A jury reached a $4 million verdict in a medical malpractice case alleging negligence in which an obstetrician delivered a baby. An expert witness testified that the obstetrician should have recognized signs that a cesarean delivery was safer. The case asserted that the obstetrician did…
A Louisiana Hospital may have avoided a lawsuit with the use of the RF (radio-frequency) Surgical Detection System in an addition to any safety measures already in place during surgical procedures. A man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that a doctor left a sponge…
In 2009, a woman was admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse after a drug overdose, but what happened next may shock you. Although the 41-year-old mother of three had slipped into a coma, doctors declared her dead despite other signs that she…
Wrong-site surgeries may be relatively rare and many hospitals may never experience them, but when they do occur, the results can be devastating.
In April, a Missouri woman became the victim...
The loss of chance doctrine typically arises in medical malpractice cases where a plaintiff seeks to recover damages against an allegedly negligent doctor for reducing a patient’s chance of...
Senator Tick Segerblom (D) - Las Vegas, says that doctors should be aware of the risks associated with addiction from prescription drugs and should be responsible for adverse effects. Under...
Under Utah law, all actions against medical professionals must be filed within 2 years of the date of the act resulting in the medical malpractice injury. Because of this limited time limit and...
For two years, Connie Spears struggled to obtain legal representation. Why? It is because of her quest for simple justice against those who wronged her and put her life at risk began in Texas, in...
Ran into this little tidbit while surfing the net. The author refers to critics who think that the third year of law school is a waste of time. The state of New York is currently considering...
No one expects to become paralyzed, but when it happens, the physical devastation can quickly leave a family drowning in debt. If the paralysis is due to medical negligence, the victim has the...