On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Thursday, October 23, 2014. The vast majority of the time when people in Louisiana undergo a surgical procedure they do so with the reasonable anticipation that the outcome will be beneficial to their health. And most of the time they are not disappointed in that expectation. By its nature, however, surgery is an invasive procedure with inherent risks even if everything goes well. In the event of a medical mistake on the part of a surgeon or one of the participating surgical staff, a patient injury becomes a serious possibility. Organs can be perforated, surgery can be performed at the wrong......
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October 23rd, 2014Race to develop Ebola vaccine raises medical malpractice risk
October 16th, 2014On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, October 16, 2014. There are many possible reasons why certain diseases capture the country’s attention, whether it is the West Nile virus, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or the disease that is currently dominating national headlines: the Ebola virus. Each of these diseases contains elements that warrant close attention, including the serious consequences to those affected by the disease, the absence of answers as to its source, how it is transmitted from person to person and most worrisome of all the perception that there may be no certain treatment or cure. Many pharmaceutical and medical research companies are feverishly working......
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October 6th, 2014On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, October 6, 2014. Most of the time we think of medical malpractice incidents, our impression is that they take place in a hospital, doctor’s office, or other formal health care locations. But acts of negligence that may constitute medical malpractice can occur outside of health care institutions, and may not even need to involve people whose careers are directly connected to the health care profession. An ongoing media investigation in Louisiana suggests that multiple medically related deaths, and lawsuits arising out of those deaths, have taken place at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office. The investigation looks at five instances of......
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