One of the most frequent causes of nursing home injuries is also a common injury resulting form basic negligence: falls. When sedentary patients are transferred from a bathtub to a bed or anywhere else, there are procedures put in place to ensure that the process happens safely. Since older folks tend not to have the […]
Medical Malpractice
A Missed Diagnosis Claims the Life of a 32-Day-Old Infant
A mother was recently awarded $4 million in wrongful death claim against Lancaster Pediatric Associates in Pennsylvania. The doctors handling the case failed to correctly diagnose the child’s whooping cough. The child died in 2010, but the complaint wasn’t filed until 2016, 6 years after the infant died. The mother accused Lancaster Pediatric Associates of […]
Dancing Doctor Hit with Several Malpractice Lawsuits
“Atlanta’s most experienced cosmetic surgeon” is the target of several medical malpractice lawsuits as well as outrage and shock as videos surfaced of her dancing and singing in the operating room with patients on the table. In one video she can be seen singing and dancing while simultaneously making incisions on a patient’s body. The […]
Doctor Turns out to be Wrong about Two Dozen MS Diagnoses
One of the most common causes of medical malpractice lawsuits is a missed diagnosis or a wrong diagnosis. When this occurs, a doctor may diagnose a patient who has a very serious ailment with something trivial or tell them they’re perfectly fine. This results in a worsening of their symptoms and condition because the underlying […]
Wisconsin Could be Next State to Declare Malpractice Damage Caps Unconstitutional
An issue that bears similarity to what happened right here in Florida is now up for debate in Wisconsin. At issue: whether or not caps on non-economic damages (pain and suffering) in medical malpractice lawsuits are constitutional or not. In June of 2017, Florida’s State Supreme Court voted to put an end to certain caps […]
