How Do Medical Malpractice Settlement Negotiations Work?
When a doctor’s error leads to the furthering of an illness or the development of a new injury or health condition, victims are often left with few options for addressing their physical, financial, and emotional damages. Medical malpractice claims are typically the most effective method for recovering compensation and holding at-fault physicians and medical establishments […]
How Does Informed Consent Work in New Mexico Medical Malpractice Cases?
There are risks and benefits to every medical treatment. The decision to move forward with a procedure, therapy, or medication should involve both you and your doctor carefully weighing the potential benefits against any risks. When a doctor moves forward without first securing your informed consent, you could be at risk for suffering harmful side […]
What Constitutes Maximum Medical Improvement?
As medical malpractice attorneys, we often discuss helping our clients secure the compensation they need to make the best possible recovery. The word “recovery” can be a bit misleading, though. Victims who have been harmed at the hands of a medical professional often hear this word and think that it means they will return to […]
Most Common Ways Medical Negligence Occurs in the Emergency Room
When you decide to go to the emergency room, you’re most likely experiencing intense pain and you need immediate help. Whether you suspect you’ve broken a bone or you’re severely ill and need medical attention, you expect the doctors, nurses, and other staff members in the emergency room to provide you with quality care for […]
Defining Medical “Best Practices” in Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In general, healthcare professionals recommend and follow “best practices” in their field and use them to demonstrate how people can best protect their health in their everyday lives. Best practices can be defined as a procedure that has been proven to give optimal results through research and experience. Most times, the best practices that medical […]
Let’s Review Pregnancy After 35
Today, couples, and particularly women, are focusing more on themselves, their careers, and establishing lives so that they are comfortable and financially stable before bringing a child into this world. While many women still have their first child while in their 20s, many are deferring pregnancy until their 30s, some until after 35, the age […]
Tips for Avoiding the Coronavirus
If you’ve turned on the news in the last two weeks, you’ve seen plenty of reports about the Coronavirus and how it is affecting people across the globe; more than 500 people have died from it thus far and the number is expected to rise. More than 27,000 people across 25 counties, as of this […]
New Bill Regarding Medical Malpractice for the Military
In 1950, a Supreme court case ruled that active-duty military members could not sue and seek damages from the government, particularly for medical malpractice. Recently, a defense spending bill, called the National Defense Authorization Act, had a small provision inserted into it that will overturn this precedence. For military members who may be victims of […]
Dangers of Doctor Bias
If you need to go to the doctor because something is wrong, you assume (or at a minimum hope) that they will do everything in their power to help you and will begin by collecting all of the facts about you, your medical history, and your symptoms. Since doctors aren’t perfect, they sometimes make errors […]
Texas Woman Dies of Legionnaires’ in Chicago Hospital
It’s a safe assumption that when you walk out of a hospital, you’ll be in better health than when you walked in — or at a minimum, have a detailed plan from your doctor of how to get better. Sometimes, due to negligence on the part of the doctor, hospital, or hospital staff, patients become […]
