The most common fatal medical malpractice errors are misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, prescription drug errors, failure to treat, surgical procedure errors, and childbirth injuries. Medical errors can lead to serious injury, and can even be fatal. Medical errors are...
Medical errors are a serious concern in the healthcare industry, and they are believed to be a leading cause of hospital deaths. According to a report by the National Academy of Medicine, medical errors are responsible for between 210,000 and 440,000 deaths each year...
One out of every 31 hospital patients is fighting one or more hospital-acquired infections on any given day in the United States. Unsurprisingly, many patients want to find out, “Can you sue for hospital-acquired infections?” You can sue for hospital-acquired...
To obtain fair compensation after a loved one’s fatal accident, it is important to know how a wrongful death lawsuit works in Nevada. This knowledge can help the family can get the proper amount of money owed to the estate for present and future expenses and...
A Nevada medical malpractice lawsuit has a one-year time limitation from the date of the malpractice, which may be extended up to three years from the date of the discovery of the malpractice, whichever happens first. The court is likely to dismiss a lawsuit filed...
Patients can sue a hospital for getting sepsis while in the care of that facility. Sepsis is the cause of 1 in 5 deaths worldwide, according to a 2020 report from the World Health Organization. Many of those cases are caused by infections caught in a hospital setting....
