Valleywide Legal Blog

Improving Hospital Care

Anyone who has ever been a hospital patient or who has had a loved one in the hospital has seen errors in care.  They occur on almost a daily basis and they come in all shapes and sizes.  Modern medical … Read More

Posted in Arizona Medical Board, disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Nurses, Secrecy, Surgical Errors |

Settling The Wrongful Death Case

Most of the cases I handle involve significant and terrible injuries.  No case, however, involves more misery and sadness than a wrongful death case. I never get to meet the deceased person.  I meet the loved ones they left behind.  … Read More

Posted in Lawsuits, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice lawsuits, plaintiff, trial, Valuing Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases |

Malpractice Can Happen At Even The Best Hospitals

Two of the best hospitals in the United States made headlines in the bad way recently when they were called out for deaths following what should have been routine blood transfusions.  The two hospitals were the University of Texas MD … Read More

Posted in Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, never events, Nurses |

2018 Malpractice Payments

The National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) was established by Congress in 1986 to be a repository of information about malpractice payments and matters affecting the privileges and licensing of physicians and other health care professionals.  All malpractice payments made on … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Health Care Costs, Hospitals, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Case Value, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice claims, medical malpractice damages caps, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical malpractice lawyers, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, plaintiff, tort reform, Valuing Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases, Verdicts |

Passing the Malpractice Buck in Florida

By 2004, Florida voters had had enough.  They passed a constitutional amendment to stop bad doctors from continuing to malpractice.  The idea was a simple one:  If there there three instances of malpractice, a doctor would not be allowed to … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Lawsuits, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Secrecy, Surgical Errors, Verdicts |