Medical Negligence in the UK: From Victim to Victor
Medical negligence – also known as clinical negligence – is where a patient takes a medical practitioner to court in order to claim compensation after suffering harm due to negligence on the part of the doctor More...
Seven Ways to Avoid Malpractice Suits
Getting sued by a patient is perhaps the worst thing that can happen to a physician. His years of reputation and trust can be washed away with just one malpractice. Numerically speaking, about 7 percent of the physicians More...
What Types of Compensation Are Common in Drunk Driving Cases?
Despite all our knowledge and preventative strategies, drunk driving continues to be a problem. In 2017, there were 37,133 people killed in traffic crashes. About 10,874 of those, or 29 percent, were due to drunk More...
The Injustices of the Discovery Rule: Case of Geoffrey Hammond
When Geoffrey Hammond hired David F. Wentzel and Scott Blake, he hoped the two attorneys would represent his interests in a lawsuit and settlement negotiation involving his family’s $125 million estate. Instead, More...
Dr Harvey Craig Roth performs wrong abortion procedure on woman, fined $10K
A Florida physician mishandled an abortion by performing the procedure on the wrong woman in 2017 at A Women’s Center of Hollywood, an abortion facility in Hollywood, Florida. That doctor, Harvey Craig Roth, More...
Call Your Lawyer: 4 Kinds of Personal Injury Claims Explained
We often use the term “personal injury” as a medical term, to explain the results of an accident to strangers. But personal injury in the legal context is a claim made as a result of an injury caused by someone More...
When Meds Cause Problems: 5 Facts About Medication Injury Claims
Did you know that the Food and Drug Administration doesn’t actually test medications before approving them for use? Instead, their Center for Drug Evaluation and Research will review and research results and information More...
Bride Suffers Brain Damage During Routine Cosmetic Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery Is Not As Safe As We Think. The risks associated with Cosmetic Surgery are numerous from failed surgery to infections even death, but we typically do not consider brain damage as a risk when undergoing More...
CBS reveals Los Angeles VA facility cancelled, postponed dozens of procedures due to fly infestation
CBS Los Angeles investigative reporter David Goldstein revealed Tuesday that the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center has cancelled or postponed dozens of surgeries due to a fly infestation. The three-month More...
4 Circumstances under Which You Would Need a Personal Injury Lawyer
There are many types of lawyers today but the most common when it comes to injury is a personal injury lawyer. It may be hard to tell for sure when the right time to involve legal representation is and when to just More...
What Qualifies as Malpractice in Today’s Terms?
Hospitals, doctors, and healthcare professionals, in general, are expected to provide a specific standard of care. But sometimes, out of accident or negligence, the doctor or healthcare provider might come short More...
Texas Family Sues Emergency Room after 4-Year-Old’s Death
A Keller, Texas family is suing a local emergency room after their four-year-old died. The family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit related to the 2016 incident. In August 2016, Brian Steinborn found his four-year-old More...
Jury Awards $3 Million in Birth Injury Case
A Wilmington, Delaware jury has awarded $3 million in damages in a case involving an obstetrician accused of pulling a baby out by the head during delivery. The alleged act caused the baby’s right arm to be More...
California abortion doctor Robert Santella who threatened pro-lifer with scissors will surrender license
A California abortionist who held scissors close to a pro-life activist’s throat while saying he loves tearing apart babies will surrender his medical license at the end of the year. The California Medical More...
Atlanta Physicians Found Guilty Of Negligence In Pregnant Woman’s Post-Delivery Brain Damage Case
Having a baby is one of the most momentous and joyous experiences in the life of any young woman, but there are times when things don’t go as planned. Two Atlanta physicians were recently found negligent in the More...
Abortion doctor James Pendergraft headed to trial in five drug charges, performing abortions without license
Abortionist James Pendergraft, IV is now scheduled for criminal trial in Spartanburg following his arrest in 2015 during a routine traffic stop. The outcome of the trial by jury will have implications on the future More...
Five Medical/Injury Cases Where You May Need A Lawyer
Sometimes when you get injured you will just go to the doctor and get things taken care of. Your insurance will cover your bill and you’ll get on with your life. Sometimes what gets broken when you have an injury More...
Horrible Medical Malpractice Cases
Unfortunately, there are more medical malpractice cases than what people think. Every single year hundreds of thousands of such cases have to be mentioned. In most cases they are not that bad and it is not at all More...
14-month-old Daisy Torres dies after dental visit, investigation ongoing
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners is investigating the death of a baby girl who died after receiving dental treatment at Austin Children’s Dentistry in Northwest Austin Tuesday. The Travis County Medical More...
New Junior Doctors Contracts Proposed by the NHS Risk Patient Safety
The new contracts proposed by the NHS for junior doctors are facing huge resistance, with many arguing that the contracts are too “heavy handed” and will result in harm to patients. The proposed contracts More...
