Category Archives: Medical Malpractice
Recovering Damages for Injuries Caused by Anesthesia Errors
While many people associate medical malpractice claims with surgical errors, a surprising number of these cases are actually based on mistakes made while administering anesthesia. For help filing your own claim against the health care facility that made an error during your own procedure, please contact one of our dedicated Fort Lauderdale medical malpractice… Read More »
Liability for Failing to Transfer Patients
Seeking medical treatment for a serious health issue is not always as easy as going to the family doctor and undergoing an examination. Instead, most patients who suffer from serious medical conditions are required to see specialists, visit testing facilities and labs, or receive treatment at other facilities. For this reason, when providing care,… Read More »
Dangerous Errors when Filling Prescriptions
When people think of medical malpractice they often imagine botched surgeries, in which a doctor leaves a surgical tool inside a person’s body, or a physician who fails to recognize obvious signs of a serious medical condition in time to provide treatment. While this kind of conduct is considered medical malpractice and does occur… Read More »
What is Doctor Fatigue?
As new advances are made in the medical field, doctors are able to see more patients than ever before. Unfortunately, case loads can sometimes become oppressive, leading doctors to suffer from fatigue. In fact, a study recently published by the Mayo Clinic and led by the Stanford University School of Medicine revealed that more… Read More »
Surgical Site Infections
When people hear the term medical malpractice, they often imagine cases involving obvious misdiagnosis or a botched surgical operation. While this type of negligence can and does occur, medical malpractice actually covers a much wider range of conduct. For instance, one of the most common legal claims raised by injured patients is that their… Read More »
Injuries Resulting from Medication Errors
Prescription medications save millions of lives every year. Unfortunately, when medications are mis-prescribed or improperly dispensed, they can also cause serious injury and even death. While physicians who make mistakes when prescribing medications and pharmacists who dispense the incorrect or wrong amounts of a medication can be held liable for resulting injuries, these types… Read More »
The Dangers of Late Diagnosis
According to the Institute of Medicine, as many as 12 million people, or about five percent of those who seek outpatient care, are given a diagnosis that is either wrong or late. While some of these errors are easily corrected and do not cause any long-term health complications for patients, many have devastating consequences…. Read More »
Informed Consent
Even relatively minor medical procedures can be dangerous to perform, as patients could suffer from unknown side effects or react negatively to anesthesia. Because there is always a risk of injury in these situations, hospitals require patients who are undergoing non-emergency surgery to sign a consent form, acknowledging the risks. However, because so much… Read More »
Collecting Compensation for Birth Injuries
Most people associate medical malpractice cases with botched surgeries or misdiagnoses. However, the reality is that thousands of people sustain preventable injuries when they are born. Fortunately, those who suffer injuries because of a physician’s error can collect compensation for their losses, even if the mistake occurred during a person’s pregnancy or during the… Read More »
Collecting Compensation for Surgical Errors
Medical malpractice law covers a wide range of accidents, including pharmacy errors, misdiagnosis, and anesthesia mistakes. However, one of the most common sources of medical malpractice claims in Florida is actually surgical error, in which a patient sustains a serious injury as a result of a doctor’s mistake during surgery. Of all the types… Read More »
