Medical malpractice is what lawyers call a “cause of action.” A cause of action is a set of facts that allow one person to bring a lawsuit against another. If you can establish these basic facts, your lawsuit can move forward. If one or more of t…
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Sometimes, a doctor’s negligent action (or lack of action) clearly leads to a worse result than would have occurred otherwise. If a patient goes into surgery to have his right leg amputated, and the doctor amputates the left leg instead, that is cl…
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The birth of a baby is a joyful time, and so many births go without incident that when there is a problem, joy is rapidly replaced with worry and distress. One such situation is shoulder dystocia. As the name suggests, shoulder dystocia happens when,…
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If you found this article by searching for Erb’s palsy online, it is likely that you are the parent of a newborn child who demonstrated some frightening symptoms and received an unfamiliar diagnosis. What is Erb’s palsy? What causes it, how is it…
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