NH Medical Malpractice Law Blog

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is this medical malpractice or personal injury? his incompetence is causing me too loose a front tooth…….due to the fact he moved(with braces) my teeth too fast.
the state is california

You’re talking malpractice. It is as about as hard as getting a lawyer to take the case. About an hour with a person injury lawyer. From there on it takes as long as it takes and cost whatever it costs. Hope you get settlement before the lawyer breaks you.

I contacted a law firm about 3 months ago to file a medical malpractice lawsuit and I signed the retainer agreement. How long should it take for them to call me back to let me know if they will take on the case or not?

If you signed something, you should have a copy. Look to see how long you contracted with them for. Different states have different statutes of limitation on how long you can wait to file the lawsuit. If you’re getting close to that time limit, I would DEFINATELY contact another firm. I would also be contacting this firm until you get an answer. 3 months is too long to wait with no communication! Good luck!

colombia as in south america

You will have to ask a lawyer in Columbia. If you are in the US, you might get some assistance at the Columbian Embassy in Washington, DC.

I know I want to go to law school after I get my bachelor’s, but I’m still undecided as to what branch of law I’m going to study. Right about now, I’ve got it narrowed down to corporate attorney, prosecuting attorney, and medical malpractice attorney.
So I’m curious as to what they make, even if it’s just an average or frame.

Stay away from medical malpractice. The insurance industry successfully lobbied congress to cap medical malpractice lawsuits in order to limit their costs. Lawyers don’t make much money in that field anymore.

This is actually one of the few moves by insurance lobbyists I agree with.

They [do not] want the federal government determining the amount of compensation executives receive from companies that received money from the federal government to survive.

They [do] want the federal government to determine the amount of compensation that an American citizen can receive in a personal injury or medical malpractice lawsuit.

A. They have no position.
B. They have one, but it is not available.
C. They had one, but they lost it. They’ll get back to you later.
D. Compenwhat?
E. This is a recording…if you feel you’ve reached this message in error, dial Rush Limbaugh’s home phone and hang up.

We are a wrongful death/personal injury/medical malpractice firm.
The only business we get is people calling up and telling us jokes. That’s all fine and dandy, but we aren’t making any money.

Do we need to do more advertising?

Because you work out of a pizza place and you write bad poems that Hallmark won’t even publish.

Or maybe it’s because you’re a Liar Liar.

Losing that Big Case and letting Scuba Steve go to jail didn’t help business any either.

I am confused on the difference between substantive and procedural law – I know that substantive is what gives rights/responsibilities and procedural is how a case is handled. But which would a medical malpractice lawsuit be?

Substantive of course. Your doctor has the responsibility to provide care at a certain standard. A lawsuit alleges it was not.

A 19 Year Old Boy goes to the Doctor with a Cough and Chest Congestion he’s Diagnosed with Bronchitis, given Steroid ihnaler and Antibiotic Prescriptions. 2 Days later he is have some Abdominal Pain, Vomiting and Diarreaha. He is then given a Cat Scan and Diagnosed with a Swollen Bladder, it was putting pressure on his Bowels and intestines. he is given a Cathiter and kept overnight. he is admitted at around 8:30 P.M at around 10 P.m he is given a Morhine Drip for pain he has an allergic reaction so he is given 2 Doses of Narcan his heart rate goes to 200 BPM he is given another grug to slow his heart it slows to 45 BPM at 4:07 A.M he dies of an Enlarged Heart. No Chest X-Rays were done until after his heart rate jumped so high, only then did they see the Enlarged Heart. This young man Graduated from High School 2 Years Ago. And played Football and Wrestling all 4 Years. He did start smoking Cigarettes and Marijuana After High School. That is it in a NutShell, What do you think?

Medical Malpratice cases are dificult and expensive to prosecute; therefore one issue is potential damages. In some states, the potentional damages for a young peron, unemployed, who isnt the support for anyone, is quite low.

As to the liabilty issue one would have to look at the autopsy and evaluate the cause of death. Was the contition caused by the treatment ofr pre-existing? Did he have a secondary desease of problem that led to the admission? Did the doctors depart from good and accepted treatment? Yes one can find and expert willing to testify as to virtually anything but, givem the case, one would want a case of more clear liability, which cannot be evaluated with a complete review of the records.

I sent in a complaint against a doctor that took out the wrong side of my toenail which should have been the outside (lateral) that was to be removed permanently! Now the side that didn’t need to be removed (the inside of my toenail) is gone and will never come back! So I went and got records and called and asked what does the word lateral mean and they told me it was the nail on the outside of your big toe! So I took pictures of my toe and printed them out to put with my records! He wrote down that he took the lateral part out but he didn’t write that he took the part out he actually took out which would be the inner nail. I wrote this on the complaint

"I, Yvonna *** ******** received medical care on April 24, 2009 from Doctor Jon Miller. The medical care was to take out an ingrown toenail on my left toe on the outside of my first toe and burning the bed of it so it won’t grow back anymore. Instead the doctor took out part of my nail on the inside of my first toe and burned it. I am reporting this because I went to Doctor Jon miller on April 17,2009 and he gave me an anti-biotic called Zithromax for the infection on my first toe on the outside of it. I believe that it was in record on which side of my toe that my nail needed removed. I know for sure that the inside of my first toe nail did not need to be removed. It was not causing me any problems. The infection was on the outside of my first toe and is still very sore. I have an appointment with Doctor Jon Miller May 1,2009. I will keep up to date on what he says! I have also taken pictures if anyone needs them. Thank you for your time!"

The point is he took out a nail that was fine! Nothing was wrong with it and it’s NEVER going to grow back! What do you guys think about this?

I am not sure what category that would fall under so I am sorry I cant help with that.Either or both would be my opinion.I understand the anger you are experiencing because not only didnt he fix the original problem he created a whole other one.It isnt the size of the problem its the principle behind it.More people should stick up for whats right and that was definetly not right!!It may be your toenail but it could have been a bigger issue and he needs to be held accountable.