Medical Malpractice Blog

When gastric bypass surgery began to grow in popularity during the 1990s, it did not do so quietly. From 1990 to 2000, the annual rate of bariatric surgeries in the United States increased 600 percent, and has continued to rise....

When you are ill and you seek out the advice of a skilled healthcare professional, the last thing that you expect is to wind up worse off than before you sought medical treatment. But mistakes do happen and injuries do...

Most people admitted to a hospital find themselves overwhelmed by countless anxieties. But for most of us, suffering harm from robots while in the hospital is pretty low on that anxiety list. Maybe it should be higher. Many modern hospitals...

A report published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association confirms what many of us have suspected for years: the American medical system performs far too many tests on its patients. But blame for the problem...

Most medical malpractice cases hinge on expert witness testimony. Most times there simply is no other way to prove negligence or fault on the part of a doctor. After all, the lawyers, the judge, and the members of the jury...

Risk is part of any medical procedure, and patients have the right to refuse certain treatments and procedures if they feel they are too risky. The concept, known as informed consent, gives doctors the legal responsibility to inform patients about...

Malpractice law does not just apply to doctors. Any medical professional who harms a patient through acts of negligence or carelessness opens themselves up to malpractice claims, including nurses. That said, the role a nurse plays in the healthcare process...

It is common knowledge that the cost of medical malpractice insurance across the nation climbed steadily in recent years. In higher cost states like Florida, for example, a doctor of internal medicine probably pays over $56,000 each year in malpractice...

Tort reform is frequently touted by political candidates across the country as a means to rein in health care costs that many perceive as spiraling out of control. Many pundits on both sides of the aisle feel certain that capping...

The hallmark of a quality attorney is his or her commitment to ethics. Attorneys should hold themselves to the highest standards of ethics and principles, and those who choose not to should face consequences. Take a recent medical malpractice case...