Failure to Diagnose Cancer
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One of the most frequent types of cases seen in medical malpractice is the failure to diagnose cancer. Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases and occurs when cells become abnormal and keep dividing and forming more cells without control. If cells continue to divide when new cells are not needed, a mass of excess tissue is formed; this is a tumor. Tumors can be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Cancer cells can also invade nearby tissues or travel through the bloodstream to form additional tumors elsewhere. The spreading of cancer is referred to as metastasis. Read the rest of this entry »
Topics: Medical Malpractice |
Undiagnosed Bacterial Meningitis Can Be Deadly
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Failure to diagnose bacterial meningitis is considered to be medical malpractice and is often connected with a claim that the defendant (the doctor) failed to properly treat the illness. Meningitis is a serious infection of the fluid in the spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain and is most commonly caused by three different bacteria or a virus. The bacteria that cause meningitis are spread by direct close contact with the discharges from the nose or throat of an infected person. Read the rest of this entry »
Topics: Medical Malpractice |
Emergency Room Malpractice Claims
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According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the number of people dying from medical malpractice each year in the United States is growing. Medical malpractice deaths have become the third leading cause of death in the United States according to JAMA, after heart disease and cancer. Malpractice occurs frequently and patients are treated inadequately, especially in our nation’s emergency rooms. Read the rest of this entry »
Topics: Medical Malpractice, The Personal Injury Section |
Personal Injury Lawsuit Info
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This section is for lawsuit information that is not malpractice-related. For instance, car-crash lawsuits and personal injury litigation.
Topics: The Personal Injury Section |
Medical Malpractice Information - Med Mal Articles
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This section contains information about Medical Malpractice, including: improper diagnosis, failure to diagnose, wrong medication, surgical errors, lack of informed consent, abandonment (failure to attend to a patient), failing to inform the patient of available treatments, and poor treatment.
Topics: Medical Malpractice |
Legal Malpractice Articles and Information
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This section is for information about legal malpractice, including violation of the standard of professional conduct and negligence in representing you as a client. If you lost a case because of a negligent lawyer, this is a good place to start for information.
Topics: Legal Malpractice |
Professional Malpractice Lawsuit Articles
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This section is for all things related to professional malpractice, such as accounting negligence and billing fraud from vendors and clients. If your accountant advised you not to follow US Tax laws and the IRS is knocking on your door, this is a good place to start for information.
Topics: Professional Malpractice |
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