What Do You Need to Know About the Standard of Care?
When visiting your physician, there is the basic expectation that you are going to receive the most appropriate and up-to-date treatment for your illness or injury, regardless of who you see and where. You also...
Read MoreSurgical Site Infections: What You Need to Know About SSIs
A surgical site infection (SSI) occurs when pathogens multiply at the site of a surgical incision, which then develops into an infection. SSIs are fairly common, occurring in 2 to 5 percent of all surgeries...
Read MoreSanders V. PeaceHealth: Meningococcal Disease & Wrongful Death
Left untreated, meningococcal disease, a bacterial infection, can have devastating effects on the surrounding population. This is why there are well developed standards in place in the event an outbreak does occur. These standards are clearly...
Read MoreMedical Malpractice Resulting in Anoxic Brain Damage
The effects of brain damage can range from mild symptoms to extreme and lasting disability. This makes understanding the signs, symptoms, and best treatment practices for this type of brain injury imperative. Unfortunately, brain injuries...
Read MoreSerious Injury or Death: Medical Malpractice and Infection
Left untreated, infection can be deadly. How do you know you’ve gotten the appropriate care and whether any complications arising from infection fall under malpractice? Malpractice can occur at any stage of the diagnostic process,...
Read MoreTreating Children: How does Pediatric Malpractice Occur?
Children often present with different symptoms than adults do. Children’s bodies are smaller, in the process of developing, and generally more fragile than an adult’s. Therefore, it is important to understand what to look for...
Read MoreFailure to Follow Up on Lab Results
When meeting a patient for the first time, there is a complete diagnostic process physicians and healthcare workers must complete in order to correctly diagnose a patient, including various tests and labs. These tests are...
Read MoreOregon’s Medical Malpractice Payouts are Increasing
There is no compensatory cap in Oregon when it comes to economic damages that may be awarded to injured patients. The amounts of these payouts are increasing as more people seek compensation for their losses...
Read MoreTransvaginal Mesh Implant Manufacturers Face Lawsuits
More than 100,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed, making it one of the largest mass torts in history. Many of these cases remain unresolved, but the multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts that have been reached...
Read MoreMedical Malpractice & Pharmacy Errors: What You Should Know
Medication and pharmacy errors make up a significant portion of medical malpractice lawsuits. Find out more about pharmacist negligence and how an expert medical malpractice lawyer in Portland can help. What is Pharmacist Medical Malpractice?...
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