We all do our best to stay in good health: we eat right, we exercise, and we go for regular checkups to ensure that nothing has gone awry. Sometimes, we will need to have extra care given to us, either as a result of our own actions, or for events and circumstances out of our […]
When we are told we need surgery to correct an injury or ailment, we believe that our doctors and surgeons will do the utmost to ensure our wellbeing before, during, and after a procedure. It’s true that nearly all doctors want to keep that promise to their patients; the downside and harsh reality is that […]
Victims of medical malpractice suffer multiple times through the ordeal. First: when they go to the doctor for pain or discomfort. In today’s healthcare market, some avoid going to the doctor to limit how much they have to pay in bills or deal with bad news; to feel the need to go to the doctor […]
At some point in our lives, we all will likely be forced to have a surgery to guarantee our good health, whether it’s to operate on an organ, or to fix a broken bone. In almost every case, we are in and out of surgery without issue and continue on with our lives. Sometimes things […]
There will come a day when you, or a loved one, needs to go to the doctor because you are concerned for your health. Maybe there’s a strange stomach pain, perhaps you’re having headaches more frequently and aggressively, or a general malaise falls over you from time to time. Whatever the reason may be, a […]
There may come a day when you feel your doctor failed you by misdiagnosing (or entirely miss diagnosing) an issue and illness, meaning that you will need an Albuquerque medical malpractice lawyer to assist you in your endeavor to receive a settlement. If you believe you were the victim of medical malpractice by means of […]
In Boston, MA, a jury has awarded a Framingham girl and her family $11.5 million in their medical malpractice lawsuit against a radiologist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. The radiologist was found negligent of his care of the patient by not treating a heart defect when she went to the hospital a decade ago. The trial took […]
A Texas medical malpractice lawyer is no stranger to wrongful death suits, but a new and tragic case from the east coast has come across our desks this week. A South Carolina couple is suing their OBGYN doctor for medical malpractice that they claim resulted in the wrongful death of their newly born infant son. […]
A woman in Sante Fe, New Mexico is suing the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for an incorrect body site surgery. The patient was meant to receive arthroscopic surgery on her left knee, but the surgery was performed on her right. So, not only was she a victim of medical malpractice and negligence, but […]
A paraplegic inmate at a state prison in Grants, New Mexico developed a cavernous malformation due to uncared for bedsores. The malformation measured at 1.5 inches by 2 inches, and about 1.5 inches deep, exposing his lower back bone. The patient has been in and out of prison for almost a decade, his longest stint […]
