Is a surgeon required to divulge an adverse outcome in a timely fashion to allow intervention to improve clinical status?

It's always hard -- if not impossible -- to render even a somewhat helpful opinion with limited info like this. Having said that, I suspect this...

Can I sue for misdiagnosis?

Unlike physical injuries and diseases, mental illness is inherently much less definitive in diagnosis. For example, an angiogram is the well...

What kind of attorney do we need to look for?

You are emailing from El Paso, TX, apparently. Whether your mom might have a viable claim depends heavily on the state where the events occurred....

What do I need to do????

You should consult with a medical malpractice attorney in Little Rock. Use avvo's lawyer finder tool or just google it. I can't say with certainty...

I had my galbladder taken out a year ago but they never cleaned my bile duct out.

Sometimes, the inflamed gallbladder is impossible to safely remove laparoscopically and the surgery must be converted to an "open" procedure, where...

No, a doctor can stop providing services to a patient anytime they like as long as the patient is not in an emergent unstable medical state in an...

Do lawyers not take wrongful death suits for unborn babies? I can't find a lawyer to review my case.

It's not that lawyers do not think much of your case. The problem is that the Texas Legislature passed laws prohibiting plaintiff to make a case...

Was there medical malpractice?

Meconium aspiration alone does not mean that malpractice occurred. It can happen under the best of circumstances. However, it remains possible...

Object left behind after surgery, is there a case?

Retained foreign objects are a classic medical malpractice narrative, of course. Try to make sure she didn't have any other surgeries after the...

Is it even worth talking to an attorney about?

Complications of infection following surgery is an accepted risk of medical care. It is impossible to prove that it could have been avoided or even...