Medical Malpractice

For people who have suffered a heart attack, cardiac stents can be life saving. The tube-shaped stent is used to restore blood flow to heart attack sufferers and opens up the arteries so they can continue to...

People who need medical care put their trust in doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers. When that trust is violated and a patient is injured because of a medical mistake or incompetence, there may be grounds for a...

There are always certain elements that need to be demonstrated in order to bring a successful malpractice action. For example, the treating doctor must have had a legal obligation to provide this medical care to this particular...

Daryoush Mazarei: Unfortunately, it is not unheard of for a surgeon to leave a piece of equipment inside of a patient after an operation has been completed. Even though there are procedures in place to prevent this, doctors are...

Imagine that you’re a patient going in for routine surgery. Now imagine that you’re one of 40 U.S. patients a week who awakens from anesthesia– only to find that your surgeon has operated on the wrong site. Say for example...

Normally when a person suffers an injury as a result of another person’s mistake or wrong doing, that injured party has the right to file a lawsuit. Sometimes, an injured party has a right to join a lawsuit that involves a large group of...

Tort reform is the name commonly given to a proposed solution to the rising healthcare costs in America. Some people believe that medical malpractice lawsuits are the main reason why the United States has such high...

Currently, there is no centralized system to report hospital or medical malpractice, and research indicates that reporting rates are very low. The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has proposed a new...

The skyrocketing cost of medical malpractice insurance premiums has changed the way many physicians practice medicine, prompting some to refuse certain patients with complex medical problems or to order unnecessary tests...

Despite efforts to mitigate their occurrence, medical errors by doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers result in a significant number of injuries and deaths every year. It’s important to note that not every treatment which...