5 Common Mistakes Made By Medical Malpractice Victims
Medical malpractice victims in the United States are too often unpleasantly surprised when they discover that they made their own mistakes that could cause their medical malpractice claims to become...
View Article5 Medical Malpractice Misperceptions
What constitutes medical malpractice and how medical malpractice is defined may differ from state to state in the United States. In general terms, medical malpractice occurs when a medical provider...
View ArticleHospital Rape Case Settled
A woman who was allegedly raped by a male certified nursing assistant in a Las Vegas, Nevada hospital in 2008 reached a confidential settlement of her lawsuit against the hospital on September 20, 2013...
View ArticleIdaho Medical Malpractice Supreme Court Decision Regarding Causation
In its lengthy opinion issued on February 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho (“Idaho Supreme Court”) discussed establishing causation in Idaho medical malpractice cases where there are...
View Article5 Things You Should Do If You Are Hurt By Medical Malpractice
Being harmed by medical malpractice is similar to being seriously injured as a result of a car accident that is not your fault - you cannot predict when it may happen to you, you are never prepared...
View ArticleU.S. Senator Boxer’s Office Issues “Medical Errors” Report
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s Office recently issued a report entitled “Medical Errors” that discusses “the most common and devastating medical errors.” In July 2013, Senator Boxer contacted Partnership...
View ArticleRhode Island Supreme Court Decides Claims Against Labs Are Not Medical...
In its decision dated May 2, 2014, the Rhode Island Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) held that the Rhode Island Legislature did not intend for negligence actions against medical laboratories to fall...
View ArticleNew Jersey Supreme Court Discusses Jury Instructions In Medical Malpractice...
On May 20, 2014, the Supreme Court of New Jersey (“Supreme Court”) discussed at length the required instructions to be given to a medical malpractice jury where a physician allegedly breached the duty...
View ArticleAnesthesiologist Sexting During Surgeries Has His License Suspended
The Washington State Department of Health, Medical Quality Assurance Commission, announced on June 9, 2014 that the medical license of a Washington anesthesiologist was immediately suspended as a...
View ArticleWisconsin Cap On Medical Malpractice Damages Leaves Parents Of Deceased...
The parents of a Wisconsin baby who died 10 days after birth may never know whether medical negligence was the cause of their baby’s death because Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in the amount...
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