Medical Malpractice Settlements - Medical Malpractice - Medical Negligence
Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under Law | Leave a Comment
Not
everyone can afford to spend dollars on pursuing their cases in courts. But,
lack of money should not become a deterrent in getting justice. That’s why
there are medical malpractice settlements
Principles Of Medical Malpractice Suits
Posted on April 19, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Medical Malpractice
Medical errors are a leading cause of death and injury nationwide. According to an article in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) (Vol 284, No 4, July 26th 2000) by Barbara Starfield, M.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, medical errors may be the third leading cause of death in the United States. Medical malpractice includes errors by a physician, a member of a hospital staff or other health care provider that occurs in a medical setting and results in injury to the patient. Malpractice may occur when a practitioner breaches the standard of care recognized and accepted by other practitioners in the same field. A critical component of a successful malpractice claim is determining the accepted standard of care, whether that standard was followed and, if not, whether failure to follow that standard caused the injury.
Read More..>>How Competent Is Your Surgeon?
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
A friend of mine was recently in the emergency room and was told that she needed an emergency appendectomy. Since her surgery was not scheduled, she was admitted to a room to wait her turn in the O.R. During this time I went to her home to pick a few things for her. While I was there, I decided to go on-line to see what I could find out about her surgeon.
What I discovered was alarming. The surgeon that was on call and assigned to her case had been sued, and settled, five medical malpractice lawsuits. My friend was in a lot of pain and I knew my telling her it might delay her surgery; but I felt she needed to know what I had discovered.
Read More..>>Medical Malpractice Menace
Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
It is quite alarming that those doctors who we expect to take good care of our health are those who are also prone to inflict us with much more catastrophic injuries. Medical errors happen in the United States at an increasing rate. These incidents have already victimized many individuals to suffer from various impairments and injuries or even death. More or less, there were 98,000 sick people die yearly due to medical malpractice or negligence. However, these mistakes should have been avoided if only our medical practitioners have exercised their duties well.
Among the errors that most negligent doctors perform are:
Read More..>>Find Out If You Have Grounds For A Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Posted on March 14, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
Medical Malpractice is defined as deviation from the accepted standards of medical practice such as rendering an experimental treatment to an individual or rendering a treatment incorrectly and creating a more damaging set of circumstances than those which previously were in existence.
Malpractice or poor practice of medicine can be provided by the physician, the hospital at large, a nurse or any other member of the health care team. No one at this point in time is unable to be sued for malpractice in their medical duties because they all have responsibilities to provide health care in a responsible and accurate manner.
Read More..>>Malpractice Law
Posted on March 11, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
There are many laws in our country that exist for our protection. When one of the laws has been found to be broken or misused there are lawyers who will protect the rights of the people involved. These lawyers and the court of law are going to determine how the law was broken and if monetary compensation is warranted. In order to understand the different laws you have to study them. Malpractice law is one of the most notable laws available. It is often referred to as medical malpractice. Malpractice law occurs when a person acts in a negligent manner when taking care of a problem. Malpractice can be the misuse of something, but more importantly it is usually medical malpractice that we are speaking about in regards to a medical condition.
Read More..>>How To Find A Florida Malpractice Lawyer
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
If you are one of those people that find themselves having to deal with a malpractice case, no doubt finding an excellent lawyer is going to be at the top of your list. This will be even more important to you if you live in Florida, where the amount of malpractice claims is quite a bit higher than in most other states. The amount of senior citizens in the region definitely contributes to the high amount of medical malpractice cases, but of course there are other factors involved as well.
Read More..>>How To Become A Medical Malpractice Lawyer In New York
Posted on March 1, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
There’s an old joke that asks “How do you get to Cargenie Hall?” The answer is “Practice.”
The same can be said for becoming a medical malpractice lawyer in New York.
My first boss, a well-known trial attorney in New York, told me one day after an exhausting and productive day, that trial lawyers are not born great trial lawyers. Rather, they must practice their trade day in and day out. Only through experience and practice can one become a truly good lawyer.
Becoming a lawyer
Read More..>>Managed Care Companies - Are Your Loved-ones Safe In Their Hands?
Posted on February 27, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
What are managed care companies?
A managed care company refers to any arrangement for health care in which an organization, such as a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), another type of doctor-hospital network, or an insurance company, acts an intermediary between the person seeking care and the physician.
Why we have managed care companies
From the middle 1980s to the present, health care costs have continued to rise at a great pace. The health care industry was unable to maintain manageable medical care costs. This led to the creation of managed care, in which third-party payers try to limit costs by managing your access to health care.
Read More..>>Medical Malpractice - A Battle Of The Experts
Posted on February 25, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The law in Virginia requires that, in most cases, the patient must have credible medical experts testify on their behalf at trial in order to be successful. The fact that the patient suffered a tragic and unexpected or unexplained outcome is not sufficient to prove the case. At Frith Law Firm we are “experts” at finding experts. After we have closely reviewed our client’s medical records we conduct our own research of the available medical literature to learn every step of the surgical procedure or treatment of the disease at issue. Throughout the many years of our experience in the area of medical malpractice, we have established a working relationship with numerous nurse and physician experts throughout the United States. We have worked with experts from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, California, Georgia, and Rhode Island among other states. These experts work and teach at some of the most prestigious medical schools in the United States including:
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