Recent Posts in February, 2016

• A Doctor's Refusal to Treat a Patient May Lead to Malpractice Liability

  Feb 12, 2016
  An issue currently arising in courts across the country demonstrates a problem with medical care that is provided in Catholic and other religious ...
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• Jury Awards $3 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Feb 12, 2016
  A jury in Georgia decided late last month to award $3 million to the surviving spouse of a woman who died two days after having what was supposed to ...
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• Woman Dies During Childbirth After Suffering Excessive Bleeding

  Feb 12, 2016
  A family was struck by an unexpected tragedy last month when a 37-year-old woman died during childbirth after she arrived at a hospital while going ...
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• Victim of Birth Injury at U.S. Military Hospital Brings Challenge to United States Supreme Court

  Feb 12, 2016
  Under a doctrine of law known commonly as the “ Feres Doctrine,” active U.S. Military members may not sue a military medical provider for incidents ...
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• Recent Academic Study Finds Doctors Regularly Underestimate Birth Weight, Increasing the Risk of Certain Birth Injuries

  Feb 12, 2016
  Maryland medical providers have a legal responsibility to treat a patient with care that meets or exceeds the professional standard of care in the ...
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• Improperly Performed Cesarean Sections Can Lead to the Birth Injury or Death of a Mother or Child

  Feb 12, 2016
  The decision to perform a cesarean section, which is a procedure that can be used to deliver a child surgically when a natural vaginal birth is either ...
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• State Supreme Court Rejects Hospital's Attempt to Avoid Liability for Patient's Injury

  Feb 10, 2016
  The Supreme Court of Texas recently released an opinion that will send a plaintiff’s claim against a hospital back to the trial court to proceed ...
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