Louisiana Medical Malpractice Blog

Nobody wants to hear their doctor say that they are sick. It’s one thing if you have a minor illness. You may even be able to deal with the news that you need surgery. But when you hear that you have cancer, you may feel like your life is over. If you get the news […]

When people get sick, they like to know that they can go to their doctor and get better. Even if the doctor cannot make the problem go away, it’s reassuring to find out what’s wrong with you. If you are sick, you should be able to trust that your doctor will come up with a […]

When a patient suffers with disfigurement, there are stages of loss he or she goes through. It’s impossible for any patient to suffer such a severe injury without having to go through some realization of loss. The injury affects appearance, and that can change a person’s entire life. When a person is suffering following disfigurement, there […]

A woman living in New Orleans has filed a lawsuit claiming that the health care facility where she lives is not, in fact, qualified to operate as a health care provider according to the stipulations of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act. Her suit alleges that the facility and its staff are guilty of negligence in […]

Any time that a person involved in an accident or undergoes a medical procedure that results in scarring or disfigurement, the real-life impact can be devastating. Regardless of the circumstances that lead to the disfigurement, it is difficult to simply wake up and feel grateful to be alive if you don’t feel like you are […]

When we seek medical care and are not healed or suffer further harm, it is easy to believe that something wrong has happened, and that someone must be responsible. In many cases, there were factors beyond the control of a medical provider that complicated treatment. However, in some cases, there has been a failure somewhere […]

Some of the most common and heartbreaking kinds of injuries that can arise from medical malpractice are birth injuries. Understandably, birth injuries can be devastating for new parents, who face a whole new host of challenges to care for and raise a child who has been injured either temporarily or permanently by subpar medical care. […]

Like it or not, the reality of modern medicine is that it is only as good as the people practicing it and the care they give to following proper procedures for patient care. For every doctor, nurse or EMT who cares deeply about being professional and giving the best available care to their patients, there […]

Scars are a natural result of many surgeries, and there’s often little or nothing that can be done to avoid them. Doctors and medical technology in the United States are better than ever, but skin doesn’t always heal perfectly. You may have to deal with scars for the rest of your life. If you know about this […]

When we enter the hospital to undergo a procedure or receive care for a medical emergency, the last thing on our minds is that our patient identity could somehow be confused with another person. That’s largely because our attention is focused on our health, and also because we assume a general level of competency, such […]