By the time you receive a settlement or damages for an injury caused by medical malpractice, your insurance company has likely already paid for medical treatment related to your injuries. If it's then proven that someone else caused those injuries, the insurance...
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What Kind of Expert is Needed for a Medical Malpractice Claim?
When you initiate a medical malpractice claim, you must have certification from a doctor in the same field that says that your claim is valid and that it's likely that your doctor violated the standard of care established in that field of medicine. But what other...
What’s the Most Common Kind of Medical Malpractice?
Misdiagnosis is the most common error that physicians make. In 2013, reporting by Kaiser Health News revealed that as many as 10 to 20 percent of cases are misdiagnosed, and that in one report, 28 percent of diagnostic mistakes lead to death or permanent injury.This...
Can I be given an experimental treatment without my consent?
Western medicine, both in the U.S. and abroad, has a dark history of experimenting with medical treatments and procedures on people without their consent. In most cases, the people being experimented on were disadvantaged or captive in some way, like individuals in...
What is a certificate of merit and why do I need one?
A certificate of merit is the result of medical malpractice tort reform. Tort reforms are laws that aim to reduce the number of frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits that clog the courts and raise insurance premiums for medical professionals. The certificate of merit...
Common Types of Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice comes in many forms. It can happen because of something a doctor did to you or didn't do to you. It can be because of something a doctor said or something they didn't say. That doesn't mean that everything a doctor does is potential for a...
Can You Sue for Malpractice After Being Injured by a Cruise Ship Doctor?
Cruise ships are like cities on the sea-cities that are not beholden to traditional U.S. laws. Cruise ships operate under maritime law, and this fact has enabled major cruise lines to avoid medical malpractice lawsuits when vacationers receive poor medical treatment...
Why Do I Need Expert Testimony in a Medical Malpractice Case?
One of the requirements in every medical malpractice case is testimony from a comparably trained doctor in the same field as the individual being sued. Medical malpractice is different from other cases in that a jury of your peers-that is, ordinary people-would not...
Can You Still File a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit if You Signed a Consent Form?
Informed consent is an idea that has been present in medicine since the fourteenth century. It simply means that before a patient has anything done to their body by anyone else, they should have a thorough understanding of the procedure, the risks and benefits and all...
Do I Need an Attorney if I only Have Minor Injuries?
Some people feel silly or dramatic or like they are taking advantage of the system if they talk to an attorney following a minor accident. But the fact is, if the accident was not your fault and the injury is going to cost you money, there's absolutely nothing...