The term “medical malpractice” is one most people have heard of. It’s on television advertisements, in the news and online. But what is it, exactly? Medical malpractice is not always something that is easy to prove. In fact, it can be a complicated legal battle that requires the experience and…
Triage is the sad art and science in deciding which medical cases are more serious than others. Hospitals have to make triage decisions all the time, and sometimes they make the wrong ones. This can lead to malpractice suits. In a suit filed in West Virginia, a mother and child…
There is a long-standing tension between doctors and malpractice lawyers over tort reform. A recent survey from Medscape asked doctors their opinions on what should be done to reform the medical malpractice system. The most common suggestion was to implement pre-trial screening panels. A pre-trial screening panel would investigate malpractice…
It is an incredibly emotional situation for a parent when their child is injured during the birthing process. While not every birth injury stems from negligence, a good number of these injuries could have been prevented with reasonable and diligent medical care. According to the Centers for Disease Control and…
When a patient that comes into a hospital, doctors have to make many choices in deciding treatment. Sometimes those choices are clearly incorrect. Others are correct but carry risks that patients must be advised on. Before those procedures can be done, consent must be gained. A possible confusion over consent…
When people think of medical malpractice, they often think of physicians and surgeons. The truth is, that just about anyone in the medical field can be sued for malpractice. Nurses, health care facilities, anesthesiologists and other people and entities that provide health care services can be held liable. Hospitals While…
An important part of any medical procedure is consent. If you go in for surgery, part of the process is signing a consent form to allow the hospital to operate on you. But if something goes wrong during that surgery, you may be eligible for a malpractice claim. A couple…
When a loved one is at the end of their life, it can be very difficult to determine whether a doctor’s actions are malpractice, or if the patient is only suffering through the inevitable despite the effort of the doctor. Cases like these without a clear-cut answer can end up…
Lawyers do their best to present cases before the court, but not every case that is presented goes to trial. Sometimes a malpractice case will be dismissed before it is heard by plaintiffs who discover additional information about their cases they didn’t know before they filed. This is called voluntary…
It can be helpful for people who are about to undergo major surgery to be aware of which specialties have the highest rate of malpractice claims. Medscape does an annual review on why doctors get sued and which professions are seeing increases or decreases in claims. Here are some statistics…