When people in Tennessee go to the doctor, they expect to receive accurate treatment and a proper diagnosis. However, carelessness, incorrect testing and poor diagnostic technique can lead to serious problems. Patients may not receive treatment for their illness,...
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Medical negligence: Birth injuries and defects are different
It is only natural for parents in Tennessee and nationwide to be concerned or feel anxious in the days before the birth of their child. Many people do not realize that birth injuries and birth defects are different. Congenital disabilities or birth defects are mostly...
Diagnostic errors are a common form of medical negligence
Upon visiting a medical facility for treatment, patients in Tennessee and elsewhere may expect doctors to be capable of identifying the cause of their condition in a timely manner. As correctly diagnosing a condition could prove vital to administering the proper path...
Expert witness in medical negligence deemed not expert enough
Navigating a civil lawsuit is a complicated field of the law and when it comes to expert witnesses, it becomes even more intricate. This was underscored by a medical negligence lawsuit in Tennessee in which a patient claimed that a medical assistant's negligence...
Medical negligence to blame for many birth injuries
Doctors and medical staff in hospitals in Tennessee and across the United States undoubtedly know how to handle the process of delivering babies safely. After all, they received years of training, but lawsuits alleging medical negligence continue to move through the...
Medical negligence claim follows incorrectly placed spinal screws
Most people in Tennessee and elsewhere experience anxiety in the time leading up to scheduled surgical procedures. When the planned surgery involves the patient's spine, nervous anticipation is often exacerbated because the slightest error or medical negligence by the...
Both mothers and babies can suffer birth injuries
It is only natural for pregnant mothers to experience anxiety as the time approaches to give birth. The fact that thousands of preventable birth injuries are reported in Tennessee and other states each year does nothing to ease a would-be mother's mind. They might not...
Which orthopedic birth injuries can medical negligence cause?
Most people in Tennessee likely accept the fact that doctors, like anybody else, can make mistakes. However, very few will accept errors that are caused by negligence. If birth injuries are the result of medical negligence, the consequences could affect the child for...
Medical negligence: When is a medical malpractice claim viable?
Under the medical malpractice law, patients in Tennessee who are suffering the consequences of medical errors can pursue financial relief. However, dissatisfaction with a surgical procedure's outcome, or if treatment is not as effective as desired, does not...
Absent anesthesiologist faces medical malpractice lawsuit
Most mothers-to-be in Tennessee are likely to have mixed feelings about giving birth. There is the anticipation of the joy the baby will bring, but then also the fear that something might go wrong during the birthing process. This fear was justified for a woman in...