Can You File a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit if the Patient willfully Drank Drano
Robert Wolff
May 3, 2015
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In your medical malpractice case in New York, why does your attorney have the ability to be reimbursed for his expenses throughout the course of your litigation?
A lawyer shows the witness a document to refresh his memory about something that the witness claims he cannot remember. This type of technique is used when a witness, especially a doctor does not remember something about an event or about a conversation that may have occurred previously. Information may be contained in a document or in a medical record that might refresh the doctor’s memory.
Soon-to-be parents in New York may be interested to learn that a study out of Switzerland recommends inducing labor at around 37 or 38 weeks in women who are pregnant with unusually large babies. According to the researchers, while there are dangers involved when inducing labor before 39 weeks, they are offset by the advantages of delivering the baby early when the baby is very large.
Can a doctor choose to treat a patient with a treatment that has not been proved to work or a treatment that does not conform to the accepted standards of medical care?
Failure to recognize a heart attack has significant and dramatic implications for the patient. A heart attack can occur and kill a sizeable portion of your heart. If the attack is not recognized before it happens, or at the time it is happening, the results could be devastating, and is a strong reason for filing a medical malpractice case.
You have just delivered your baby, and the doctor has given you shocking news that your baby has brain damage, and uses the term hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. You should know what this means since it could be due to the carelessness of the doctor who delivered your baby.
Heavy smokers in New York may be affected by a recent change in Medicaid rules. The change states that those between the age of 55 and 77 and have smoked a pack a day for 30 years are qualified for a yearly spiral CT scan. This scan is very sensitive and has the ability to detect small tumors and cancers that might have been missed previously.
What is Erbs Palsy?
You have sustained significant injuries because of carelessness of a doctor or hospital staff, and you have submitted a medical malpractice lawsuit to claim damages and compensation correlating with your suffering and financial distress. Your case has gone all the way to trial, and now when you are about to put your expert witness on the stand in support of your claim, the defense jumps up and agrees that this witness is an expert. Why does the defense do this, and what should your lawyer do in this instance?
