Hospital Negligence
What Factors Do Courts Consider When Awarding Damages for Spinal Injuries?
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Monday, July 6, 2015. A serious spinal injury can be devastating, and they are more common than most people think. There are approximately 12,500 new spinal injury cases in the United States each year, according to the Spinal Cord Injury Model System. Most injuries affect males in their 40s. Although the average length of an acute hospital stay following an injury has declined, the national average is still 11 days. This does not include the average stay of 36 days in a rehabilitation facility. Spinal injuries can be expensive to treat and manage, and many people cannot afford ongoing…
Read MoreMedical malpractice is often a collaborative phenomenon
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Thursday, May 7, 2015. There are probably few people still alive who can remember the days of the individual family doctor who made house calls, carrying with him everything he needed in his black bag. Today the practice of medicine is frequently a joint effort that involves advanced equipment, specialized facilities and teams of personnel. When it works, it works well. But when it doesn’t work, sometimes it can be hard to pin down what went wrong, and who was responsible. The concept of “hospital negligence” is an outgrowth of the modern emphasis of bringing the patient to the hospital instead…
Read MoreWhat is “patient dumping,” and what can you do about it?
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Friday, February 27, 2015. Many private hospitals are run as businesses in the sense that they need to make enough money to remain open. Sometimes, especially when a patient appears to have little or no means to pay for treatment, this can lead to the temptation on the part of such a private hospital to transfer the patient to another, usually public hospital. This procedure, which has often occurred in emergency room settings, is known as “patient dumping.” The problem of patient dumping was serious enough that the federal government enacted a law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act,…
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