On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. Healthcare is as much an art as it is a science, and there are countless factors that affect how someone will respond to a particular procedure or medication. When patients do not thrive from the treatment modality that their provider prescribed, that does not necessarily mean they were the victim of malpractice. In order for patients to have a valid medical malpractice claim, they must have suffered as the result of their practitioner’s negligence. A failure to provide reasonable care is the basis of all successful claims, and in order to prove this negligence, four......
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October 24th, 2017$4 million awarded to family in medical malpractice suit
October 23rd, 2017$4 million awarded to family in medical malpractice suit On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Monday, October 23, 2017. Many Louisiana residents find comfort in knowing that some surgeries are more common than others. It sometimes helps to know that some operations are successfully performed multiple times a day. Unfortunately, mistakes are still sometimes made. However, it is when these mistakes are not properly addressed that some families feel it necessary to file medical malpractice suits. In 2008, a mother was admitted to South Shore Hospital to deliver her fourth child via cesarean section. It was noted that the patient was at a higher risk of developing serious......
read more$11.3 million awarded to family because of a failure to diagnose
October 16th, 2017$11.3 million awarded to family because of a failure to diagnose On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, October 16, 2017. Illness and injury are never far from most Louisiana parents’ minds. Especially in the early years of a child’s life, parents may often rely on doctors’ knowledge and advice to ensure that their child remains in good health. Therefore, a doctor’s failure to diagnose a serious illness has the potential to be a source of great stress and hardship for parents. One mother was awarded $11.3 million in damages because a series of doctors failed to diagnose her 11-month-old son with meningitis. The hospital in question has recently......
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