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Medical Malpractice

What Is Considered an Act of Medical Malpractice?

Medical malpractice is a serious event that can lead to grave consequences for its victims. There are a variety of negligent acts that can cause a medical malpractice accusation to arise. From failure to diagnose or treat to leaving surgical implements inside a patient and then sewing them back together, there are many horrible ways a doctor’s malpractice can have…

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3 Tragic Ways Medical Malpractice Can Impact Your Life

We entrust doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals with providing care when we are injured, ensuring we stay in good health—and even with our very lives. When one of these professionals does something negligent, it can lead to severe injury or even death. Medical malpractice is a serious offense, and it can lead to pain and suffering that lasts long…

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Surgeon Left Theatre Too Soon Leading To Patient Death

Pervaiz Chaudhry in Fresno County Superior Court is undergoing a medical malpractice case. His patient Silvino Perez, 76 was left in a vegetative state after surgery. The patient suffered extreme blood loss which caused a lack of oxygen to travel to the brain. The blame is being placed on the doctor claiming that he left the operating theatre way too…

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California and Medical Malpractice- What The Law Says

With all these medical advancements that have been made in our time, we expect our care to be perfect. While most deaths or complications happen because nothing can be done, there are times when our doctors and other medical professionals fail us by making mistakes and accidents leading to dire results. When this occurs, there can be a lot of…

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Nursing And Medical Malpractice: How Stressed-Out And Fatigued Nurses Injure Patients

Nurses are the frontline for a patient. If that front line fails to ensure the highest level of care for the patient, medical malpractice – or, in this case, nursing malpractice – occurs. Our medical malpractice attorney in California from the Licata & Yeremenko, A Professional Law Corporation explains that by its nature, nursing malpractice is no different from other forms…

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Damage Caps For Medical Malpractice In California

California is one of several states that places upper limits on the amounts that victims of medical malpractice can receive for damages. The California law that does this is called the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). Unfortunately, this law limits victims so that they sometimes cannot receive as much as they deserve for their California medical malpractice claim. Nonetheless,…

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Prince Doctor Settles Opioid Prescription Lawsuit

Michael Todd Schulenberg this week settled the civil suit against him, by agreeing to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation, while state prosecutors are yet to announce whether they will bring criminal charges relating to the death. Dr. Schulenberg is not accused of contributing to Prince’s death and is not the subject of any criminal case which may…

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When Can I Make a Medical Malpractice Claim?

The line “trust me, I’m a doctor!” has been immortalized for good reason – doctors and other medical professionals should be amongst the most trustworthy individuals any of us encounter during our lifetimes. For the most part, they are, and there is no denying the excellent work those in the medical profession do when the rest of us are unwell,…

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Former Offspring Drummer, Now Ob-Gyn, Saves Juror At Own Medical Malpractice Trial

If you were a fan of The Offspring, the name James Lilja may be familiar to you as the drummer in the band in the mid-80s. However, since leaving the rock band, Lilja qualified as an ob-gyn in the 90s and has been practicing since. In what can only be described as an unexpected state of affairs, Lilja, who is…

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You Cannot File A Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Unless It Meets These Requirements

Turns out, filing a medical malpractice claim against a doctor, nurse, physician or another medical professional who provided you with an inappropriate standard of care during a surgery or medical treatment is more complicated than you think. This is because, in California, a medical malpractice lawsuit is usually more complex than all other types of claims based on personal injury.…

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