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Medical malpractice lawsuits often center around avoidable medical errors. Common examples of medical malpractice are when a surgeon amputates the wrong limb during surgery or a pharmacist dispenses the incorrect medication, creating adverse side effects. However, you can also recover compensation in a medical malpractice case for a doctor’s failures rather than their actions. Medical...
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Healthcare providers are meant to protect the health of their patients — not cause further harm to them. Yet doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals are human beings, and sometimes, they make mistakes. Sometimes those accidents are harmless, while other times, they can be life-altering or even fatal. When a healthcare worker injures you,...
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Recovering compensation after a medical error begins with finding an experienced medical negligence lawyer who is willing to take on your case. Most medical negligence lawyers offer an initial free consultation, which means that you have one chance to present the evidence that will allow a lawyer to decide whether they believe they can recover...
nurses after a surgery that went wrong, causing medical malpractice. Closeup of surgical station
Healthcare providers are responsible for the health and safety of their patients. Generally, healthcare providers monitor patients’ health and safety in a diligent and professional manner. Sometimes, however, mistakes and accidents do happen. When you’re injured through the improper actions of a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or another healthcare professional, you can find yourself dealing with...
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You trust your doctor and health care team to provide you and your family with competent and compassionate medical care. When you leave the doctor’s office, hospital, or urgent care center and begin feeling worse within days, weeks, or even months later, or have a condition that you simply don’t believe was treated adequately or...
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The emergency room of your local hospital is a busy place. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 130 million people visit the emergency room annually. Of those visits, 35 million are for injuries. About 12 percent of all emergency room visits lead to hospital admission. People go to the emergency...
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Often, injury victims find out that their once valid claims for compensation are now invalid because they waited too long to take action. Time limits exist for most legal actions in California due to the effects that time can have on the pursuit of justice and compensation.  What if you are the victim of medical...
Retired old woman wearing protection mask signing for discharge. Modern private hospital or clinic. Healthcare medical physician consultation during COVID-19 global crisis, healthcare problem
For many people, their local hospital is where they receive their primary health care. Hospital emergency rooms are an especially favored treatment option by individuals who do not have insurance or do not have an established relationship with a doctor.  Like a private doctor’s office, the medical personnel of a hospital must render reasonable care...
Psychotherapist with Female Mental Health Patient. Psychotherapy Concept
Caring for a patient’s mental health is just as important as caring for their physical needs. As such, mental health care providers must treat their patients with the same high degree of care that physicians and other healthcare providers exercise with regard to other illnesses. Failure to do so can lead to serious liability for...
medical malpractice cases in california
Just when you think you have seen it all, you read or hear about someone’s medical malpractice lawsuit and the facts of their case. You are left speechless, wondering how such a grievous error could have happened. As a result, you may be apprehensive about visiting the doctor for a checkup or procedure. And then...
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