Category: Medical Malpractice

Medical Malpractice

Chester v Afshar is an English tort law case regarding medical negligence and the importance …

Medical Malpractice

Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee is an English tort law case based on the …

Medical Malpractice

Unnecessary Surgery Multiple lawsuits have been initiated against three cardiologists and a hospital in Northwest …

Medical Malpractice

When a doctor or medical professional presents themselves as competent in their abilities, their patients …

Medical Malpractice

At Wilson Kehoe Winingham, we are dedicated to restoring the lives of our personal injury …

Medical Malpractice

Medical records include exactly what you expect—a record of a patient’s health and medical history. …

Medical Malpractice

Anesthesia is a type of medication that prevents patients from feeling pain during surgery or …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice laws are in place to legally protect patients who have been harmed by …

Medical Malpractice

The nerves in your body play a crucial role in your body’s function. In fact, …

Medical Malpractice

The best part about a hospital stay is when you finally get to go back …

Medical Malpractice

What do you think about when you hear the term medical malpractice? Things like rising …

Medical Malpractice

Expert witnesses are key parts of many personal injury cases, including and especially medical malpractice …

Medical Malpractice

When you, your child, or another member of your family has been injured by negligence …

Medical Malpractice

Blood transfusions are a common process where a patient receives blood through an intravenous line—so …

Medical Malpractice

Surgical errors—such as operating on the wrong site or leaving an object in a patient’s …

Medical Malpractice

Pulmonary embolisms—also referred to as deep vein thrombosis or venous thromboembolism—are dangerous and require immediate …

Medical Malpractice

Doctors have a responsibility to provide their patients with the best possible care, but if …

Medical Malpractice

Pharmaceutical drugs can work wonders when you’re sick or injured, both in the long-term and …

Medical Malpractice

Chiropractic injuries are rare, but when they occur, they often have devastating consequences. If they …

Medical Malpractice

Hospital scenes in movies or on TV shows often have one thing in common: an …

Medical Malpractice

If you need urgent medical care, where do you go? The nearest emergency room (ER). …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice refers to negligent treatment of a patient by a healthcare provider, such as …

Medical Malpractice

Have you been a victim of medical malpractice? There are several steps to filing a …

Medical Malpractice

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause …

Medical Malpractice

Some of the most important things that a patient needs to be aware of in …

Medical Malpractice

Filing a medical malpractice claim in Indiana can be a stressful and time-consuming experience. In …

Medical Malpractice

Anesthesia is a broad term for the drugs used during surgeries and painful medical procedures …

Medical Malpractice

On July 1, 2017, tweaks to Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act (MMA) take effect. It will …

Medical Malpractice

All surgeries include some level of risk, and surgeons are not immune to human error. …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare professional fails to provide a standard level of care …

Medical Malpractice

Medicine isn’t an exact science, and neither are medical malpractice cases. In general, when a …

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals can make mistakes, causing harm to their patients. Certain mistakes are unacceptable, while …

Medical Malpractice

If you listen to some elected officials in Washington, you might think that there’s a …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice and medical negligence occur when healthcare providers fail to do everything in their …

Medical Malpractice

Cancer is a terrible disease, and medicine is not an exact science. Unfortunately, this can …

Medical Malpractice

A medical malpractice lawsuit is no walk in the park. These cases are complex affairs …

Medical Malpractice

If you or someone you love has been hurt as a result of medical treatment, …

Medical Malpractice

What if you found out that the information you shared during the course of medical …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice and medical negligence are different but very much related in that medical malpractice …

Medical Malpractice

A Goshen man injured on the job in 2005 finally won justice after an Indiana …

Medical Malpractice

Earlier this summer, a massive bribery case ongoing in New Jersey rumbled along as a …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice happens when a healthcare provider fails to provide adequate care to their patient—either …

Medical Malpractice

When seeking medical treatment, a patient’s expectation is always to receive the best care. Physicians …

Medical Malpractice

A statute of limitations is the length of time you have to file a medical …

Medical Malpractice

In medical malpractice cases—as well as in other types of personal injury lawsuits—damages is a …

Medical Malpractice

How secure is your healthcare information? That’s a question a lot of people have been …

Medical Malpractice

With passage of a law in March of 2016, Indiana joined the list of states …

Medical Malpractice

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will impose financial …

Medical Malpractice

Do you know how medical malpractice awards are handled in Indiana? You might think that …

Medical Malpractice

When you choose a doctor, what criteria do you use? If you’re like most people, …

Medical Malpractice

A medical malpractice case can revolve around any number of different factors. Sometimes it’s about …

Medical Malpractice

Indiana is going to have to wait a little longer for reform to its medical …

Medical Malpractice

In a case that shows a disturbing lack of concern for human welfare, a woman …

Medical Malpractice

In a case her attorneys noted was largely about “accountability and responsibility,” a South Carolina …

Medical Malpractice

Which state was the first to pass medical malpractice reform legislation in 1975? Indiana. Indiana …

Medical Malpractice

Amendments to the statutes that control medical malpractice cases in Indiana have imposed some roadblocks to filing …

Medical Malpractice

Currently, Indiana caps the amount a victim of medical malpractice may be awarded at just …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice lawyers often have to wear two hats when meeting with clients who have potential …

Medical Malpractice

Knowledge is power, as the old saying goes, and that’s certainly true about medical malpractice. …

Medical Malpractice

When you have an illness, condition or injury, you will probably see a doctor for …

Medical Malpractice

As a rule, we look up to doctors and other medical professionals. They’re smart, hardworking …

Medical Malpractice

If you’re sick or injured, you visit a doctor and hope to feel better afterward. …

Medical Malpractice

Often, when you aren’t feeling well, you may wait for the illness to resolve itself …

Medical Malpractice

Many people may think that having a preexisting condition means that you can’t file a …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice can take many different forms. However, a man in Vienna, VA recently won …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice—negligence on the behalf of a healthcare professional that causes harm to a patient—is …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice occurs when a medical professional makes a mistake that causes a patient harm …

Medical Malpractice

Choosing a medical malpractice lawyer is a decision that will significantly impact the financial and …

Medical Malpractice

About once a week, Strand Analytical Laboratories finds an error with a biopsy specimen, including …

Medical Malpractice

Concierge medicine companies advertise excellent patient care and offer same-day appointments to patients for an …

Medical Malpractice

When negligence occurs at a hospital, patients or their families may be entitled to compensation …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is often equated with instances like botched surgeries or birth injuries, but it …

Medical Malpractice

One of the more expensive ballot initiative fights is taking place in California for the …

Medical Malpractice

A June 2014 article in Insurance Journal suggested that the Affordable Care Act, by changing …

Medical Malpractice

A jury in Milwaukee has awarded a woman $25.3 million in a medical malpractice case …

Medical Malpractice

A study by the Rand Corporation on the effects of the Affordable Care Act had …

Medical Malpractice

What should doctors do if they realize that a mistake has been made? Obviously, part …

Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is defined as improper, unskilled, or negligent treatment of a patient by a …

Medical Malpractice

Surgeries of all types come with a risk of error. If you are preparing for …

Medical Malpractice

A Virginia jury recently awarded $3.5 million to an 87-year-old woman who was reportedly hurt …

Medical Malpractice

Even though an estimated 98,000 people die each year as a result of medical mistakes …

Medical Malpractice

Last week, the Supreme Court of Missouri struck down a 2005 state law that limited …

Medical Malpractice

Appendectomies are commonly performed operations, and you would expect to pay virtually the same price …

Medical Malpractice

Since the April 2010 Gulf oil spill, there have been discussions among the public and …

Medical Malpractice

Healthcare reform and medical malpractice have become increasingly visible issues in the current political climate. …

Medical Malpractice

Thomson-Reuters released a report that indicates that the United States healthcare system wastes a staggering …

Medical Malpractice

A recent court decision may put Indiana’s stringent medical malpractice award limits to the test. …

Medical Malpractice

In 1975, the Indiana General Assembly passed the Indiana Malpractice Act, which defines malpractice as …