On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Sunday, November 5, 2017. When undergoing surgery, Louisiana patients want a doctor that is confident in his or her abilities. However, an inexperienced and overconfident doctor can unintentionally cause a wide variety of problems for patients and their families. One family alleges that a doctor’s overconfidence and unwillingness to take the advice of others resulted in multiple surgical errors and the death of their loved one. The 61-year-old man was admitted to an out-of-state hospital for aortic valve replacement surgery. This procedure was the recommended treatment for the patient’s existing heart condition. It was supposed to be a minimally invasive surgery......
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Did multiple surgical errors result in the death of a patient?
November 5th, 2017Patient injuries caused by negligence
October 30th, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, October 30, 2017. Many Louisiana residents know that medical procedures can be stressful or even scary for patients, especially children. Parents often try to put on a brave face for their children, but many are secretly terrified of the possibility that something will go wrong during or after their child’s procedure. Even small mistakes or someone overlooking just one important detail can result in patient injuries. A seven-year-old girl was admitted by her parents to the Jersey Shore University Medical Center with a severe case of pneumonia in 2008. After undergoing surgery, the girl was placed on a ventilator......
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October 24th, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. Nowadays, it is the norm rather than the exception for men to attend the births of their children. According to the BBC, approximately 86 percent of men are present for labor and delivery. When a woman has a traumatic birth story, though, most people simply overlook the man’s experience. After all, the woman is the one who has been connected to the baby for the past nine months, and she is the one who is physically delivering the couple’s child. Witnessing a loved one suffer can be distressing, though, and men are just as......
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