On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. A woman can do everything right during the course of her pregnancy and still end up watching her infant suffer during labor and delivery because of a negligent obstetrician. The day you give birth should be one of the best of your life, but for victims of medical malpractice, it can be one of the worst. Sadly, birth injuries, substandard care, and other delivery complications are far more common that most women realize. According to the Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth, up to 34 percent of women report they had some kind of......
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September 27th, 2017Woman Misses Deadline to Hold Hospital Liable for Husband’s Death
September 27th, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in wrongful death on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. The family of a man who allegedly died as the result of medical malpractice failed to file a wrongful death claim before the statute of limitations had passed. As a result, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that the deceased’s widow and surviving children could not bring claims against the providers who treated their loved one nor against the hospital where he died. The 77-year-old man allegedly died from blood clotting in 2014 at a Louisiana hospital. The family tried to bring wrongful death claims 13 months after his death. Unfortunately for the......
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September 25th, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Christiansen Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, September 25, 2017. Individuals in Louisiana living with genetic disorders are likely very familiar with taking medications on a daily basis. These medications are often prescribed to help control these disorders so that the patient might go about his or her everyday life. So, when a doctor chooses to ignore the need for these medications, that neglect may constitute medical malpractice. This was the case for one man whose medical malpractice lawsuit resulted in an award of $40 million after his leg was amputated due to an infection he contracted because doctors advised him to refrain from taking certain prescribed medications.......
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