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The Most Googled Medical Malpractice Questions

July 14, 2026

The top questions people search for using Google, along with direct answers to each, are outlined below: 1. How do you prove medical malpractice? To win a claim, a patient must satisfy four legal elements: 2. What are the most common examples of malpractice? According to legal data and search trends[...]

Some Ridiculous Medical Malpractice Laws – California, Indiana, West Virginia

October 7, 2024

California – Driver’s Personal Injury Claim Against Ambulance That Rear-Ended Him Is A Medical Malpractice Claim Francisco Gutierrez was driving on Interstate 280 when he was forced to stop. Shortly after Gutierrez stopped, Tostado, who was driving an ambulance, rear-ended him. At the ti[...]

Some Ridiculous Medical Malpractice Laws – Tennessee, Texas, Ohio

October 5, 2024

Tennessee In Tennessee, medical malpractice victims must prove: “(1) The recognized standard of acceptable professional practice in the profession and the specialty thereof, if any, that the defendant practices in the community in which the defendant practices or in a similar community at[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice?

August 9, 2024

“Medical malpractice” is defined by individual state laws in the United States – there is no universal or federal law regarding medical malpractice. One simple definition of “medical malpractice is “any act or omission by a physician during treatment of a patient that d[...]

Kansas Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case Against Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ

October 10, 2023

Jeannine Williams-Davidson underwent surgery to remove her left adrenal gland at Stormont-Vail Hospital. The surgeon who performed the operation misidentified her pancreas as her adrenal gland and removed a portion of the pancreas instead. Jeannine required further surgery and ongoing medical treatm[...]

Today’s 4,000th Consecutive Daily Blog (medicalmalpracticelawyers.com)

January 31, 2022

Today’s blog is our 4,000th consecutive daily blog. It is hard to believe that we have been posting daily blogs on this website for 4,000 days straight. The more we post blogs, the more we realize that medical malpractice in the United States remains a national tragedy, effecting not only the [...]

Utah Supreme Court Says Climbing Injury During Wilderness Hike Was Medical Malpractice Claim

August 5, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held in its opinion dated July 9, 2021, “We conclude that an injury sustained while climbing a rock formation during a “wilderness therapy” excursion can, depending on the circumstances, “relat[e] to or aris[e] out[...]

Florida Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Hospital Medical Malpractice Defendant Based On Apparent Agency

March 6, 2021

The District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fifth District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 5, 2021 that the medical malpractice defendant hospital (“Florida Hospital”) was not entitled to summary judgment for a surgeon’s allege[...]

Kansas Appellate Court Discusses Requirements For Medical Malpractice And Informed Consent Claims In Kansas

October 1, 2020

The Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas (“Kansas Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated September 25, 2020, discussed the requirements for medical malpractice claims and informed consent claims in Kansas. Kansas Medical Malpractice Claims To establish medical malpractice in Kansas, [...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Allows Medical Malpractice Plaintiff To Amend Her Complaint To Comply With Rule 9(j)

December 23, 2018

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held in its decision filed on December 4, 2018 that the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s medical malpractice complaint under Rule 9(j) and erred in denying her motion to amend. The Underlying N[...]

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Medical Review Panel Act Unconstitutional

November 16, 2018

In its opinion filed on November 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Kentucky Supreme Court”) held that the Kentucky Medical Review Panel Act that was enacted in 2017 “delays access to the courts of the Commonwealth for the adjudication of common-law claims. Chapter 216C viol[...]

Wrongful Pregnancy Medical Malpractice Claims

September 22, 2018

A wrongful pregnancy medical malpractice claim, which is sometimes called a wrongful conception claim, is brought by “parents of a normal but unplanned child [seeking] damages either from a physician who allegedly was negligent in performing a sterilization procedure or abortion, or from a pha[...]

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