The day the baby arrives is always one of the happiest days of our lives. But, finding out that the newborn has an injury is one of the most troubling things a new parent can experience. Birth injuries can range from mild to severe. At first, we just want to know that...
Birth Injuries and Malpractice Can You Claim Medical Malpractice for Birth Injuries? In the majority of cases, labor and delivery goes smoothly, and babies are born without complications. However, injuries during birth are serious. And are even more concerning when...
There are several factors used to determine how much a personal injury case is worth. Your compensation will depend upon your medical bills -- past, present and future. Other things may be looked at such as income lost as a result of time off from work....
Medical procedures do not always have the desired outcome; sometimes unexpected or unpreventable results occur and are not the consequence of medical malpractice. In order to have a claim for medical malpractice, your injury (or undesired/harmful result of a medical...
Compensatory damages are intended to compensate the plaintiff for the actual injury and harm that he or she has suffered. In other words, compensatory damages aim to make the plaintiff “whole.” Compensatory damages can be divided into two categories, damages for...
Posted by Richard Shallcross Why Would You Need an Expert? Because of the complexity of the subject matter of medical malpractice cases, it is generally held that the plaintiff must rely on expert testimony to support causation. Most medical...