On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Monday, July 30, 2018. In an emergency, paramedics are usually among the first to arrive on the scene, as many Louisiana residents are aware. Treatments administered by these individuals are, for many, the difference between life and death. Unfortunately, the family of a 30-year-old mother of two has filed a malpractice lawsuit, accusing a team of paramedics of failing to administer potentially lifesaving treatments to the now deceased woman. Five days before paramedics were called to treat her, the 30-year-old woman gave birth to her second child via caesarian section. The paramedics were called because the mother had been showing signs of having......
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July 24th, 2018By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. BATON ROUGE, Louisiana. The New York Times and Consumer Reports have been investigating cases where Anthem, an insurance company, has denied patient’s ER claims, claiming that the patients went to the ER when their situation wasn’t an emergency. In cases where the insurance company has denied claims, it has said that patients should have called the insurance company’s 24/7 hotline or gone to an emergency clinic. According to Consumer Reports, Anthem isn’t basing whether it denies claims on a person’s initial symptoms but rather on the final diagnosis that the ER gives. This is problematic because the insurance company is essentially asking patients......
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July 24th, 2018On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. The term “experimental” may hold very different meanings for different patients. To a patient with a terminal illness or potentially fatal injury, an experimental treatment may be the difference between life and death, but to a patient with a non-life threatening illness or injury, an experimental treatment may be something to be cautious of. Many Louisiana residents may be particularly cautious of experimental surgical procedures. In 2016 and 2017, a patient underwent a biojoint surgery on both of his knees. His doctor had recommended this procedure instead of a standard knee replacement surgery. This surgery uses the bone and cartilage......
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