Fighting For Justice And Your Best Interests
You may have a valid medical malpractice claim if you suffered harm from the negligence of a healthcare provider. It could be a case of a delayed or incorrect diagnosis, surgical or medication errors or even a hospital-acquired infection. Either way, you are entitled...
When you visit a health care facility, the last thing you expect is to become even sicker. Unfortunately, this is what happens to many who visit a doctor or hospital and go on to develop a severe infection. An infection may not seem serious, but according to some...
According to the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (ABPLA), medical malpractice occurs when a health care professional or medical facility causes injury to a patient through a negligent act or omission. And unfortunately, Erb’s palsy is among medical...
Errors that occur in operating rooms can be devastating, yet they occur with alarming frequency. Examples include wrong-site, wrong-person and wrong-procedure errors. Other errors include performing unnecessary procedures, leaving a foreign object in a patient's body,...
Some birth injuries are the result of unpredictable and largely unpreventable circumstances. Mothers may have medical incidents or get hurt in a car or while working, resulting in injury to their unborn child. However, many birth injuries are the direct result of what...
Being prescribed medication by a medical professional is something that most of us have experienced at some point. You expect to be given the correct medication you need and trust the person prescribing you to know what they’re doing. Your only real involvement in...
Giving birth is a joyous occasion for many families. However, when birth injuries occur due to medical malpractice, it can devastate parents. Birth injuries can cause permanent damage, including blindness, cerebral palsy and brain damage. As a parent whose newborn has...
Whether you or a loved one is the victim, the short-term aftermath of a harmful medical mistake is generally a time of shock and despair. Depending on the injury and the harmed one’s prognosis, you and your family could feel this way for some time. When you are coping...
It may be surprising to learn that many cancers are hard to detect, especially during their early stages when treatment is most beneficial. Notoriously elusive forms of cancer are: Breast cancer Liver cancer Brain cancer Ovarian cancer Some lung cancers Pancreatic...
People go to an emergency department when they think they have something critically wrong. They count on being able to see a doctor who can provide them with treatment for their issues. Unfortunately, there’s a shortage of emergency physicians that’s plaguing the...