Medical malpractice | February 7, 2017 Doctors prescribe medications in the hope of saving or improving lives. Tragically, medications can lead to serious medical issues or even death. In some cases, it is due to a doctor prescribing the wrong medication or a nurse administering the wrong dose. In others,…
Medical malpractice | January 26, 2017 In recent years, there’s been a push toward mediation over litigation in just about every area of civil law — and medical malpractice is no exception. Advocates of mediation over litigation for medical malpractice say that it promotes communication and can change the perspectives…
Medical malpractice | January 20, 2017 There’s a lot of negative political press these days about medical malpractice claims suggesting that juries are just handing out ridiculously high settlements. Do these arguments have merit? According to several decades of studies on the subject: no. Doctors are sympathetic defendants and tend…
Medical malpractice | December 23, 2016 Nursing home abuses can stay hidden for years — often coming to light only when something serious happens to a resident who has family members who won’t let the case rest or a conscientious employee finally has enough and steps forward. For example, two…
Medical malpractice | November 23, 2016 It shouldn’t have been hard to figure out that there was something seriously wrong with the 50-year-old man who presented in Winfield’s Central DuPage Hospital one night back in 2012. He was suffering from a headache, neck pain, vomiting, and disorientation. While it’s unclear…
Medical malpractice | October 20, 2016 A recent study has determined that the quality of outpatient care in the United States has generally not improved over the past 10 years. A growing awareness of the frequency of medical mistakes has led to numerous programs designed to improve patient safety and…
Medical malpractice | October 6, 2016 College sports teams travel all around the country for events. The issue with this is that there isn’t any legal clarification that provides protections for team doctors who are traveling with the team. A recent bill passed the United States House of Representatives that…
Medical malpractice | August 11, 2016 Medical malpractice comes in many forms, as all it takes is negligence for a doctor to breach the duty of care that is owed to you as a patient. That said, there are trends with this issue, and many cases fall into a few…
Medical malpractice | July 18, 2016 People make mistakes when they get tired. Fatigue is a known safety hazard in many industries. One of the reasons for establishing the 40-hour work week was to cut down on the number of fatal workplace accidents. The Fair Labor Standards Act codified this…
Medical malpractice | June 14, 2016 Sometimes, it feels like doctors don’t want you to give them any more details. They just ask you questions that can be answered with a simple yes or no, when you really want to talk about how something happened or why it happened. Below…