Questions answered by Mark R. Bower

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If a man dies at a hospital due to a specialist not being able to make it can I sue the hospital?

Mark's answer | Answered on March 19, 2019

A blizzard is an "Act of God". If this Act of God prevented the technician from being able to get to the hospital, I don't see how this is...

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Hello to all, what about spinal injury medical malpractice done 60 1/2 years ago? Records? NY Academy of Med. couldn't help.

Mark's answer | Answered on March 18, 2019

1958?!?!? Are you serious???? The reason your relative waited SIXTY YEARS to bring this up is ______?

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Is there a difference between suing a hospital for, simply, negligence vs. Medical malpractice?

Mark's answer | Answered on March 18, 2019

Agree with my colleagues above. What organ was lost? What makes you believe that it was due to untreated internal bleeding? How do you know the lab...

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Does my mother have a case?

Mark's answer | Answered on March 16, 2019

If the only time the thyroid issue came up was one time, five years ago, the statute of limitations has expired. If it came up repeatedly over the...

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I had a miscarriage hemorrhage and the hospital ER dept allowed me to bleed until I collapsed. Can I sue?

Mark's answer | Answered on March 16, 2019

I don't mean to pooh-pooh your bad experience, but "it could have cost me my life" is like "that car ALMOST ran me over!" Malpractice cases are...

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Causation!

Mark's answer | Answered on March 08, 2019

Why are you asking strangers, rather than your own attorney? A week is not much time. Expert reviews often take many weeks. If you were asked to...

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My Wife’s Grandfater fell in a nursing home, breaking his neck and colon bone.

Mark's answer | Answered on March 05, 2019

NY law on wrongful death cases is VERY harsh when it comes to the elderly and the very young. You can only recover for the loss of $ financial...

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How can I get physical therapy and an MRI approved for my lower back pain? Had back surgery in 2006.

Mark's answer | Answered on March 04, 2019

I am genuinely sorry for your distress. Yours is not a malpractice issue. Your complaint that no lawyer will represent you cannot be accurate. I...

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Can you sue for pain ,suffering, loss of wages, from cortisone injection to heel for a supposed plantar fasciitis and cant walk

Mark's answer | Answered on March 03, 2019

I understand your condition is very painful, but there is nothing in your post that suggests malpractice rather than just a painful infection. In...

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Case is closed in April 2016 and my pain has been getting worse now then it has before, would I be able to reopen it?

Mark's answer | Answered on March 02, 2019

When a case settles, the defendant "buys his peace." That is what the money is for. Subsequent changes in circumstances do not change that. Sorry.

Mark R. Bower's Answers (1267)

If a man dies at a hospital due to a specialist not being able to make it can I sue the hospital?

Hello to all, what about spinal injury medical malpractice done 60 1/2 years ago? Records? NY Academy of Med. couldn't help.

Is there a difference between suing a hospital for, simply, negligence vs. Medical malpractice?

Does my mother have a case?

I had a miscarriage hemorrhage and the hospital ER dept allowed me to bleed until I collapsed. Can I sue?

Causation!

My Wife’s Grandfater fell in a nursing home, breaking his neck and colon bone.

How can I get physical therapy and an MRI approved for my lower back pain? Had back surgery in 2006.

Can you sue for pain ,suffering, loss of wages, from cortisone injection to heel for a supposed plantar fasciitis and cant walk

Case is closed in April 2016 and my pain has been getting worse now then it has before, would I be able to reopen it?