When Are Hospitals Liable for Elder Abuse?

When Are Hospitals Liable for Elder Abuse?

Liability can be a complex matter, especially in the medical world. Most forms of medical care pose at least a small risk, so ethical healthcare facilities take care to receive informed consent from all patients before performing most procedures. As such, medical malpractice plaintiffs must demonstrate that they either did not consent to a procedure […]

Do California’s New Time-Limited Demand Rules Impact Your Medical Malpractice Claim?

Do California’s New Time-Limited Demand Rules Impact Your Medical Malpractice Claim?

As of January 1st, 2023, California has implemented new legislation to regulate time-limited demands in insurance claims. While time-limited demands have been used statewide for years, this is the first legislation specifically written to define and restrict how they may be used.  The legislation affects a wide variety of civil insurance claims, particularly those involving […]

Births More Deadly for Black Families Across All Income Levels

Births More Deadly for Black Families Across All Income Levels

It has long been understood that racial bias affects the quality of healthcare a person may receive. This is particularly easy to observe regarding maternal mortality rates. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Black mothers are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women. In addition, Black women […]

Hypoxic Brain Injuries: How They Impact Children

Hypoxic Brain Injuries: How They Impact Children

Infancy and childhood are critical times of mental development. Kids are constantly taking in information and learning new skills, and their brains are developing structures and pathways that will serve them for life.  That’s why childhood brain injuries can be so harmful. Children who suffer injuries to parts of the brain that are still developing […]

NFL Player Brings Medical Malpractice Lawsuit for Career-Ending Knee Surgery

NFL Player Brings Medical Malpractice Lawsuit for Career-Ending Knee Surgery

Sharrif Floyd, a former NFL defensive lineman, has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit targeting multiple healthcare insurance providers connected to his career-ending knee surgery.  In November 2018, Floyd first sued Dr. Andrews, the Andrews Institute Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC), and multiple other parties related to the surgery that caused permanent nerve damage in his knee, […]

Professional Negligence vs. Malpractice: What’s the Difference?

Professional Negligence vs. Malpractice: What’s the Difference?

Professionals have a responsibility to the people they serve to provide quality services and take a reasonable amount of care when performing their jobs. However, that’s not always what happens. If a professional neglects their responsibilities and harms someone, the person they hurt has a legal right to pursue compensation for their losses. However, the […]

When Adjustments Go Wrong: Understanding Chiropractic Medical Malpractice

When Adjustments Go Wrong: Understanding Chiropractic Medical Malpractice

Chiropractors can play important roles in helping people recover after accidents and keep their backs healthy. However, not every chiropractor is equally skilled. When bad chiropractors make mistakes, they can cause permanent harm and make existing injuries worse.  When this happens, it is known as chiropractic malpractice and may be grounds for legal action. Here […]

How Racial Bias May Lead to Medical Malpractice

How Racial Bias May Lead to Medical Malpractice

If there’s one industry you’d expect would be free of bias and discrimination, it would be medicine. Medical professionals are supposed to do no harm and help their patients live their best, healthiest lives. If they followed these guidelines, doctors, nurses, and other practitioners would give every person equal treatment according to their actual needs.  […]

Military Medical Malpractice Victims May Be Eligible for Shipboard Injuries

Proposed new legislation could expand military servicemembers’ rights to receive compensation for medical malpractice claims. The proposed bill, titled the Seaman Danyelle Luckey Military Medical Accountability Amendment Act of 2022 (the Luckey Act), would grant servicemembers the right to pursue compensation for injuries caused by negligent medical care while aboard ships.  The bill is named […]

Are Gag Orders Making Medical Errors More Common?

Word of mouth is a fundamental part of how people make decisions. You probably consider reviews and the opinions of people you trust when choosing where to eat, what to buy, and who should do your taxes. Bad reviews are just as important as good ones because they give you insight into the items and […]