Should i hire a lawyer about my mothers death?

In Texas, the emergency services care is nearly immune from legal action, at least from a practical standpoint. This is part of the medical...

In Michigan, hospital refused emergency procedure after learning no insurance.

There is a federal law called EMTALA. See this link for details: http://www.emtala.com/faq.htm Essentially, EMTALA forbids a hospital ER from...

Can you sue if its been a few years passed since malpractice?

You've already been given your answer on the statutes of limitations problem. I would just address the medicine side of the issue, for what it's...

Does medical liability insurance in Wisconsin cover defamation of a patient?

Battery, assault, slander, and defamation are all examples of intentional torts. As opposed to a "negligent tort." Insurance covers accidents,...

In Texas, how many years do you have to file a medical malpractice suit or Regaln suit?

The Texas statute of limitations for a healthcare liability claim is 2 years from the date of the negligent act. However, minors that are injured...

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How does the jury know what is legal and not legal?

Obviously, our system of justice is an adversarial process. So the defense gets to say "it's legal" and here is why we think so. And then your...

What is the difference between medical negligence and medical malpractice? What is standardly needed to file either of these?

Medical 'malpractice' vs. 'negligence' is just semantics. Attorneys in Texas that handle these claims just refer to them all as "Chapter 74 cases"...

My son over a year 1/2 ago past away due to blunt force trama and i wanna know can i sue a hospital

There really is not enough information here to venture a guess as to whether the case may have merit. However, if this happened about 18 months...

Due I have a Malpractice lawsuit? I was left sterile by a misdiagnoses. I was told I was having an ectopic pregnancy.

First, you have 2 fallopian tubes. Usually the ectopic/non-viable gestation is stuck on one of those 2 tubes. So they surgically remove only the...

What if the patient commits suicide from the malpractice?

Ultimately, the measuring stick for this type of question is: what do you think a 12-person jury would think? Consider the county that the claim...