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The American Bar Association defines medical malpractice as negligence caused by a hospital, its staff, or any healthcare provider. The law classifies many things as medical malpractice, one of them being surgical errors. Surgical errors are mistakes during surgery...
As a patient, you expect your doctor to provide you with a certain level of care. You certainly expect that he or she will watch out for your best interests and not do anything that would harm you or cause further medical problems. However, sometimes, a doctor makes...
At Howell Law Firm, PC, we understand what it means to put your trust in a professional. Our relationships with our clients are based on the understanding that we work in their best interests in everything we do. The same integrity should be present in all medical...
When you enter your doctor’s office in Georgia, you have an expectation that your physician will provide you with quality care. Despite your expectations, unfortunately, mistakes can still happen in the medical field. In medicine, you can also assume that there is...
A jury in Valdosta awarded $1.8 million in a medical malpractice case against a local orthopedic surgeon for a man whose leg had to be amputated after an operation to repair a broken ankle. The case, tried before Lowndes County Superior Court Judge Frank Horkan, is...
Winning Tough Cases For Those Injured By Medical Malpractice In the medical profession, there are certain standards for how different conditions and injuries are treated. When a doctor, nurse or other health care professional provides care that falls below those...
It is common for Georgia residents to need medical attention for various health issues. In some cases, a doctor may be able to perform a quick examination, determine the problem and provide a course of treatment. In other cases, a series of tests may be needed or...
If you think that your family will never be touched by the horrors of medical malpractice, we urge you to think again and to be cautious. Most victims of medical malpractice, especially those suffering serious or catastrophic injuries, thought the same thing when they...
Patients aren't expected to know when they're in medical danger. That's really the physician's job to keep track of what is happening and spot things like an infection that's spinning out of control. Just because the patient didn't complain and draw the physician's...
You, like many other Georgia residents before you and just like you, needed medical help. You did what you were supposed to do and went to the doctor. You got a diagnosis and agreed to the prescribed treatment. Now, you feel worse off than you were before. This has...