When an individual suffers serious harm due to the carelessness or negligence of a nurse, doctor, or another medical professional, the best course of action is to contact a reputable medical malpractice lawyer. For a person who doesn’t fully understand medical malpractice, navigating…
If you’re in the emergency room, you need care quickly. The majority of people who find themselves there are in an urgent situation where they need a doctor to take action to prevent serious injuries or even death. Additionally, emergency rooms are responding…
We trust our doctors and other medical professionals to take good care of us when we need them. While it can be hard to imagine, even long-term family doctors can commit malpractice. Medical malpractice is so prevalent that it is the third-leading cause of…
Even minor surgeries can go wrong, with devastating consequences to the victims. Surgical errors are a form of medical malpractice, and in simple terms, they consist of preventable mistakes that arise during surgery. These errors extend beyond the known risks of surgery which…
A few years ago, a state-run consumer safety group launched an investigation into 889 medicinal error cases. They ultimately attributed most of them to the health care information technology (HIT) that nurses use to distribute medications to patients. The investigators identified a few reasons…
A stroke can be fatal, but prompt action can often save your life. This is why it’s so important to get the right diagnosis, and why people need to know what signs to look for themselves. For instance, former New England Patriots linebacker…
You’ve been the victim of medical malpractice — and it’s wrecked your life. Worse, the party who caused your injuries isn’t in any hurry to accept responsibility for what happened, and their insurance company is fighting your claim. They’ve even suggested that your…
A cancer diagnosis is devastating to receive, even if the doctor assures you that you have a good prognosis and multiple treatment options available to you. Treatment could range from surgery or radiation to chemotherapy or even a bone marrow transplant. There is…
If it feels like your doctors seem to have less and less time to spend with you and don’t focus on what you tell them, you’re not alone. Doctors’ schedules are more packed than ever. One 2016 study found that, on average, doctors…
If a doctor makes a mistake and your brain is denied oxygen, the ramifications set in quickly. It only takes 10 minutes of oxygen deprivation for complete brain death. If there’s a crucial oversight during surgery, such as someone forgetting to monitor your vitals properly,…