Medical Malpractice

Patients trust their doctors to make educated and responsible decisions about their health and wellness. After all, doctors go to school for years specifically to learn about how to recognize and treat diseases and disorders in patients and to improve their health....

When seeking medical care in South Carolina, people automatically associate it with doctors and nurses. However, it is a chain-like process where others – like physician assistants– are intimately involved with assessment, care and treatment. If anyone makes a...

The consequences of medical malpractice can extend for a long period of time and dramatically impact the lives of victims and their families. Victims of medical malpractice should be familiar with the different types of medical malpractice and the legal protections...

Skin cancer misdiagnoses are perhaps most common among people of color. The unfortunate fact is that skin cancer education is rarely focused on people of color and thus contributes to a medical community that is not informed enough to aid them properly. According to...

Surgical errors can have significant consequences for both South Carolina patients and the medical professionals who make them. Sleep deprivation, lapses in communication between surgeons and support staff and the complexity of a given procedure may all increase the...

When you hear about a medical malpractice lawsuit, it’s usually because something went terribly wrong. A surgeon may have operated on the wrong body part. An anesthesiologist may have failed to monitor a patient’s vital signs. While these types of cases grab...

Proper medical records are vital to ensuring the safe and proper care of every patient. Each medical professional has a responsibility to accurately log this information, and health care organizations should ensure they are doing their due diligence to obtain and...

When you visit a doctor, you expect that eventually you will leave feeling better than you did going in. However, doctors make mistakes. When those mistakes rise to the level of malpractice, it’s important to hold doctors accountable for the harm they have caused....

When you or someone you love has to have an inpatient stay at a hospital, you probably assume that the medical professionals providing care during that stay won't make mistakes. People expect to receive excellent care and around-the-clock monitoring while staying in a...