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Birth-related injuries could occur through a variety of ways. At times, these injuries are genetic or can occur through other natural causes. Birth-related injuries, however, are avoidable when a medical professional has been negligent or has otherwise acted carelessly in the birthing process. The following are some of the...
While doctors are often “put-down” as “glorified car mechanics”, lawyers on the other hand are sometimes insulted as being “money seeking vultures”. Sounds bad in both cases however, there is some truth behind it. Car mechanics have the luxury of making a mistake while fixing your car but when...
In December of 2013, a family took their 13-year-old daughter to Children’s Hospital in Oakland for a routine tonsillectomy. They couldn’t have imagined that their daughter might not pull through the common surgery, nor did they imagine the legal battle that would result. Now a medical malpractice lawsuit and...
Medical personnel including doctors and nurses are only human. And humans are fallible. Mistakes happen that can have disastrous results. Often, it results in a crippling injury, and in some cases death. If the mistake occurred due to negligence or reckless behavior of the medical personnel, the victim has...
The concept of 'informed consent' is important in the context of medical malpractice cases. Whether the doctor has received an informed consent from the patient prior to a treatment has a strong bearing on a malpractice case. If a patient has not given an informed consent to a treatment...
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