Five True Examples of Birth Injury Malpractice
Nearly one out of one thousand babies born each year in the United States will be the victim of a traumatic brain injury. Birth injury malpractice c...
Three Real Life Case Studies of Surgical Mistakes
Surgical mistakes can result in serious medical complications. Sometimes it can prove fatal. Surgical mistakes amount to medical malpractice and vic...
3 True Cases of Appendectomy Surgery Malpractice
An appendectomy surgery is the surgical procedure necessary to remove a patient’s appendix. An individual’s appendix must be removed if ...
Examples of a Good Medical Malpractice Case
What is an example of medical malpractice? The stereotypical example would be "foreign object" malpractice--a surgeon leaves a clamp or other device...
Misdiagnosis of Cancer
Cancer is among the leading causes of death in the United States, and is expected to kill over half a million US residents in 2009. Timely discovery...
Misdiagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death in the U.S. and worldwide. It is commonly thought that only men need to worry about CAD, b...
Misdiagnosis of Heart Attack and Malpractice Suits
Any failure on a doctors part to diagnose a potentially catastrophic heart disease which then leads to a heart attack may be grounds for a medical m...
Unauthorized Dental Practice
A dentist and a dental hygienist must possess a license from the licensing board in the state in which they seek to practice dentistry. Each state...
Examples of Medical Malpractice
Determining whether or not a case of medical negligence is “meritorious”, or valid in a legal sense, requires breaking down the details of the c...
Healthcare Litigation and Lawsuits
In the complex health care delivery system now existing in this country, litigation can arise in many, many, many contexts. As an example health c...
Why Cosmetic Cases Rarely Win
If you have received cosmetic surgery and you’re unhappy with the results, it can be a terrible thing to have to deal with. You may even feel tha...
Dental Treatment Mistakes
The most common dental error or act of professional malpractice is improper performance. Forty five percent of malpractice claims will involve som...
Do I Have a Medical Malpractice Case?
Though the term medical malpractice is used frequently in the American lexicon, many individuals do not have a firm grasp of what does and what does...
Types of Medical Malpractice Cases
A large number of medical malpractice cases reach the civil court system annually; however, the following three forums of medical malpractice contai...
Delay in Cancer Diagnosis
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is a life changing event. However, if the cancer was misdiagnosed or not diagnosed in a timely manner by a phy...
Hospital Emergency Room Errors
Hospital emergency rooms are visited by nearly 100 million people per year in the United States. The enormous volume of patients in critical condi...
