Medical Malpractice

There are a variety of reasons a person may decide to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against a doctor, nurse or hospital. The common thread among all medical malpractice lawsuits is that a patient encounters negligence on the part of...

Any surgical procedure, no matter how supposedly routine or minor, carries with it certain risks. This is particularly the case in procedures that require a patient to be put under. Anesthesiologists are among some of the most specialized of all...

Regular readers of this blog are likely aware of the many hepatitis C cases that are being attributed to a former hospital technician. The man worked in hospitals throughout the nation as either a temporary or full-time employee, including one...

Medical mistakes are a reality in Western Pennsylvania as well as throughout the nation. While those mistakes do not always result in an injury to a patient, when they do, the health of the patient can be seriously impacted. In...

There's a saying that truth is often stranger than fiction. This saying definitely applies in the case of one man who recently filed a lawsuit against his doctor after undergoing a total of 22 nose surgeries. The man first visited the doctor...

Incidents that may prompt a medical malpractice lawsuit can happen to patients of all ages throughout the state of Pennsylvania. In addition, there isn't one particular practice area in which such lawsuits occur. Medically induced injuries can happen to anyone...

As victims in various states, including Pennsylvania, continue to deal with the ramifications of having contracted hepatitis C from a former hospital technician who allegedly spread the disease while trying to feed his drug addiction, one hospital, Exeter, focuses on...

A man who was seriously injured when a medical procedure went wrong was recently awarded $38.5 million by a jury. The award came at the end of a four-week jury trial regarding the incident that left the man in a...

It can be difficult to fathom a patient being worse off after seeking medical attention for a condition than they were before they sought help. As a society individuals trust medical providers so completely that they often place their lives...

Patients at another of our nation's hospitals reportedly became infected with hepatitis C after receiving treatment. So far 20 individuals, all of them veterans, have been diagnosed with the disease. Some apparently have hepatitis B as well. In total, 716...

Most individuals who undergo a surgical procedure feel at least a little nervous about how it will turn out. This is true regardless of the procedure and patients who feel this way likely include residents of the Pittsburgh area. Anxiety...

Millions of Americans suffer from the damaging effects of diabetes. Categorized as a disease in which the bodies of those impacted are unable to produce or metabolize insulin properly, many individuals with diabetes develop circulatory problems. In many cases individuals...