By the time a woman was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was Stage IIIB. Had she been correctly diagnosed and treated a year earlier, she may not have developed this advanced stage of cancer. Can this be a basis for a medical malpractice case?
A lawyer shows the witness a document to refresh his memory about something that the witness claims he cannot remember. This type of technique is used when a witness, especially a doctor does not remember something about an event or about a conversation that may have occurred previously. Information may be contained in a document or in a medical record that might refresh the doctor’s memory.
In your medical malpractice case in New York, why does your attorney have the ability to be reimbursed for his expenses throughout the course of your litigation?
Facility for Psychiatric Patients
A patient falls from the hospital gurney in the emergency room, suffers a fractured shoulder and the hospital blames the patient for this since the patient was told to stay in bed. Can this be grounds for a personal injury or a medical malpractice case?
