Wrongful death is a specific part of personal injury law pertaining to the loss of life due to negligence. Understanding what wrongful death is and how it works within the scope of law requires understanding negligence. Not every case where someone dies is a wrongful...
Emergency room errors, delayed diagnoses and surgical errors often result in pain but, in the worst instances, outright lead to death. These acts of medical malpractice leave families scrambling to adjust to a new reality without their loved one. If you have lost...
When someone you love dies unexpectedly, it is very difficult to process. When the death occurs due to the negligence of another person, it can add to the overall stress of the situation. You are not alone if all you can think about is how the death was needless and...
Doctor or hospital errors of one sort or another claim the lives of more than 250,000 people each year in New Mexico and around the country according to a 2016 study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This figure would make medical mistakes the third...
When someone dies prematurely due to another person's deliberate actions or negligence, that death is said to be "wrongful." In some cases, criminal authorities may get involved -- but when the death was an accident, the victim's survivors usually have to seek a...
The sudden loss of a loved one is a tragic situation. When you are faced with this, there isn't any telling exactly how you will deal with it. You have to be sure that you are taking care of yourself because you might be shocked at the wide range of emotions you feel....
The feeling of grief is one that is crushing after you lose a loved one in a tragic accident. One of the most important things that people might focus on after that loss is what happened to their loved one. For some, the reality is that the person died at the hands of...
Surgery comes with many risks. One of these is a pulmonary embolism. Because this is a known risk, doctors and other medical professionals should be watchful for signs of this occurring. When they aren't monitoring appropriately, there is a chance that the condition...
People who don't receive adequate or appropriate medical care when they seek it out might end up suffering harm. When the person survives the harm, he or she might decide to seek out compensation through a medical malpractice lawsuit. If the person dies as a result of...
A loved one's death is always hard to handle. When that death comes from issues with the medical care that your loved one received, the difficulty might be intensified. In these cases, you might opt to pursue a wrongful death claim in an effort to hold the person...
