Medical Malpractice

When you undergo medical treatment, you expect that you will receive proper care. After all, the doctors and medical staff are there to help you, right? However, a recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine reveals that medical errors are now the third-leading cause of...

Misdiagnosis is one of the most common reasons for people to suffer avoidable damage after seeking medical care. Pennsylvanians should be cognizant of this problem if they have gone for medical assistance and their issue was not resolved, it got worse or they suffered...

Victims of medical malpractice in this state may need to factor in how the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s recent rule change about venue will affect their cases. In the legal world, the venue is the local court in which a person files a lawsuit. Usually, there are rules...

If you’ve been harmed by a doctor’s or a hospital’s negligence, you’re probably motivated to find some accountability and recover the compensation that you need to be financially stable and advance your recovery as aggressively as possible. A medical malpractice...

If you have your family in a nursing home, you know that both medical and nonmedical personnel treat them. This means that if your loved one experiences nursing home abuse or neglect, it could be medical malpractice, general negligence or some other personal injury....

Patients have more options for medical care by seeking treatment in outpatient settings such as urgent care centers, day surgical centers and patient homes. Practitioners in outpatient centers must still meet, but often violate, the standard of care that applies to...

An autopsy is the detailed dissection of a body to determine the cause of death. In addition, autopsies provide crucial information for those who have a legal interest in a death that occurred in a suspicious or unusual way. For instance, they may provide information...

Facing any type of medical issue can be challenging. We all depend upon medical professionals to offer the right advice, prescribe the right medications and recommend the right treatment. So, what happens if they get it wrong? How might a misdiagnosis impact your...

The costs of medical practice impact at every level of medical care. Individual victims suffer a reduction in longevity or quality of life by misdiagnosis; health care facilities increase budgets to operate; consumers pay higher premiums and other associated costs....

We trust our medical professionals to safeguard our health – this includes dentists. Going to the dentist isn’t always the most comfortable experience but we don’t expect to leave in worse condition than we arrived. When a dentist makes a mistake, that’s exactly what...