Medical Malpractice

When your doctor told you that you would need surgery to help resolve a current health problem, you might have felt both relieved to know there was a solution and worried about the upcoming procedure at the same time. There are always inherent risks involved with any...

Patients all across Maryland rely on organ, blood and other donations for their lives. However, the lives of the men and women making these donations are just as important and should also be protected. This was not the case for one donor. After his death following a...

People in Delaware and across the country trust their doctors to examine them and diagnose the condition that led to them making an appointment for a consultation. However, frequent reports of wrong or delayed diagnoses show that doctors are human and sometimes make...

Doctors in Delaware often choose prescription drugs as the first choice for both prevention and treatment of serious medical problems. Prescription medications are not inherently safe just because they are used so frequently though, and it is not just the listed side...

People in Delaware and other states put a significant amount of trust in their doctors. After all, these professionals have studied and practiced for many years and should know best. However, doctors are fallible, and misdiagnosis or another error could aggravate a...

The average patient has little choice but to take his or her doctor’s word when seeking medical care. One doctor’s attempt to get essential medical care highlights just how precarious the trust that most Delaware patients place in their doctors really is, especially...

It is only natural to be anxious in the time leading up to a scheduled surgical procedure. After all, WSPEs -- wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient errors -- are reported in the media from time to time. These surgery errors are called “never events” because they...

Going to the doctor for an illness or an injury is fairly common in Delaware. Unfortunately, just because something is common does not mean that it is safe. Acts of medical malpractice such as incorrect diagnoses and surgical errors actually occur much more frequently...

The last thing parents in Delaware or anywhere else want to consider is their infant suffering birth injuries. Most parents acknowledge the possibility of something going wrong in the back of their minds, even if they do not mention it. Birth injuries are not always...

Being hospitalized is a scary experience. By the time people in Delaware need to go to the hospital, they may be in severe pain or dealing with a traumatic medical problem. These patients have to put their trust in doctors to address their illnesses and treat them...