Medical Malpractice

Every day people throughout the state of Pennsylvania make mistakes while at work. In most instances they are minor and there are little if any ramifications. Depending on one's occupation however, even a minor mistake can cause serious problems. This...

Doctors in Pennsylvania and across the country are placing part of the blame for high health care costs on two unlikely suspects, themselves and the fear of medical malpractice lawsuits. According to a recent story in the Los Angeles Times,...

The top story on many news outlets these days is the Conrad Murray trial for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Though according to a professor of sociology and medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania such cases...

Often when one thinks about medical malpractice actions, it is assumed the source of the action occurred in a setting directly related to a medical provider such as a doctor's office or hospital. While it is true that these settings...

Throughout Pennsylvania and the rest of the nation, patients are injured daily as a result of the action or inaction of medical providers. Fortunately, medical malpractice actions are available to provide some compensation to the injured parties.The federal government recently...

When one seeks the assistance of a medical provider for a problem he or she is putting trust in the doctors, nurses and facilities that necessary steps will be taken to take care of the person. When one is injured...

When people in Pennsylvania seek the help of a doctor for medical issues, it's only fair to expect the physician will know which medication to prescribe, and how much. Sadly, medication errors are not all that uncommon.People often file medical...

In our last post we discussed the trend toward using technology as a means to reduce errors in the medical field. The trend is being embraced in Western Pennsylvania where nine hospital systems are implementing a health information exchange that...

Malpractice insurance is a type of insurance that professionals working in a variety of fields must purchase before they are able to provide certain services to consumers. Most people working in the medical field are required to carry a malpractice...

To many people in today's society, a cesarean-section is considered a routine surgery performed for a wide array of reasons on many pregnant women every day to extract a baby. Unfortunately, even routine surgery is not immune to errors resulting...

Summer is generally the most dangerous time to go to the hospital. Summer is the most dangerous time to be a patient because new medical residents have to learn how to be doctors. A new study has confirmed the correlation...

Last week we wrote about a possible medical malpractice case where a surgeon operated on the wrong eye of a 4-year-old boy who was supposed to have corrective eye surgery. Unfortunately, the young boy's surgical error is one of thousands...