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Medical Malpractice Negligence

Healthcare professionals that provide lower than standard healthcare or deny a patient treatment may be sued for medical malpractice. Negligence in the medical field can range from wrongful death, misdiagnosis, and surgical error to birth injury, neglect, and anesthetic error as well as a multitude of other situations. There is no evidence to indicate there has been a sharp decline in the number of claims filed under medical malpractice. Negligence in the healthcare industry reaches every border, and affects persons of every age, sex, color, race and religious preference.

Fast Facts

Only 5.2 percent of doctors account for the 54.2 percent of malpractice awards.
The cost of malpractice insurance for doctors equals approximately 3.2 percent of the average physician's annual salary.
Out of every 7.6 injures sustained in a hospital setting only 1 malpractice claim is made.

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Proving Negligence in Medical Malpractice

In the United States civil courts, medical malpractice negligence claims will lead to a medical malpractice to...
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Comparative Negligence in Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice tort claims never prove as clear cut as many persons wish to assume. In many instances, a ...
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Physician Malpractice: What Constitutes Negligence

Physician malpractice is common in the United States and is the reason for thousands of injuries each year. T...
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Open-Heart Surgery, Wrongful Death and Malpractice Suits

Surgical negligence is a common basis for medical malpractice suits in the United States today. Although surg...
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When to File a Hospital Lawsuit

There is a potential for a hospital error at many stages of the patient’s hospital visit. Hospital malpractic...
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Q&A

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How do I determine and prove my doctor is guilty of either medical malpractice or medical negligence?

Question: My medical treatment had a bad outcome. I definitely think my doctor could have done a better job, b...
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Spinal fusion caused severe back and neck pain. Is this medical malpractice?

I underwent a spinal fusion 14 months ago to treat scoliosis. However, I do not believe the procedure was done...
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Can I Sue Kaiser Permanente for their Negligent Treatment of my Husband?

My husband was treated negligently by Kaiser, and he has since been stuck in the hospital. Someone told me tha...
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What kind of attorney do I need for a medical negligence case?

What kind of attorney do I need for a medical negligence case? Is it a case that a personal injury lawyer woul...
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What kinds of compensation is available for medical negligence?

What kind of compensation can my family and I get for a disability that resulted from negligent medical care? ...
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Military Medical Malpractice Injustice May Be Reversed

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law today approved a bill which would enable...
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Malpractice or negligence? Forgione lawsuit debated (Northwest Florida Daily News)

SHALIMAR — A wrongful death lawsuit filed against Fort Walton Beach Medical Center after one of its patients k...
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More docs tackle malpractice (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

It's hard to sue someone you like. At least, that's the way Dennis Geisleman sees it....
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Cruise Ship not at Fault in Medical Malpractice Case

In the case of Carnival Corporation v.
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Is this Fair?
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