It is comforting to know that many doctors have become increasingly cautious to avoid medical malpractice when treating patients. A fatal medical error is traumatic and often avoidable. In cases of misdiagnosis or a surgical error, loved ones can still often assign blame to the medical professional or hospital that seems responsible for a patient's death or worsened medical condition.
How can I bring a medical malpractice lawsuit in South Carolina?
Knowing that you may have a claim for medical malpractice is one thing. But what is next? Can you just retain an attorney and file a lawsuit right away? According to South Carolina law, the answer to that question is "Not so fast."
Multiple medical malpractice accusations often have no effect
In the context of criminal law, one often hears frustrated complaints about recidivism and the "revolving door” of the justice system.
When mandatory medical malpractice mediation fails, what next?
Recently we wrote about the mandatory mediation requirement that South Carolina law places on a person who seeks redress for a claimed act of medical malpractice. The interest of the state in requiring mediation before a lawsuit may be filed is an expression of the concept of judicial economy, which seeks to minimize litigation in the courts when an alternative way to resolve the dispute may work.
The urgent issue of medical malpractice due to misdiagnosis
When we read news stories about medical mistakes, surgical errors or negligent behavior on the part of a healthcare provider, it is often in the context of a very specific incident. One person may have been the victim of a surgical error or a doctor may have routinely neglected to conduct adequate examinations.
Mediation first step in South Carolina medical malpractice claims
Medical malpractice claims are based in the concept of negligence, and under many circumstances lawsuits that allege negligence are not based on statutory law passed by the legislature.
What goes into preparing a medical malpractice claim?
Medical malpractice is a term that is frequently heard in news stories and conversations. You may be wondering, "What exactly is medical malpractice?" and perhaps more importantly, "If I believe that I have been a victim of medical malpractice, what should I do about it?"
Delayed medical treatment scandal causes Shinseki's resignation
In a recent blog post, we wrote about the federal probe into the mismanagement and hospital negligence in Veterans Administration hospitals across the country, including in South Carolina. Now VA Secretary Eric Shinseki has resigned as a result of the investigation. After the public urging of accountability for the secretary and other officials who presided over the potential widespread medical malpractice perpetrated against our country’s veterans, the oversight of the scandal will now fall into the hands of his successor.
Columbia VA hospital included in medical malpractice probe
More information is being released about mismanagement and poor care at Veterans Administration hospitals all over the country, including the one in Columbia, South Carolina. What some have claimed to be a successful model of socialized medicine may actually have long wait lists for general care and procedures, delays that may have even led to wrongful death.
South Carolina spine patients sue over Hepatitis B infections
It can be a patient’s worst nightmare; going to a doctor to receive necessary medical treatment and ending up with new, and perhaps worse, medical problems caused by the care itself. That nightmare scenario plays itself out each year across the nation.
