Patients trust their doctors to correctly and safely operate on them. But there are cases in which surgeons leave sponges, instruments, and other items inside their patients. If this happens to you or a loved one, there may be serious medical consequences.
Fortunately, there is the option of filing...
Medical malpractice is more than a doctor or other healthcare professional making a mistake. The mistake has to be a departure from accepted standards of care. Victims of malpractice will therefore need strong evidence to substantiate their demand for damages.
Medical charts and notes can play a major role...
Patients trust their doctors to provide them with timely and important information concerning their health. When doctors diagnose a condition too late, the results can be catastrophic. In the worst cases of delayed diagnosis, the patient dies or suffers serious illness and disability.
If a delayed diagnosis results from...
You may have the right to sue a medical provider if your pain never improved after treatment, but you will need more than just this fact to make a compelling medical malpractice claim. This is largely because of the elements that patients must prove in these lawsuits.
If you...
If a doctor or other medical professional did not properly explain the risks of your procedure, you may not have given informed consent to it. This may open the door to a malpractice lawsuit if the procedure in question caused you injury.
Understanding the nature of informed consent and...
Patients count on their doctors to detect signs and symptoms of a serious illness so they can receive the treatment they need. When a doctor ignores a clear warning sign, that is a strong indicator of medical malpractice.
However, proving your case requires more than simply showing that your...
When doctors and other medical professionals commit malpractice, they often leave victims with serious injuries, steep medical bills, and an inability to work. Victims of medical malpractice deserve to be compensated for their losses. However, they can expect fierce pushback from the attorneys and insurers representing the healthcare professionals.
We entrust nurses and other medical professionals with our well-being and health. Usually, they do a great job at caring for us and our loved ones. Sometimes, however, they fail to provide the level of care required of them—and this often results in serious injuries. Fortunately, if you or a loved one...
Most people associate doctors with medical malpractice. While this isn’t wrong, malpractice extends far beyond doctors. In reality, anyone who provides treatment to patients can commit medical malpractice, including nurses. In fact, nurses routinely commit malpractice, and they can be held legally accountable for doing so. Like other medical professionals, nurses...
As a patient, successfully making it through surgery is only half the battle. Even if your surgery itself appears to be successful, your healthcare provider is responsible for ensuring that you don’t develop post-operative complications. Complications following surgery can lead to a variety of serious conditions, including death. If your healthcare provider...
