Medical Malpractice Blog

Last month, a jury in Berks County, Pennsylvania concluded a week-long trial involving a medical malpractice claim against an emergency room physician and local hospital. The case was troubling and emotionally potent, but the parents of a three-month-old girl were...

When it comes to preventable injuries suffered by patients, some of the most common include infections. With amazing improvements in medical science and the healthcare industry, medical providers have placed tremendous emphasis on reducing hospital-acquired infections with the utmost efficiency....

A 43-year-old house painter from Los Angeles was recently awarded nearly $58 million dollars in compensation after a beating from a security guard left him severely brain damaged and deformed. In April 2010, Antonio Lopez Chaj was involved in an...

In a pivotal ruling in Maryland on Tuesday, the Court of Appeals ruled that the issue of contributory negligence should be addressed by the General Assembly, rather than the court that created the doctrine. The decision came during Coleman v....

A jury in Philadelphia decided that Pottstown Memorial medical Center was completely responsible for a serious birth injury. According to the jury, a child developed quadriplegic cerebral palsy after she failed to receive enough oxygen because doctors delayed her delivery....

Dr. Wilson was recently cited as a source in an edition of ED Legal Letter™. In the article, he provided insightful information about medical-legal cases and expert witnesses. The article, entitled “Drug Misadventures: Medical-Legal Cases and Caveats for the Emergency...

What is the biggest killer in the United States? Heart disease. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), almost a million people have a heart attack each year, and over six hundred thousand people die annually from various types...

The seriousness of a spinal cord injury cannot be overstated. The spinal cord is the central nervous system’s highway for communicating messages between the brain and the rest of the body. It is surrounded by a series of bones called...

Anesthesia is the medical procedure by which a person undergoing surgery is rendered insensitive to the pain of the procedure. Local or regional anesthesia involves the temporary removal of sensation from the area being operated upon. General anesthesia puts the...

Missing a diagnosis of appendicitis can be a fatal mistake, as happened a few years ago to a six-year- old English boy named Jesse Jones. A series of doctors and nurses continually misdiagnosed his illness as a “stomach bug” or...