Mercy Springfield ordered to pay $28.9M for hospital negligence On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Out-of-state Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities has been ordered by a jury to pay $28.9 million in a lawsuit. The plaintiff in the hospital negligence case is a 25-year-old woman who argued that the health care system failed to diagnose her with a rare disorder in time to keep her from prolonged suffering from the disease. That jury decided that the hospital’s failure to diagnose that illness amounted to negligence. Medical malpractice is also an issue in Louisiana. The plaintiff sued Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities, as well as......
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Mercy Springfield ordered to pay $28.9M for hospital negligence
March 21st, 2017What Are the Most Common Birth Injuries?
March 20th, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Monday, March 20, 2017. Pregnant women must take a proactive approach to protecting the health of their baby, but doing so does not necessarily guarantee a smooth labor and delivery. Nothing is more devastating than doing everything right for nearly 10 months and then witnessing your newborn child suffer from a birth injury because of someone else’s negligence. Even seemingly minor complications during delivery can have major consequences. A few seconds without oxygen or the misuse of forceps is all it takes to cause a severe birth injury. Some birth injuries are more serious than others, but all......
read moreMedical malpractice laws limit who can file claims
March 16th, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Each state legally restricts who is allowed to file a wrongful death lawsuit. After the tragic loss of a couple’s adult son, they have discovered they are not eligible to file a wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit in their state’s civil Court. Their particular state limits filings to spouses and dependent minor children only, but if they lived in the state of the Louisiana, they might have legal rights to file a claim. The couple’s 31-year-old son was overdosed with pain medicine and became unresponsive just four days following a back surgery. According to the couple,......
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