Valleywide Legal Blog

Sepsis: The Waiting Killer

From time to time people ask me what is the most common form of medical malpractice I see.  I usually answer that there is no most common form and that there are many ways in which mistakes can be made.  … Read More

Posted in blood infections, Doctors, Hospitals, Infection, Medical Malpractice, Nurses, Sepsis, Surgical Errors |

Wrong Site Surgery – A Never Event

You may have heard about outrage over the recent report of a Kenyan physician performing brain surgery on the wrong patient.  You can read more about it here.   This is a pretty extreme example of a wrong site/wrong patient surgical … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, never events, Secrecy |

Never Events Just Keep On Happening.

The term “Never Event” was created in the early 2000’s to denote an event that should never occur in the presence of good medical care.  It is now used to describe events which are clear, which cause serious injury or … Read More

Posted in Arizona Medical Board, disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Health Care Costs, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, Medical Costs, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medicare, never events, Nurses, Prescription Errors, retained surgical instruments, Secrecy, Surgical Errors |

Being Sued for Malpractice? Blame the Patient.

One of the favorite defenses in the Medical Malpractice Defense Playbook is to blame the patient.  I see it in almost every case I bring on behalf of an injured patient.  It is a favorite defense because it works so … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, plaintiff |