Medical Malpractice

For Medical Corporations, Time is Also Money

The first and most important duty of any doctor treating a patient is diagnosis.  A doctor cannot select the proper tests and treatments if she doesn't know what could be wrong with her patient.  And a doctor cannot know that unless he takes the time to listen--really listen--to the patient.  To do that right, your doctor must take the time it takes to get the details of what is going on with you.

Juries Are Not Told About Insurance Coverage

"You have cancer".  This is a terrible thing to hear.  Immediately you wonder how bad it is, if you're going to live, and how brutal the treatment is going to be.

Everybody knows someone who has had cancer, or knows somebody who lost a loved one to cancer.  And everybody knows that a cancer diagnosis will change your life.

          It is an unfortunate fact of life that many of the people who do the most damage in this world have no means of paying for the damage that they do.  Any trial lawyer can tell you dozens of stories about drunk drivers who kill whole families—but have little or no auto insurance, or deadbeats who don’t pay for goods and services but have no means of paying a judgment either.  

When I go to trial, the people I represent count on twelve strangers on a jury to see the truth, and to speak for their community--to say "this is wrong" and "we won't tolerate it"

The most basic duty that any doctor has is to listen and pay attention to you.  If they don't listen, and don't take the time to perform a thorough examination, they will never get the information they need to actually help you.  A doctor who doesn't listen to your symptoms of chest pain isn't going to try to find out what is causing your chest pain.  A doctor who doesn't examine your child carefully is going to miss symptoms of meningitis.  A nurse who rushes through getting your information in an emergency department isn't going to write down what needs to go into your records.  And then

Deciding to File Suit

"Consent Forms" and Patient's Rights

Those of you who have been to a hospital lately have most likely signed a “consent” form, although you probably did not read it closely and it was presented to you with a bunch of other papers to sign by some clerk or possibly a nurse who was in a hurry.