While patients place an immense amount of trust in health care providers, it is all too common to hear of serious medical malpractice cases impacting people of all ages, in routine medical procedures all over the world. If you suspect that medical malpractice has occurred in a procedure that you or a family member underwent, … Read More
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Medical Malpractice Case Examples
When you need medical help, the last thing you need to be worrying about is your healthcare provider, surgeon, anesthesiologist or other medical professional making a mistake. Yet medical errors occur every day and cause serious injury, even death. Whether through acts of omission (failure to act) or commission (taking the wrong action), deaths resulting … Read More
The Three Key Elements in a Medical Malpractice Case
Medical malpractice cases are initiated by a patient who suffered harm due to negligence. In some circumstances, they can also be brought by members of the patient’s family. In any medical malpractice case, a plaintiff must introduce evidence that establishes three key elements. Our expert Florida medical malpractice attorneys have aggressively represented medical malpractice victims … Read More
Florida Medical Negligence Lawyers Help Bedsore Victims
Bedsores, also called pressure sores or pressure ulcers, are injuries to skin and underlying tissues that are caused from prolonged pressure on the skin. People most at risk of bedsores are those with a limited ability to change positions, such as people in wheelchairs or who are bedridden in a hospital or nursing home. Bedsores … Read More
Florida Medical Negligence Attorneys Disclose Risks of Januvia and Byetta
The medical malpractice attorneys at Babbitt & Johnson, P.A. have studied consumer claims, medical data and risk factors for the Type-2 Diabetes drugs, Januvia and Byetta. What the data revealed is that as far back as 2007, the instances of pancreatitis increased after using Byetta or Januvia to treat Type-2 diabetes. Diabetes is a major … Read More
Medical Negligence Lawyers Explain Diabetes Drugs Januvia & Byetta
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diabetes Statistics from 2011 show that diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S and that it affects 25.8 million people of all ages. The NIH statistics also show the numbers increasing, so it’s no surprise doctors and consumers are reaching for medications to get a … Read More