people including Ms. Davis did not know how to swim. This tragic accident took place two days before the students left Ocho Rios, Jamaica to come home from what was a 16 day student winter vacation.

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