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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[...]

Medical Errors – Part I

December 4, 2024

One study reported that approximately 400,000 hospitalized patients experience some preventable harm each year, while another estimated that >200,000 patient deaths annually were due to preventable medical errors. Moreover, medical errors have a high cost, with some experts estimat[...]

When Is A Mistake Considered Medical Malpractice?

September 14, 2024

Everyone makes mistakes sometimes – you miss your turnoff on the highway; you leave your cellphone on the table at a restaurant; a dark sock is put in the washing machine with a load of whites; etc. Many mistakes merely cause temporary inconvenience or result in an uncomfortable laugh. Other m[...]

Washington Supreme Court Holds Informed Consent Claim Cannot Be Based Solely On Misdiagnosis

August 26, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 2, 2022, “This case addresses the difference between two claims that arose from the same accident and that were based on the same medical care: a medical malpractice claim and a failure [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Law Firm In Legal Malpractice Case Involving Underlying Medical Malpractice Case

July 22, 2022

On May 6, 2022, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Sixth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) affirmed summary judgment for a law firm that the plaintiff alleged committed legal malpractice in representing her in a medical malpractice case, holding, “plaintiff did not [...]

Why Can’t I Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer?

August 14, 2020

There are too many victims of medical malpractice in the United States who won’t obtain fair compensation for their injuries. Some people may not recover adequate damages because of unrealistic and inadequate caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases in their state (for example,[...]

“Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson”

March 9, 2020

On February 4, 2020, a report entitled “Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson” (“Report”) was printed pursuant to an order of the U.K. House of Commons. Ian Paterson, the subject of the Report, had graduated from medical school in the U.K. in 19[...]

New Mexico Federal Appellate Court Rules Legal Malpractice Case Arising From Medical Malpractice Case Was Filed Too Late

February 1, 2020

In its opinion filed on January 6, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held that the plaintiff in a legal malpractice lawsuit filed against her former New Mexico medical malprtactice lawyer for his alleged failure to timely name a de[...]

Why Can’t I Find A Medical Malpractice Lawyer To Help Me?

December 8, 2019

“Why can’t I find a medical malpractice lawyer to help me?” It is often difficult to find medical malpractice attorneys on your own to help you with your medical malpractice claim – not every instance of medical malpractice, no matter how obvious, will result in the victim be[...]

How To Avoid Becoming A Medical Malpractice Victim – Part IV: A Second Opinion May Be Your Best Friend (And Save Your Life)

October 2, 2018

We receive medical malpractice inquiries all the time from medical malpractice victims who suffered serious and permanent harm as a result of medical negligence who may have avoided their life-long suffering and immense medical bills if they had only listened to the little voice in their head tellin[...]

How To Avoid Becoming A Medical Malpractice Victim – Part II: Get Your Medical Records, Read Them Carefully, And Get Them Corrected, If Necessary

September 27, 2018

Victims of medical malpractice are most often harmed through no fault of their own. Yet some of the victims of medical negligence may have avoided their serious injuries if they had requested and obtained a copy of their medical records, read them carefully for accuracy, and requested necessary corr[...]

North Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Lower Appellate Court, Finding That Plaintiff’s Claim Was Medical Malpractice, Not Ordinary Negligence

September 26, 2018

The Supreme Court of North Carolina, in it’s two-page opinion filed on August 17, 2018, “agree[d] that the majority at the Court of Appeals erred when it converted plaintiff’s claim of medical malpractice into a claim of ordinary negligence … We therefore reverse the decision of [...]

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