By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Brain Injuries on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. The The Bowling Law Firm are medical malpractice lawyers in New Orleans, Louisiana. We see cases where doctors fail to diagnose patients, where hospitals fail to give patients the right dose of medications–with deadly and injurious results. Most doctors are skilled and qualified and they do their jobs well–which is why you should go see one if you are thinking about Googling some of your most recent symptoms. According to , more than one third of Americans have used the internet to diagnose themselves. As more health insurance companies require covered individuals to pay high out......
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July 17th, 2018Death results from a failure to diagnose a brain tumor
July 16th, 2018On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, July 16, 2018. For many Louisiana patients, the early diagnosis of an illness could greatly affect their lives. A failure to diagnose an illness in a timely manner may seriously impact the effectiveness of treatments. In some cases, the failure to diagnose an illness may even contribute to the death of the patient. The administrator of one man’s estate has filed a complaint and alleged negligence against the hospital where the deceased received treatments and underwent testing two years before his death. She has claimed that the medical staff failed to properly diagnose and treat the deceased patient’s brain tumor, which eventually......
read moreSurgical errors results in $2 million verdict
July 11th, 2018Surgical errors results in $2 million verdict On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. People living in Louisiana who have had to undergo surgery know that there is usually a certain amount of risk. Over the years, medical professionals have worked to make surgeries as safe as possible for patients. Laparoscopic procedures are intended to help minimize the risk to patients. Unfortunately, one such procedure went wrong, and the surgical errors that followed caused long-term damage to the patient. The patient, a woman, underwent a laparoscopic abdominal surgery in 2015 to remove her ovaries. Unfortunately, the surgeon damaged the patient’s bladder during the surgery, and a urologist was......
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