Hospital Negligence
Family claims hospital negligence in lawsuit
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Thursday, October 27, 2016. In Louisiana, as in other states, health care facilities are obligated to follow federal laws to prevent and treat bedsores, also known as pressure ulcers, of patients. Failure of a facility to provide basic care to treat a current bedsore or to prevent a new one from developing can be debilitating to a patient’s health. If a facility fails to treat or prevent new bedsores from occurring, it could be considered hospital negligence. Recently, in a nearby state, a lawsuit was filed against a transitional health care facility, claiming the death of a patient was due to…
Read MoreEstate of 93-year-old woman sues for hospital malpractice
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Monday, August 15, 2016. Those who practice personal injury law in Louisiana know that the life of an elderly person is not worth as much in a wrongful death case as the life of a younger person with many more years left to work at the time of death. As society itself matures, however, it may learn that there are many non-monetary aspects of a person’s remaining life that may be recognized in an award for damages. There were recent reminders of that issue when the daughter of an elderly decedent sued a hospital for medical malpractice after her mother died…
Read MorePatient claims damages for fall caused by hospital negligence
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Sunday, May 15, 2016. Does a hospital have a duty to use due care in preventing falls to Parkinson’s patients? The answer is most likely yes, with respect to hospitals both here in Louisiana and nationwide. This is true at least under most typical circumstances where the patient’s symptoms indicate a danger of falling. If the hospital does not provide special procedures to prevent a fall due to the patient’s Parkinson’s or other neurological deficit, this may constitute hospital negligence. That is the answer asserted by an estate administrator representing the interests of a deceased relative who died in the defendant…
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