Emotional Distress Damages

Emotional Distress Damages

Informed Consent

Informed Consent

The Emergency Rule and Medical Malpractice

The Emergency Rule and Medical Malpractice

Wrong Site Surgery

When a surgeon operates on the wrong limb, the patient often sustains a devastating injury. Wrong site surgery occurs not only on the wrong limb or organ but on the wrong patient. This error results from numerous breakdowns in the hospital's system, including poor preoperative planning, a lack of institutional controls, the failure of the surgeon to exercise due care, or poor communication between the surgeon and the patient.

Pathologist as an Expert Witness in a Medical Malpractice Case

In preparing certain types of medical malpractice cases, the use of a good pathologist as an expert witness can help the jury to understand the complex medical issues underlying the patient's injury. However, before an attorney picks a pathologist to testify, he or she should understand the medical specialty of pathology.