When patients count on doctors to perform medical procedures and handle their care, they are putting their trust in those professionals. When things go amiss with medical care, patients can suffer greatly. In some cases, this might lead to the patient filing a medical...
Medical errors that harm or kill are simply unacceptable
Some medical errors don't cause any serious issues for the patient, but others are harmful or even deadly. When a patient is harmed due to a doctor's errors, there isn't ever an acceptable excuse for why the incident occurred. We are ready to help you take action to...
Don’t fall victim to preventable medical errors
Medical errors are an atrocity, especially those that are preventable. When you are a patient, you can take steps to help prevent these errors from occurring. One issue is that many patients don't feel comfortable speaking up when it seems like they are taking a...
Know when to seek compensation for medical malpractice
We recently discussed how it is difficult to spot medical malpractice in some instances. If you are under a doctor's care and feel that your case isn't being handled properly, you might want to have it evaluated. This could help you determine if there is an element of...
Medical malpractice isn’t always easy to spot
When you see headlines about medical malpractice, what might follow is a case that is so horrific that the malpractice was easy to spot by anyone. Certainly, these cases do make good reads, but you mustn't fall into thinking that all medical malpractice is dramatic,...
Oncologist has license suspended, patients left in limbo
People who have cancer expect that they will get the care they need from the oncologists and other people who are on their care team. When this doesn't happen, the cancer might advance or the person might be left feeling miserable when he or she should have been able...
Doctors errors are sometimes for profit
In our recent blog post, we discussed the case of a dentist who was accused of rendering treatments that weren't necessary. While this might seem like a unique case, it really isn't. Some medical professionals put profits before patients and do things like this....
Albuquerque dentist is sued for rendering unnecessary treatment
The New Mexico Dental Board recently fined an Albuquerque area dentist $10,000 for records mishandling and legal fees associated with him having performed a number of nonessential dental procedures and then billing patients overpriced fees for them. The dentist is...
$14.9 million malpractice verdict for paralyzed woman
In 2013, a then-57-year-old woman was given an epidural injection while at The Surgery Center in Lone Tree, Colorado. The center focuses on same-day surgery care. The drug given was Kenalog, a corticosteroid. Two years prior, the manufacturer of Kenalog,...
The Dangers of Unnecessary Cardiac Stents
Cardiac disease is dangerous and life-threatening. Therefore, it's understandable that when a physician suggests surgical intervention to treat a heart problem, you and your loved ones take the recommendation under serious advisement. Most patients aren't experts on...