Georgia Medical Malpractice Blog

We place our trust in medical professionals to take care of us, and when that trust is betrayed, it can be difficult to know what steps to take to hold them accountable. It is important to remember that you have rights as a patient and options for seeking justice when you suffer harm due to…

Were you injured by the medical malpractice of a nurse in Georgia? If so, you could file a personal injury case against the at-fault nurse for your injuries resulting from their malpractice in nursing. Seek help from the Georgia medical malpractice attorneys of . The Definition of Malpractice in Nursing Medical malpractice is a specific…

When you go to a healthcare professional for medical treatment, you anticipate that you will receive high-quality medical care. Unfortunately, doctors, nurses, surgeons, and other healthcare staff can be negligent, and mistakes happen almost every day in hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, and other treatment facilities across the Atlanta area. If you were injured by a…

When you go in for a medical procedure, routine or otherwise, you expect that the healthcare professionals treating you do so with the highest standard of care. When a doctor, surgeon, nurse, or other medical professional fails in their duty and causes injury to a patient, a medical malpractice case may be filed for compensation.…

When we go to the doctor or hospital, we are putting our health in the hands of professionals. So, when treatment does not go as planned, it can be devastating. Medical malpractice claims can be complex and should never be pursued without an attorney. It is difficult in some cases, even, for an attorney to…

Before surgery, there are some steps to follow to prepare both mentally and legally. While we would like to believe that there are no risks going into surgery, there are a variety of things that can occur and go wrong when going under the knife. That is why having a personal injury attorney on your…

If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of medical malpractice, you are likely entitled to receive compensation. However, you must first take care to ensure that your case falls under medical malpractice and is not simply a situation in which the results were not what you had hoped. Georgia law…

The birth of your baby should be a joyful time, but a birth injury or defect can change everything. About 3% of babies born in the United States each year suffer some kind of birth defect, which account for about 20% of infant deaths. Birth injuries, however, reportedly occur in fewer than 1% of births,…

Recently, a Marietta woman and her family filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the American Red Cross for medical malpractice. The lawsuit claims that one of its employees improperly drew blood from the plaintiff while she was donating, resulting in neurological damage. The victim in this…

Modern medicine is truly incredible, and doctors are now able to do things that we could have never imagined just a few decades ago. Especially when it comes to our surgical capabilities, robotic arms, implantable devices, and minimally invasive procedures are becoming more the norm. However, that doesn’t mean that surgery is without its risks,…