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Four Elements of a Medical Negligence Claim If you are like most residents of the Sunshine State, you don’t pay much attention to the medical malpractice unless you’ve found yourself or a loved one the victim of healthcare negligence. A 10-year study revealed that Florida had the third highest medical malpractice rate in the United States. During that 10-year time period, medical malpractice claims in the top three states broke down as follows: New York – 16,668 California – 13,…

A 69-year-old woman hospitalized at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood was killed in her hospital bed when a defibrillator being used on her caught fire and then exploded. The niece of the woman killed in the Houston hospital bedside explosion and fire described her aunt’s fatal injuries as included the patient’s entire upper torso being burned beyond recognition. The niece went on to add that “who would ever expect your relative to be burnt to a crisp in a hospital.” The…

Perhaps no other type of medical malpractice is more catastrophic than that associated with some type of birth injury. There are five types of birth injuries that most frequently arise as the result of medical malpractice: Brain injuries Clavicle fractures Erb’s palsy Growth plate fractures Femur fractures Brain Injuries Brain injuries represent one of the more commonplace types of physical damages that arise from a birth-related incidence of medical malpractice. When an adult sustains a brain injury, it most often…

One of the more commonplace causes of medical malpractice in the United States is misdiagnosis of a health condition, disease, illness or ailment. There are 10 commonly misdiagnosed medical conditions that form the basis of medical malpractice claims: Cancer Heart attack Stroke Fibromyalgia Depression Thyroid conditions Aortic dissection Pulmonary embolism Celiac disease Lyme disease Cancer Cancer is misdiagnosed at an alarming rate in the United States. According to the highly regarded Journal of Clinical Oncology, cancer misdiagnosis in the country…

April 24, 2021 was National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This is a day set aside for people with unused prescriptions to return the leftovers to designed return centers, including certain pharmacies. With the focus on prescription medications and how to dispose of unused drugs, this represents a good moment in time to consider mistakes made in prescribing prescriptions in the first instance. Medication errors represent one of the major underlying causes of medical malpractice across the United States in…