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Birth injuries are among the most affecting of all medical malpractice cases, in both senses of the word "effect." They affect the health of the child, leaving them with a lifetime of medical consequences and they are affecting emotionally because they cause harm to...
During a personal injury lawsuit, there is typically a complaint and a response. After those documents are filed with the court, a party can file a motion for summary judgment. This motion says that even if everything in the complaint is 100 percent true, there is no...
The reform attempt in the Indiana legislature to amend the state's limits on medical malpractice damage caps has hit a roadblock, as negotiations have broken down between the parties over a failure to agree on the terms of the amendment. It had looked like the groups,...
Pregnancy is an exciting, stressful time in any parent's life. There are so many things a pregnant woman is supposed to do to protect her unborn child and mothers-to-be go to great lengths to ensure they are taking what they need to take and avoiding what they need to...
Here's a fundamental problem with medical malpractice damage caps. They allow doctors and hospitals to shift the cost of care for patients injured due to the doctor's medical malpractice to taxpayers via Medicaid instead of their medical malpractice insurance carrier....
Cancer is a frightening disease. From its seemingly unpredictable appearance in some people to its terrifying prevalence in some families, it is diagnosis no patient wants to receive. Yet it is better to be diagnosed early when the disease may be limited and removal...
When a doctor makes a medical mistake or some type of hospital negligence occurs it typically is not because there was some element of the treatment that was so esoteric that the doctor failed to understand the problem. Mistakes in medicine are typically just that,...
Some in Indiana are wondering when the state will increase the cap on medical malpractice damages. While the law has been challenged in past years, the fact that it has not been increased since it was created in 1999, suggests to some that a challenge to the cap could...
Few subjects are more frightening to an expectant mother than that of birth defects. Everyone who becomes pregnant hopes that their child will be perfect. They recognize that every pregnancy carries some risk, but they want to limit those risks. If they knew some drug...
When patients visit a doctor, they rely on that doctor's instruction and recommendation. They trust that the man or woman in the white coat with multiple diplomas on the wall of their office has the knowledge and experience to guide them to better health. If a doctor...