Medical malpractice is a complex legal issue. There are thousands of these cases filed every year against nurses, doctors, other health care practitioners and medical facilities. Those affected by medical malpractice can benefit from understanding more about the ways...
When you entrust your health to a licensed medical professional in Texas or elsewhere, you can expect to receive quality care and treatment. Stringent regulations and safety standards are in place to help keep you safe, especially if you have a surgical procedure, are...
Following a tragic incident, which led to the injuries of a resident, a nursing home has been cited and now faces further investigations. A 78-year-old man jumped from a window of the facility. This incident happened late in the evening on the day the patient was...
A traumatic birth experience has left a child with permanent neurological damage. The father is now suing the hospital for medical negligence. He claims that the hospital failed to provide proper care during and after the birth, which led to extensive and...
Medical errors account for around 250,000 deaths each year across the nation. Most of those errors are preventable. Whether it is a misdiagnosis, an error in medication, or failure to diagnose a medical condition, patients should not have to worry about serious injury...
A neurosurgeon is facing a medical malpractice lawsuit for his involvement in a car crash that killed a medical student last year. The victim of the crash was a passenger in the vehicle driven by the prominent neurosurgeon. Not only is he facing manslaughter charges,...
As our San Antonio legal blog readers know, misdiagnosis of cancer is one of the most common reasons for medical malpractice lawsuits. In most cancer misdiagnosis cases, there’s a failure to diagnose cancer – a patient has a form of cancer, but the doctor misreads the...
When you go to the doctor or are sick enough to need to visit the emergency room, you hope getting medical help will put you on the path to recovery. You want your doctor to find out what is causing your illness and help you feel better soon. However, doctors...
You may have felt relieved when you were able to help your elderly parent transition to a Texas nursing home. You no doubt worried about the change as well. Knowing that you can’t be with your loved one 24/7, you have to have a certain amount of trust for his or her...
A man filed a lawsuit against a U.S. Veterans’ Administration medical center. Though not filed in Texas, the claim was pursued after the veteran in question suffered a serious infection following a hernia operation. The surgery took place in 2015, after which the...