Reports from Our Medical & Medication Error Lawyers

On 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......

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, October 2, 2014. One of the positive aspects of Louisiana’s enactment of a body of statutory law governing medical malpractice claims is that it establishes a degree of regularity to the initiation, negotiation, settlement and if need be litigation of patients’ claims against health care providers and institutions. At the same time, though, the statutory framework for medical malpractice claims can unintentionally create pitfalls for unwary claimants: the same specific requirements that create regularity and certainty can also result in the claim being inadvertently sabotaged if those requirements are not met. For example, rather than being able to immediately file......

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Most legal causes of action in the state of Louisiana are similar to perishable products on a store shelf: they have what amounts to a “sell-by” date. The legal term for this period of time is known as a statute of limitations. Medical malpractice actions in this state are no exception to the statute of limitations requirement. For these types of actions, the statute of limitations requires a prospective plaintiff to initiate a lawsuit based on one of two events: When the alleged act of medical malpractice occurred; or when the plaintiff discovers the injury that resulted......