On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. With the advance of surgical techniques and improved knowledge about both the child and the mother’s health, complications at birth are less common than they once were. In spite of this, physician negligence can still cause serious and potentially fatal injuries. If the negligence of a health-care worker causes the mother or child injuries during the birthing process, then the victims may be able to file a medical malpractice lawsuit. But what happens if a physician fails to identify a birth defect before the pregnancy? “Wrongful birth” refers to a medical malpractice case in which......
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Wrong-site surgeries: what you need to know
June 26th, 2015On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Friday, June 26, 2015. According to a recent study, surgeons operate on the wrong site in about 1 out of every 100,000 surgeries. This is a scary statistic. A wrong-site error means that the doctor operated on the wrong body part, on the wrong side of the patient’s body, or even on the wrong person. Wrong-site surgeries are preventable. Although it is not clear how exactly to prevent these errors, the study found that poor communication among the medical staff is often to blame. Regardless of the cause, surgical errors such as wrong-site errors are unacceptable. They can have devastating consequences......
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June 18th, 2015On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, June 18, 2015. There are several mistakes that may give rise to a medical malpractice claim, and they are particularly common during the birthing process. A small oversight from a health-care provider can have catastrophic consequences as a child enters the world, and injuries may affect the mother, the infant or both. If you recently gave birth, and you or your child suffered injuries during this process, it is possible that you may be able to claim damages from the at-fault physician. However, proving negligence in these cases often requires extensive legal knowledge, as well as access to......
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