Medical malpractice

If you recently underwent surgery, and your surgeon performed a medical error, you may be able to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against them. Here are four common surgical errors that often lead to successful medical malpractice lawsuits. #1 Wrong Procedure One of the more common surgical errors is having the wrong procedure performed on you. This can occur for a variety of reasons. Perhaps your initial doctor diagnosed your incorrectly, and sent you in for a procedure that you didn’t need or that didn’t correctly treat your symptoms. In this case, you would want to file a medical malpractice suit against the doctor that sent you in for the procedure as well as the doctor that did the procedure without checking to see if it was right for you. This could also happen due to a miscommunication between the doctor who prescribed the surgery and the…

against for a medical malpractice case. While investigating his case the F.B.I. found over one thousand pictures of his patients he has assisted throughout his career. Later in the investigation they found out that Dr. Levy used a pen like device to capture his many picture. Thinking that this pen like object…

Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Medical Malpractice is becoming a major issue for healthcare providers. Certainly, there are legitimate concerns on each side of side of the debate. The cost of malpractice insurance and the threat of being sued influences doctors. This could be a reason why more and more doctors are becoming more cautious and performing tests and procedures that may not be necessary in the patients diagnose. But because of the fear of being sued they are being extra cautious…

Considering A Lawsuit Against A Dentist For Malpractice? Consider These 3 Things Have you been suffering from serious damage or pain after you had a procedure performed at the dentist? Are you feeling like the dentist that worked with you was negligent with how they treated your problem? You may be considering a lawsuit against them for medical malpractice. Malpractice can happen with dentists in the same way it happens with doctors. When serious cases of malpractice are ruled on in court, it…

potentially result in a deadly consequence. For most healthcare providers, the mere thought of an unintentional medical mistake resulting in a medical malpractice litigation triggers a state of anxiety. In the article, A Mistake or Medical Malpractice?, Ms. Latner highlights this concern by describing an actual occurrence involving a medical mistake, the response to the mistake, and the resulting outcome (Latner, 2014). As healthcare professionals, we have an ethical and professional duty to…

liable for medical malpractice if his breach of a statutory duty to diagnose properly caused BD. To determine whether he has breached his duty as a doctor, the court will ask several questions that must collectively, not singularly, satisfy the court. In medical malpractice cases, a breach occurs when the D fails to take reasonable care that a medical professional in the same position would. The actions and omissions of Shakir will be judged against those of other doctors in the community. In…

over the nation your pet(s) may have been subjected to malpractice while in their care. So according to the article Crimes against Animals: “In Washington DC, the Washington Humane Society (WHS) is the only Congressionally-chartered animal welfare agency in the United States.” In recent years the corruption in veterinary hospitals has been on the rise due to lack of professionalism and money-hungry vets. Grooming salons have also been subjected to malpractice when leaving an animal in the dryer…

Civil medical malpractice litigation is common, but physicians weren’t usually criminalized and punished. Nowadays more physicians are facing prosecution for health care mistakes. Physician- assisted suicide is on the rise now and they are illegal along with attempts to prolong lives. The system has physicians afraid to pursue some techniques and treatments for fear of malpractice suit against them. Physicians should be prosecuted if treatment involved was no benefit and outside of appropriate…

Richard Selzer said “If people understood that doctors weren’t divine, perhaps the odor of malpractice might diminish.” (n.d.). Medical malpractice and tort reform is a much debated topic and one that has not reached an equitable solution. The elements that a medical malpractice claim requires to be a valid claim will be reviewed, in addition examining the difference between a medical malpractice and negligence. Further, defenses to a medical malpractice claim will be put forth and possible…

Medical malpractice lawsuits are increasingly becoming a common feature in the medical field in recent times. This to majority of physicians is a nightmare because most of them, or any other medical practitioners, do not anticipate a situation in their medical career where they will be sued by the same patients they swear to assist in their admission to the medical fraternity. However, despite this increased awareness of medical negligence by medical practitioners on the part of the public,…