It is reasonable to assume that a medical malpractice insurance provider knows a thing or two about the underlying causes that drive litigation claims filed by injured patients and their families.Put another way: An insurer that seeks to protect doctors and other...
Month: February 2016
A surgical “never event” underscores need for victim assistance
In doing so, they frequently argue that malpractice claims are frivolous and unduly pricey.In fact, such claims are often and simply only about justice, as is clearly underscored by a recent story involving a blatant birth injury-related error committed by a doctor at...
Resting in a hospital? Now there’s a concept.
Have you ever been a patient in an Arizona hospital?If so, do you have memories of softly drifting into a deep and relaxing sleep that lasted for hours each night, with hospital staff members doing everything they could to dampen noise levels and surrounding...
Serial malpractice offenders: scary when the subject is physicians
A lead-in to today's blog post might be termed "Reasonable assumptions gone awry." The facts that emerge from a recent article in an esteemed medical journal reveal with chilling force how something that should be a reality in the medical profession is far from...