Sentences with phrase «malpractice suit does»

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Patients threatened malpractice suits against doctors who did not prescribe pain medications liberally, and gave them bad marks on the «patient satisfaction» surveys that, in some insurance programs, determine doctor compensation.

Tell us, do you anticipate a malpractice suit?

All that MW is going to do is open the doors for malpractice suits (since HB is outside the standard of practice, every bad outcome is going to be a lost malpractice suit)

Rebelling against his mother's (Lena Olin) clinginess, Clay secretly marries his girlfriend Sam (Jessica Alba) and chooses to have the procedure done by Dr. Harper (Terrence Howard), a malpractice suit - inundated surgeon who had previously saved his life and is now his best friend.

That's why legal suits for accidents, injuries, and even medical malpractice typically don't make it to trial.

Additionally, the SJC rejected Otis» arguments that judicial estoppel should not be applied because: (1) Otis is bringing the present suit as an assignee of Cusick and is therefore presenting Cusick's claims, not his own; (2) Otis himself did not make inconsistent statement under oath concerning his comparative negligence; and (3) the SJC previously rejected use of judicial estoppel in cases of assignment of legal malpractice claims.

Something else to be aware of is the fact that Washington does not impose caps on the amount an injury victim can recover in a medical malpractice suit, the result of a state Supreme Court decision

Something else to be aware of is the fact that Washington does not impose caps on the amount an injury victim can recover in a medical malpractice suit, the result of a state Supreme Court decision in the late 1980s.

Apparently, Coudert has since lost two lawsuits, including a $ 2.5 million malpractice suit, and claims it does not have the money to pay the judgment.

After all, if the student doesn't learn to hand in her papers on time while in law school, won't she be developing bad work habits that she will carry with her into practice, when a late filing could result in dismissal and a subsequent malpractice suit?

Not only do the faxes invite contact for further information but they also list two web sites that boast Bluestone's specialization in attorney malpractice suits.

Documenting your injuries is likely the first thing you will do when pursuing a medical malpractice suit.

In a medical malpractice suit, AR could show what should have been done that wasn't or what a correct procedure looks like

Although the statute of limitations regarding medical malpractice does state that no medical malpractice suit can be brought after five years has passed from the initial act or error made by the doctor in question, Kentucky courts have made it clear that this «five - year rule» is unconstitutional and should no longer be considered as part of the law.

Should your physician make a serious mistake during a procedure or do something ethically wrong, such as misrepresent his or her credentials, you may be able to file a medical malpractice suit.

In the court's opinion, the three - judge panel found that Illinois law requires the «622» affidavit from a health care expert in a suit alleging medical malpractice and that failure to do so is grounds for dismissal.

A conclusion by the panel that the evidence does not support a finding of medical malpractice does not bar the plaintiff from filing a civil suit.

Merril Hoge's Chicago accident attorney may have done wonders for his client, but critics say an uptick in malpractice suits are driving qualified physicians away from the once - prestigious job.

Don't wait too long to make a decision on your course of action, though; each state has its own laws regarding statutes of limitations on filing a medical malpractice suit.

According to court records, the medical malpractice suit says from Sept. 5 to Sept. 6, 2004, the defendants failed to do seven things, including assess tests results correctly and perform an emergency cesarean section when needed.

The plaintiff in a medical malpractice suit has the burden of establishing the standard of care acceptable during delivery and proving the doctor did not meet that standard.

In many of these cases, there was no cause for a malpractice suit because the damage done during surgery was expected, quickly realized and corrected without further harm coming to the patient.

«If somebody puts themselves out as an expert in a particular field and if they handle the case and they don't handle it to the extent that an expert would handle it, they're opening themselves out to a malpractice suit,» he notes.