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A person harmed by the negligent actions or omissions of a doctor or another medical professional must prove certain elements to win a medical malpractice suit. These elements vary depending on where the malpractice took place. Elements of a medical malpractice suit...
Medical malpractice can lead to serious injuries to patients placing a great deal of trust in doctors and nurses. The discovery that preventable mistakes changed or took lives is a devastating moment. Errors by physicians and others represent a continuing and baffling...
The revelation that you or a loved one is diagnosed with lung cancer is a life-changing moment that devastates the afflicted family member and their loved ones. Detected early, the disease can be treatable. However, a diagnosis that is delayed or overlooked can result...
Medical facilities have grown accustomed to medication errors because they frequently happen. Although these incidents may range from the wrong dosage to administering the medication at the wrong time, they must never be taken lightly. Even though a study by Harvard...
You go to the doctor because you trust they will use their experience to treat you and make you feel better. However, doctors are human beings, and sometimes they can make mistakes like a misdiagnosis or a delayed diagnosis. If a doctor makes a wrong diagnosis, and...
A Montgomery County Circuit Court jury today returned a verdict against Jackson Hospital and Clinic. The jury awarded $1,125,000 in compensatory damages only to Annie Ruth Post, an elderly woman who was injury while a patient of the hospital in 2014.The case was...
Netflix recently released a documentary, called The Bleeding Edge, which exposes some aspects of the medical device industry. The main purpose of the film was to call out the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for being lax about what devices hit the U.S. market....
A new investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveals at least 500 physicians have been publicly disciplined, chastised or barred from practicing by one state medical board who have been allowed to practice elsewhere with a clean license. Because of the way...
A Jefferson County jury today returned a verdict in favor of a 26 year old disabled woman who died unnecessarily in 2012 after St. Vincent's Hospital East failed to call her critical labs directly to her physician, as its own written policy required in 2012. The jury...
In an important decision for patients who have been injured or killed by medical malpractice, the highest court in New York has held that it will not tolerate the act of altering and destroying records to avoid liability.This ruling came in a medical malpractice case...
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