On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Thursday, May 4, 2017. A hospital has been fined after an unnamed surgeon reportedly left a blue towel inside of one of his or her patients. The patient, who also remains unnamed, stated that he lost 43 pounds and had trouble with his bowels because of the mistakes made during his surgical procedures. The hospital has been fined $86,000. Surgical errors can cost thousands of dollars each year in Louisiana. According to the report, the patient came back to the hospital feeling as though he were dying. He complained of low energy and stamina as well as abdominal problems. The doctors......
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Judge awards $42M in federal birth injury case
April 27th, 2017Judge awards $42M in federal birth injury case On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The parents of a boy who suffered serious brain injuries during birth have been awarded a sum of $42 million. The baby was wounded with forceps during his delivery in 2012, according to the report. The suit was filed against the federal government since the doctor who delivered the child and the center where the baby was born were both federally funded. In Louisiana, as in other states, parents are well within their rights to file suits for a birth injury. The bench trial lasted six days. Afterwards, the......
read moreMississippi Supreme Court Allows Wrongful Death Case from 2010 to Proceed
April 24th, 2017On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Monday, April 24, 2017. The Mississippi Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of a woman who had filed a wrongful death lawsuit five years after the incident occurred. The woman’s mother died in 2010, but the plaintiff did not file a claim against the hospital that is allegedly responsible for her mother’s death until 2015. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the case was valid and could proceed because the minor’s savings statute applied in this situation. Casetext reports that the plaintiff, who was the victim’s oldest child, was 16 at the time of her mother’s death. Because the case involved medical negligence,......
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