Most people trust the medical professionals who treat them. After all, doctors receive extensive education, training, and on-the-job experience before being turned loose to treat patients on their own. Yet, despite their credentials, even the most reputable medical...
Medical Malpractice
Do you know the signs of nursing home abuse?
When a loved one is in a nursing home, your expectation is that the nursing home providers will care for them. You want them to be treated like family. There are some signs that you should be aware of that abuse may be taking place, though, even if the nursing home...
What is medical malpractice?
When a patient goes to the doctor or hospital for treatment and has negative consequences to their treatment, they may be quick to claim they suffered from medical malpractice. Just because there was a negative consequence to treatment does not mean that medical...
How do dangerous doctors stay in practice?
More than 30 years ago, Congress established an entity called the National Practitioner Data Bank with the idea that there needed to be a way to protect the public from health care abuses and bad doctors. The NPDB was meant to serve as a sort of clearinghouse that...
The hidden factor in the spread of disease
Hospitals, urgent care and other healthcare facilities are aggressively managed to ensure a sterile environment. Patients with dangerous infectious diseases are quarantined, doctors and nurses vigorously scrub up between patients, and “clean rooms” are utilized to...
Brouwer v. Providence Hospitals: Simplifying Filing of Medical Lawsuits for Victims – The Law Office of Daryl G. Hawkins
Patricia Brouwer v. Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals, et al, 409 S.C. 514, 763 S.E.2d 200 (SC Supreme Court) We at the Law Firm of Daryl Hawkins couldn’t be more proud to be a part of the process to simplify the process of filing of a medical lawsuit in South...
Jury Rules in Favor of Colonoscopy Patient Defamed by Care Team – The Law Office of Daryl G. Hawkins
A Vienna man receiving treatment in a Reston, Virginia medical suite has received $500,000 in damages after a jury sided with him in a defamation suit against the medical staff. The patient set his phone to record his doctor’s instructions after his colonoscopy...
Arkansas Supreme Court declares punitive damages cap unconstitutional. – The Law Office of Daryl G. Hawkins
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Georgia Supreme Court declares caps on medical malpractice damages unconstitutional – The Law Office of Daryl G. Hawkins
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