Can a Doctor Lose his License when Sued for Negligence
You have suffered significant injuries because of the carelessness of a doctor, and you have brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against him. You know that the doctor has violated the basic standards of care, which has resulted in long time injury or even disability.
A Causal Link between Wrongdoing and Injuries is Vital in a Medical Malpractice Case
In order to win your medical malpractice case, why do you need to show that there is a connection between a violation of basic standards of medical care and your injuries?
Recovering compensation for emergency room errors
With hundreds of thousands of patients passing through every year, emergency rooms in New York can be busy and hectic places. Although there may be many patients in serious condition who come in at once, each individual patient is still entitled to receive proper care and treatment by emergency room staff.
The importance of a second opinion in breast biopsies
Women in New York might be concerned about a recent breast biopsy study. Getting a second opinion after a breast biopsy has become more critical since the subject has been studied extensively and the findings show that specialists often misdiagnose them. This is according to a study that was published in an issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 17, which included 240 breast biopsy specimens and 115 U.S. pathologists.
Facts about Accident Cases and Quick Settlement Offers
When you file a personal injury lawsuit for claiming compensation for your losses and injuries you have suffered in an accident, usually the insurance company has to make the payment, since the defendant will have insurance coverage. For the insurance company paying claims and settlements are losses, and therefore they will do everything in their […]
Types of Damages and Liens in a Medical Malpractice Case
What type of damages can you claim by filing a medical malpractice lawsuit?
Lack of Informed Consent in a Medical Malpractice Case
When your doctor does not tell you that you could suffer a complication that you are suffering now after going through the medical procedure, then would that be a valid basis for filing a medical malpractice case. The answer is maybe. Lack of informed consent means failure on the part of the doctor to provide sufficient information, so that the patient can take an educated decision. However, in most instances, lack of informed consent cannot be the only basis for filing a lawsuit.
Judgment Call is the Most Common Defense of a Doctor
One of the most common defenses that doctors and their attorneys use in medical malpractice cases is the judgment call defense. When you bring a lawsuit against a doctor, claiming he did something wrong, the doctor could say at trial that it was his medical judgment to treat this patient in the way he was treated.
Including a Doctor’s Chart into Evidence
When you have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in the state of New York, there are number of ways of getting the doctor’s medical chart into evidence. One of the ways is known as a business record exception. This means, the doctor’s records kept in the ordinary course of business, when the doctor was treating this particular patient. Since the doctor keeps these records in the ordinary course of his business, we are allowed to enter such records into evidence.
Importance of Patient Safety Rules
What is the Purpose of having Patient Safety Rules?