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Physician Liability for Assisted Suicide

Physician Liability for Assisted Suicide

Physician assisted suicide is the term used for actions taken by a medical doctor to hasten a terminally ill patient's death. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that...

Obtaining Substance Abuse Records in Medical Malpractice Cases

If you are a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action, you might be seeking information on the issue of whether or not the physician who treated you had a substance abuse problem that might have contributed to his or her claimed negligence. If...

Medical Malpractice Actions under the Federal Tort Claims Act

Generally, there is a waiver of liability for the malpractice committed by employees of the United States government pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The government is substituted for the physician as a party in medical malpractice...

HMO Malpractice?

HMO Malpractice?

In a world where health care insurance is increasingly offered in the form of a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), often people who are not medically trained are responsible for...

Aggravation of Injuries in Medical Malpractice Cases

What happens if, after a patient has been injured by the negligence of a physician, he or she goes to a second physician for treatment of the injury caused by the first doctor, and the injury is aggravated by the negligence of the second doctor?...