Reports from Our Medical & Medication Error Lawyers

The failure to diagnose a heart attack in a woman is too common

May 16th, 2017

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The movies and television give Louisiana residents a picture of how a heart attack might happen. A person, ordinarily a man, clutches his chest, talks about pain in his left arm and jaw and then collapses. Unfortunately, this depiction can be misleading — especially for women. This is part of what makes it far too easy for a failure to diagnose a heart attack in a woman happen. Chest pain may be a clear signal that something is amiss, but many women, and some men, do not necessarily experience it when having a heart attack. Most women......

U.S. government must pay half of birth injury settlement

May 11th, 2017

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Thursday, May 11, 2017. The United States government has been ordered to pay half of an $8 million medical malpractice settlement after a mother filed suit against the hospital where she gave birth. The order was made by a federal judge in a birth injury lawsuit. While this settlement involved a hospital in another state, similar medical malpractice issues occur in Louisiana as well. A woman and her child were awarded a settlement for $8 million by a U.S. District Court judge on April 14. While the hospital is expected to pay $4 million of that amount, the government was found liable......

3 Dangerous Surgeries That Should Motivate You to Get a Second Doctor’s Opinion

May 9th, 2017

On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Going under the knife is scary, and even minor medical procedures can result in major complications. Of course, some surgeries are more dangerous than others. If your doctor recommends a particular procedure, it is important to consider its potential benefits versus the inherent risks involved. For example, gastric bypass may help patients who are morbidly obese, but it is an invasive elective surgery, and for many, the potential complications outweigh the possible benefits. If you opt to undergo a risky medical procedure, you still have the right to receive a certain standard of care. If you do......