Comprehensive Legal Support For Victims Of Serious Injuries
When you seek treatment from a doctor, nurse or other medical professional, you expect that person to use his or her education, training and expertise to provide you with the best care possible. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen, and there are a number of errors that often occur in hospitals and clinics in Georgia and across the United States. The…
A woman whose mother was intubated and kept alive until her kidneys shut down — despite her wishes stated in an advance directive — can sue the healthcare provider for breach of agreement, negligence, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to a July 5 decision by the Georgia Supreme Court. The court upheld a trial court’s decision to…
If a loved one has passed away due to someone else’s negligence, you may have the right to file a wrongful death claim. The lawsuits exist to compensate the family members of people who died because of another person’s actions. However, not just anyone can file a wrongful death lawsuit. Only specific beneficiaries, who are usually people with a close…
When a patient receives improper treatment in a hospital, that person may have the option of suing for negligence. Determining who is liable for a patient’s injuries depends on many variables, and it is important to distinguish between who might be liable for hospital negligence claims. Hospitals and hospital employees If a hospital employee is negligent, the hospital as an…
If you are injured or somehow harmed while undergoing treatment in a hospital, you may have the ability to sue the hospital for negligence. In most cases, however, the doctor who performed the procedure is not eligible to be named as a defendant in your claim. The reason for this is that in many cases, doctors are not actually employees…
If a patient dies as a result of medical malpractice, the family of that patient may have the right to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the health care provider or the facility in charge of that provider. Common incidents in which a person could choose to file a wrongful death lawsuit include deaths stemming from medicinal errors, surgical mistakes,…
People go to hospitals in order to get well. However, in some cases the hospitals themselves may actually be making them sick. Despite a great deal of progress in raising awareness of hospital infection concerns and promoting healthy and sterile practices, hospital-contracted infections still remain a significant problem in the United States. In a March 2014 press release, the Centers…
Caring for ailing patients is a difficult job with ample opportunities to cause harm unless done with the utmost care and professionalism. In the nursing home setting, these concerns are further compounded by the facts that patients are often particularly fragile and vulnerable. In many cases, such patients are limited in their ability to speak for themselves. Fortunately, state regulators…
Hospitals can, in some situations, be liable for the negligence of their employees, including nurses, medical assistants, paramedics and technicians. If the employee in question in a malpractice claim was performing a job-related act when the patient suffered an injury, there may be an opportunity to sue the hospital for the expenses and pain and suffering incurred as a result.…
While the rates of hospital-borne infections are dropping across the United States, they still remain a significant problem. Moreover, the decreases in rate of infection are not uniform across the board. Some states are lagging behind in the fight against hospital infections, and unfortunately Georgia may be among them. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…