We have heard it from members of the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, the media and from the hospital industry and doctor lobby: the rise in medical malpractice claims is driving the cost of health care up and up. The reality, though, is something else entirely, as...
She went in to a hospital for a routine hysterectomy. A nursing professor, she knows a bit about the medical profession. So she expected to be home from the surgery the following day.Instead, a series of medical errors resulted in a laundry list of negative outcomes...
He served more than 17 years in the U.S. Army, but says that after he left the service he was denied access to the health care he needed. Now the decorated veteran says he is dying of cancer.In court documents, the vet days he was honorably discharged from the Army a...
He thought he had a bad case of flu, so he went to the emergency room at the local VA hospital for help. Two days later, the man who had devoted his life to the military and protection of his nation was dead.His widow recently spoke out for the first time since her...
Medical negligence comes in many forms, but two of the most common are misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose. Often these errors are the result of miscommunication or lack of communication among hospital doctors and staff. In cases of medical negligence at military and...
As regular readers of our San Antonio legal blog know, there are a number of common types of medical malpractice, including surgical errors, misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose. We also see far too many cases in which doctors prescribe the wrong medications or...
If you or a loved one has been injured due to negligence at a VA medical facility or military installation, the way to obtain full and fair compensation for the injury is different than a civilian personal injury or medical malpractice claim.To sue the government and...
The unusual story begins up on a roof. That is where former Coast Guard officer and National Guardsman Timothy Kuncl was in late 2011 to hang strings of Christmas lights. Unfortunately, he slipped and fell to a concrete driveway below, shattering his lower right...
Two years ago, San Antonio media was filled with stories about substandard care and treatment of veterans at a VA hospital in Arizona. Leadership changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs followed the public outcry, but now a whistleblower says that despite all...
Everyone makes mistakes. While most mistakes are minor and easily forgiven, there are exceptions -- especially when an error is caused by negligence. Far too many times, we have seen cases in which a negligent doctor causes irreparable harm to a patient.We read...
