Consent is a critical legal topic. Consent is what separates a legal sexual act from an act of sexual assault. Consent is also necessary for software and service companies to obtain before collecting and sharing their users’ personal information. This is why you have to sign lengthy terms of service agreements before you can use…
There are many ways a victim can be injured as the result of medical malpractice. One of these is a brain injury, which can occur due to a surgical error, an injury sustained during birth, failure to monitor the patient’s hypotension, and medication errors. Brain injuries can impact an individual’s mental and physical capabilities, sometimes…
Nearly all types of legal claim have what is known as a statute of limitations. This is the period of time following the incident that a victim has to file his or her claim. Sometimes, the statute of limitations begins on the date that an accident occurs and in other cases, it begins when the…
Sometimes, more than one party is negligent and this combined negligence causes a victim to suffer an injury or illness. For example, if you suffered an internal injury because equipment was left inside your body after surgery, all of the doctors who handled your surgery may be deemed to be negligent. In healthcare, physicians and…
Yes. But you can only do this is you can prove that your allergic reaction could have been prevented if your physician had taken a reasonable amount of care. As with any other type of medical malpractice claim, proving negligence is the key to demonstrating that you were a victim. There is also the question…
When you hear about the various types of error a physician can make while operating on a patient, you inevitably hear about surgeons leaving surgical equipment like sponges, scalpels, safety pins, towels, needles, and other surgical equipment inside patients’ bodies after their surgeries are complete. This is known as a retained surgical instrument. Although retained…
Suffering from an injury or worsened illness as a result of a physician’s negligence can have an emotional toll on a victim. It can be easy to feel frightened, isolated, and even feel like you cannot trust the very people you trusted most – your doctor and other healthcare providers – to protect you from…
Yes, but it can be difficult to receive compensation for your claim. Like all other medical malpractice claims, you need to prove that your infection could have been prevented if your healthcare provider had exercised a greater level of care during and after your surgery to prevent the infection. Infections after surgery can happen for…
There are multiple parties involved in a medical malpractice claim. You have the negligent healthcare provider whose actions or lack of action caused you to suffer an injury. You have your medical malpractice lawyer, whose job is to help you put together, file, and pursue a medical malpractice claim in an effort to recover monetary…
Suffering from an injury, an adverse reaction, a dangerous side effect, or simply a stagnant illness because of a healthcare provider’s negligence can weight tremendously on your psyche. It can cause you to suffer from depression or anxiety, develop a phobia of healthcare providers or certain medical treatments, or cause you to become irrationally angry,…