Medical Malpractice

A man suffered a stroke following a chiropractic treatment and was brought to an emergency room for treatment. Strokes can occur when the neck-cracking process causes one of the arteries supplying blood to the brain to sever, resulting in internal blood loss. As a result, the man now suffers from “locked-in” syndrome, a terrible condition […]

A patient went for surgery to remove gallstones from his bile duct and ended up in a coma for 42 days. The doctor who performed the surgery was on probation at the time for killing another patient and had his hospital privileges suspended. The doctor lost an ensuing medical malpractice lawsuit to the tune of […]

Do you have a right to know whether or not your doctor injured or killed a previous patient? Right now, a battle is brewing in Congress over whether or not doctors and hospitals should be forced to disclose this information to the public. Democrats are advancing legislation that would make it easier for patients to […]

A Florida lawyer was caught on a cell phone call bragging about how he manipulated a jury to return a verdict in favor of the defense in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The plaintiffs contended that the doctor had nicked the victim’s colon resulting in sepsis and death. The family sued, but the defense team was […]

A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against a hospital and a star surgeon who is accused of being addicted to opioids. The surgeon was the subject of a Justice Department investigation involving illegal medical billing, assembly-line medicine, and the dangerous administration of anesthesia. Both the hospital and the doctor have denied the allegations. Most […]