Personal Injury for Victims with Broken Bone Injuries
Although broken bones or fractures are relatively common incidents in most peoples’ lives, sometimes, these apparently common incidents can become serious problems if they hinder the ability to earn and get on with daily life alone. Permanent physical damages due to fractures may amount to getting special equipment installed in your home or car to […]
Damage Claims for a Head Injury: Settlement or a Lawsuit?
A head injury can be as trivial as a tiny bump or as serious as an excessive internal hemorrhage leading to brain damage. The brain damage from a head injury can have terrible consequences like complete behavioral changes, memory loss, or abnormalities that hinder your daily life. When you suffer a reasonably serious head injury […]
Personal Injury Laws for Damage Settlements in Burn Injuries
Burn injuries, for the permanent nature of damages that it leaves on a burn victim, attracts more severe damages, when compared to other extreme types of personal injuries. Severe burn injury victims endure a life of “living dead,” fighting deep social stigma and isolation for the rest of their lives. Thus, the negligent parties responsible […]
Injured on a yacht? Filing a Personal Injury Case
Imagine yourself on a yacht on the bay or out in the NY/NJ Bight (coastal Atlantic), out on a New Year’s celebration party! The party tunes wild and people start enjoying the music and dancing, and then suddenly out of nowhere, a speeding boat hits your boat and the whole party turns into a nightmare. […]
Gathering Evidence in a Pedestrian Accident: The More the Better
The nature of a pedestrian accident in New York City is usually such that an accident victim needs to acquire all the necessary evidence within the first few days if he or she is planning to file a personal injury case. If the affected injury victim does not feel fit enough to complete these tasks […]
Cancer Misdiagnosis: The Legal Challenge
With over 12% cancer cases being misdiagnosed in the US, the deadly disease becomes even more difficult to treat after delayed diagnosis! In many cases, delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of cancer malpractice, the defendant doctors can try to establish that an early diagnosis and treatment would not have made any difference to the patient’s condition, thereby countering a medical malpractice claim.
Legislated Limits Imposed on Medical Malpractice Claims
If you, the patient, have been harmed or injured due to faulty medical practices, then you certainly have the right to pursue a medical malpractice case against the negligent parties.
Medical Malpractice in NY Hospital’s Recovery Rooms
Following a surgery, a patient may be moved to the hospital’s recovery room if the medical staff thinks it is necessary to do so. In the recovery room, the patient is allowed to recover from the surgery, for example, while waiting until the effects of the anesthesia disappears.
Personal Injury Cases Resulting from Faulty Caesarian Operations
Although a published research report states that about 33% of all baby deliveries in US are conducted via Cesarean operations, some inherent risks are involved in conducting a baby delivery through this procedure. When conducting a Caesarian operation, if an obstetrician fails to respond to a sudden emergency situation in a timely manner, such failure can lead to a serious injury to the mother or the baby or both.
Standard Defenses Used in Medical Malpractice Trials
As malpractice cases can become complicated, it is good to know a little about how the courts work before embarking on a medical malpractice lawsuit. There is no substitute for a stellar medical malpractice attorney, but this article provides some useful information on the usual defense strategies used during medical malpractice trials.