Valleywide Legal Blog
Sometimes Doctors Bite Off More Than They Can Chew.
I recently read an interesting summary of a medical malpractice case in which the doctor overextended himself and one of his patients died. The lesson for doctors, which should apply to all the rest of us as well, is don’t … Read More
Infections and Medical Malpractice
I see a lot of prospective clients who became infected after a hospital stay or after a procedure in a doctor’s office. Sometimes the infection is relatively minor. Sometimes it is devastating. Sometimes it is fatal. I can’t do much … Read More
Posted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, blood infections, Hospitals, Infection, Lawsuits, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, Medical Negligence, Nurses, plaintiff, Sepsis | Big Malpractice Verdicts Rarely Last.
If you read the news reports about medical malpractice trials, you would be forgiven for believing that the sky is falling, that the inmates are running the asylum and that juries are going crazy making multi-million dollar awards in every … Read More
Posted in Doctors, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, plaintiff, Surgical Errors, Verdicts | State Medical Boards Continue To Fail The Public.
Every state has a medical board. While there are some differences from state to state, they are all alike in that their primary job is to protect the public from bad doctors. They have been failing at this job for … Read More
Posted in Arizona Medical Board, Doctors, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice lawsuits, medical malpractice lawyers, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Secrecy | Hospital Pricing Is Broken.
A recent study by the RAND Corporation discovered that hospitals across the United States charge private health insurers far more than they charge Medicare for the same services. The amount by which hospital bills exceed what they are paid by … Read More
