If an obstetrician or other medical personnel who are assisting in the birth of a child negligently fail to recognize and adequately manage these and other complications, the obstetrician and assisting medical professionals may be found liable
in a medical malpractice action for a child's CP that is determined to have been caused by the negligence of such medical personnel.
My colleague John Cooper reported recently on our firm's Virginia personal injury attorneys» website that electronic health records can assist plaintiffs
in medical malpractice actions against health care providers.
The Appellate Practice Group successfully defended on appeal a defense
verdict in a medical malpractice action involving a claim that the defendant - physicians missed suspicious findings on the plaintiff's mammogram.
In order for the plaintiff to
prevail in a medical malpractice action, the plaintiff must prove the physician departed from the standards of care for his or her practice, and there was a causal link between the negligence and the plaintiff's injuries.
The failure of obstetricians and other medical personnel, including nurses, surgical assistants, anesthesiologists, and surgeons, to adequately protect the baby from unnecessary and preventable injuries may be found to constitute actionable
negligence in a medical malpractice action, resulting in liability on the part of such medical personnel for the baby's resultant injuries or death.
A physician's negligent failure to diagnose, manage, or treat pregnancy conditions that increase the risk of such brain damage or other negligence during labor and delivery may be considered a cause of an infant's
CP in a medical malpractice action.
If an obstetrician or other medical professional assisting or involved in a pregnant woman's care negligently fails to detect such signs of fetal asphyxia during the mother's pregnancy or the labor and delivery stages of childbirth, or to appropriately and timely respond to such signs, the obstetrician or other medical personnel may be found liable for the child's resulting HIE
injuries in a medical malpractice action.
Minor's attorney basically appealed a fee award in a minor's compromise settlement
in a medical malpractice action.
in a medical malpractice action is two years from the date that the patient discovers — or reasonably should have discovered — that injury occurred.
For example, if you are able to recover $ 100,000
in a medical malpractice action and are 20 percent at fault for the injury, your damages will be reduced by $ 20,000.
In medical malpractice actions, this period can never exceed four years from the date of the actual incident.
In medical malpractice actions, a defendant sometimes argues that the plaintiff's pre-existing or underlying conditions were the primary reason why they suffered injuries — rather than the alleged lack of appropriate care.
We represent our clients in all courts having jurisdiction in Alberta, from Small Claims Court to the Supreme Court of Canada,
in medical malpractice actions, construction litigation, commercial litigation, personal injury claims, family law disputes, security realization, tax litigation and an array of other cases.
If, for instance, a baby exhibits signs of breathing difficulties, pale skin, or loss of consciousness immediately following birth and the failure of medical personnel to timely and appropriately respond to the baby's condition is found to have resulted in an asphyxia injury to the baby, such medical personnel may be found liable for the baby's injury
in a medical malpractice action.
The plaintiff will be required in such wrongful death actions to prove the medical malpractice or negligence of the defendants just as they would have
in a medical malpractice action.
In this medical malpractice action, testimony by personnel responsible for the instruction of defendant hospital's employees is sufficiently relevant to ultimate issues in this case and reasonably intended to unearth admissible evidence, and the Newport News Circuit Court grants plaintiff's...
For example,
in the medical malpractice action, someone would say, file a motion to dismiss the complaint.