| Failure to Diagnose a Heart Attack |
| Around the world, millions of people die each year from cardiovascular disease, and in the United States, it is the leading cause of death. A heart attack is defined as an injury to the heart muscle resulting from a lack of oxygen-filled blood. An interruption of the flow of blood to the heart can be caused by a blood clot, atherosclerosis, or a coronary artery spasm.More... |
| Three Strikes Rule and License Suspension |
| Three Strikes Rule and License SuspensionMore... |
| Podiatry Malpractice |
| Podiatry MalpracticeMore... |
| Retained Foreign Bodies and Medical Malpractice |
| Retained Foreign Bodies and Medical MalpracticeMore... |
| Obtaining Substance Abuse Records in Medical Malpractice Cases |
| If you are a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action, you might be seeking information on the issue of whether or not the physician who treated you had a substance abuse problem that might have contributed to his or her claimed negligence. If you are a physician who is the object of a medical malpractice action, you might be looking for information on whether the patient's injury was the result of his or her own drug problem. Whatever, the reason, it is not uncommon for one or both parties to try to obtain substance abuse records.More... |

