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Why I Couldn’t Take Your Medical Malpractice Case.

I had the opportunity recently to speak with a woman who believed she had been the victim of medical malpractice in connection with a repair of her hip. She had sent me a detailed description of what had happened to … Read More

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How to Value a Medical Malpractice Case

The ultimate question in any medical negligence case is “What’s it worth?”  So how do you value a medical malpractice case?  The answer is “It’s complicated.”  I am hired to obtain a sum of money which fairly compensates those who … Read More

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Should Doctors be Tattletales?

Medical mistakes kill over 400,000 people each year.  Ethically and morally, health care providers are obligated to tell patients when they make mistakes, but, of course, not all of them do.  For example, physicians detect medical errors all the time, but often there … Read More

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It’s Not The Lawyers Who Are Greedy

It seems like every day I read about a doctor or a medical group blaming the high cost of medical care or the high cost of health insurance on greedy malpractice lawyers.  To hear them tell it, there is no such … Read More

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What The Heck Is Going On?

Time and time again, the medical industry and the insurance companies tell the public that medical malpractice cases are “frivolous”, that they are pushing health care costs through the roof, and that they are driving doctors and hospitals out of business.  It has been … Read More

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Never Events Will Never Go Away

In 2002, the National Quality Forum, a non-profit that aims to improve health care, established a list of serious reportable events which have become known as never events.  Currently it lists 28 such events.  Never events are medical errors that are … Read More

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Malpractice Claims Are Helpful to Hospitals

The usual argument for limiting the rights of patients to sue when they have been injured by medical negligence is that malpractice claims are harmful to the medical industry.  Even if true, that would not be a good reason for … Read More

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Arizona Certification for Medical Malpractice Lawyers

The State Bar of Arizona has a Board of Legal Specialization which certifies medical malpractice lawyers as specialists in  in “Personal Injury and Wrongful Death.”   You definitely want a firm like ours, whose lawyers are certified specialists, working for you if you … Read More

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Genetic Tests – The Future of Medicine and Malpractice?

Wouldn’t you know, the day after I post an entry about the marvels of genetic testing, Angelina Jolie puts an exclamation point on my point! By now, I am sure you have heard that the actress has joined an ever … Read More

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Medical Errors May Result from Shorter Shifts

We have all heard of the grueling schedules young physicians are required to endure – 80 hour work weeks with 30 hour shifts of intense practice, applying what they have learned over many years.  Just thinking about it is exhausting.  … Read More

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