Is this legal malpractice?

I filed for social security disability and was denied, but there was only 1 reason why I was denied, because I can still do the same work I did in my past job. Then I hired a social security disability law firm.

My claim was denied again. The explanation of determination mentions my Aspergers and ADHD (something I disclosed to my attorneys that I no longer have but now have autistic, anxiety, and personality disorders). It says the medical record shows I am able to communicate, act in my own interests, adjust to orindary emotional stresses, get along with others, and do my usual daily activities without assistance. The medical record also shows that I am capable of performing other work that might only require a very short, on-the-job training period.

Based on the fact it went from 1 reason I was denied to MANY reasons I was denied, do you think my law firm committed legal malpractice?

I have two medical facilities cited in not following protocol?

One, Howard County General for not recognizing the fact my stepdaughter had no powers when it came to decision making for my estranged wife of six months ( my stepdaughter said she was power of attorney but the paper was left at home. She never brought it and Office of Health Care cited them after I complained. Gilchrist Hospice Care for going along with my stepdaughter and another woman for not letting me know my wife was at their facilty dying as well as other questionable decisions. How a 22 year old and a 37 were able to get around the Health Care Decisions Act which was created for this purpose when it came to who had say, you got me. What are my legal rights in this being I was still married to my wife at the time of her death and to add one other thing, I went to the state attorney and showed him the evidence I had accumulated and though it is a civil case, there is nothing but criminal in this. Do I have malpractice lawsuits for these facilities being negligent?

Did the Democrats sell us out to trial lawyers on the heatlh bill because of all the campaign money they get?

Section 2531(4)b — reads:

The new health bill will empower the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states that reform their medical malpractice systems. There are just two conditions: Those reforms must not “limit attorneys’ fees or impose caps on damages.”

So talk about no special interest groups getting in the way of the Democrats bill. It would lower our costs tremendously if medical malpractice was reduced in the bill, or at least capped for Doctors. Instead it’s a sell out, where is the transparency that the White House talked about? No wonder they didn’t want to post this bill online.
Charlie Bucket – You miss the point, TX already has laws limiting Mal Practice and it has reduced costs by 17% for Doctors and Insurance Co. which has been passed on to the consumer.

Lawyer Question – Need Help and Answers ASAP?

Here is my law question for someone in the Cleveland, Mentor, area of family law. I lost custody of my son on our day in court when ALL parties agreed that custody should go back to 50/50. It was my own child’s therapist who wrote a very confusing yet convincing letter to the judge that I no longer be permitted custody of my child & have supervised visits. This from a counseling office where they don’t make custody determinations. I had 4 counseling sessions with him and my child, then he asked that I no longer attend or bring my child to the sessions so I knew something was amiss.

Long and short of it, I of course appealed my case and I am awaiting my date for the accelerated calendar. I am well versed in law due to my career pursuits but I am in no way a lawyer. The pisser to this case is that AFTER my appeal was filed at the Appellate level, I found MAJOR fraud on the court. I have documented proof and a trail of the fraud dating back 1 year. I’m sick over this and have no idea what to do because this case is still being appealed yet the local court that tried the case won’t do anything until the appeal is back right?

I am trying to do everything in my power to not confront the individuals involved in this yet, I also don’t really trust in the legal system. My attorney during the case was a P.D. as this case is in juvenile court. In essence, I have 3 court cases, Fraud On The Court, Medical Malpractice & and don’t know what the lawsuit name would be for the people involved in the Fraud On the Court, but it would come down on a major corporation here because most of what they did, they did through their place of employment.

Thank you in advance for reading my long winded questions.

why isn’t Richard Shenkman being charged with attempted murder?

Hostage Drama Ends With House Ablaze
By EVERTON BAILEY Jr., AP

News, National NewsSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (July – An advertising executive Richard Shenkman — who vowed he wouldn’t be divorced until his ex-wife was dead — kidnapped her from a parking lot and called for a priest to give her last rites before setting their house on fire during a 13-hour standoff, police said.
Richard Shenkman gave up about midnight Tuesday as flames destroyed the South Windsor house he once shared with Nancy Tyler. The fire ignited about an hour after Tyler escaped, a handcuff dangling from one wrist.

Police say an advertising executive who allegedly held his ex-wife hostage on Tuesday for 13 hours set the home they once shared on fire before he was taken into custody in South Windsor, Conn. Here, firefighters hose down the blaze
Police said they don’t know how the fire began, but believe it was set by Shenkman. Police cut power to the suburban Hartford neighborhood and fired nonflammable tear gas canisters and flash grenades after Tyler emerged from the house, police Cmdr. Matthew Reed said.
A bomb squad had been on the scene since the standoff began Tuesday morning. There was no confirmation of explosives in the house even though there were indications, such as “some wires and some other odd items.”
Reed said Shenkman had made several demands during the standoff, but he wouldn’t elaborate. The Day newspaper, of New London, reported that Shenkman wanted a priest to come give Tyler her last rites and asked that Judge Jorge Simon, who presided over the couple’s divorce case, remarry them. A priest came to the scene.
Shenkman’s attorney, Hugh Keefe, said he hoped for a peaceful ending. Shenkman likely faces charges including kidnapping and arson, Reed said.
Shenkman, 60, and Tyler, 57, had three years of contentious divorce proceedings, Keefe said. They married in 1993; a judge granted the divorce last year, but Shenkman has been appealing.
The state appellate court, in a decision released Tuesday, rejected Shenkman’s appeal. Shenkman had sought to delay the divorce proceedings until an arson case against him was resolved.
He is accused of burning the couple’s beach home in East Lyme in 2007 just hours before he was to hand it over to Tyler. The case is pending in New London Superior Court.
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Shenkman also has other pending criminal charges, including threatening, violating a protective order and forgery, according to the state Judicial Branch.
Tyler’s lawyer, Norm Pattis, said Shenkman’s behavior during the divorce trial was “menacing, threatening, nothing short of bizarre.”
“The reports that he abducted Ms. Tyler … is consistent with the level of irrationality that he displayed throughout the proceedings,” Pattis said.
The couple’s appellate court file includes a cassette tape of more than a dozen voice mail messages from Shenkman to Tyler, which contain numerous threats.
“We are not getting divorced,” he said in one message. “It is not going to happen. Listen to my words. We’re not divorced. We’re not getting divorced. We were married ’til death do us part. We made vows in front of God. He was our witness, and you can only get your divorce one way, and that’s death. You can only be unmarried by death.”
Shortly before the trial, the records show, Shenkman was hospitalized because his lawyer thought he might be a danger to himself.
A neighbor, John Cvejanovich, described Shenkman as “oddly secretive” and easy to anger. He said Shenkman installed security cameras on his roof, satellite dish and shed in the last year.
“The rumor going around the neighborhood,” Cvejanovich said, “was to keep a respectful distance and do not engage.”
Tyler is a medical malpractice lawyer who worked for Shenkman’s advertising firm in Bloomfield, according to divorce records. The firm produced “The Gayle King Show,” hosted by Oprah Winfrey’s best friend and a longtime Hartford TV anchor, and did commercials for state government, the records say.
Associated Press writers Dave Collins and Katie Nelson in Hartford and John Christoffersen in New Haven contributed to this report.
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Malpractice suit??????

My daughter and son are both deaf. It doesnt run in either of our familys. The doctors loaded the kids mom up on many medications during her pregnancy and the doctors say that there would not be any birth defects. These medications are for depression that the mom took. I have sole custody of the kids. What can i do as a single father to see if I have a case and since I have sole custody, can I look into this and get the kids moms medical records so I can prove this case by law? I dont have an attorney and there mom is not mentally stable to get medical records with out putting up red flags with her doctors. I almost dont want there mom knowing about this because she gives up to much information with her counslers. Attention Lawyers: Im in Portland, Oregon
My daughter is 4 and my son is 1yrs old.Found out my daughter was deaf 2 years ago.

Is prepaid legal membership just a scam?

I have it for 15$ per month for years now and they will make a phone call or write 1 letter for each incodent. If I need anything else they always want me to do the leg work for them. Today I called for a legal medical malpractice concern, (for once I really need them for something) and they want to refer me to an outside attorney in that field which my membership doesn’t cover. I don’t see the advantage here. If I was to sue for damages it seems like they are not willing to be there for me unless I pay extra for it. It seems like I would get more help with matters right here on yahoo answers. Should I cancel my membership with them?

Both of my twins had a Botched Curcumcision?

My twins were circumcised by my OB dr and he messed up both he did not take enough skin and they both have to be circumcised again. I want to file a medical malpractice suit because I don,t understand how you mess up not one but two. I am having trouble finding a attorney any advice?
I actually have found an attorney to take the case. Defenition of botch for those of you who don’t know JENNIFER- to repair or patch clumsily
to spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle; badly patched place or part
a bungled or unskillful piece of work…..
And I am not the one calling it a botched circumcision that was by 3 doctors who have seen the circumcision…If you are against circumcision I really don’t need your input.

How come Mexico is helping out here is it because of the $$$ The Mexican government has hired a lawyer?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Mexican government has hired a lawyer to monitor a child-custody battle in Nashville involving a severely brain-damaged Hispanic girl.

The child, 4-year-old Alessandra Villalobos, is also at the center of a medical malpractice lawsuit that could provide millions of dollars for her care.

The girl’s mother, Ingrid Diaz, is a Mexican national trying to regain custody of her daughter, who is an American citizen because she was born in Nashville.

Attorney Elliott Ozment says the Mexican consul in Atlanta has asked him to investigate and make sure Diaz is being “adequately represented” in her legal battles.

Diaz is an illegal immigrant, but she has been allowed to remain in the U.S. while the cases are under way.
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/tennessee/051309_Mexico_Takes_Interest_in_Tenn_Child_Custody_Case

Opinions on the importance of tort reform in the health care debate?

Doctors must carry (therefore we must pay for) expensive malpractice insurance, and there are tens of thousands of lawyers making their living off of peoples dissatisfaction with their medical care. . You may alternately say that they are making their living from the mistakes of the medical profession.

How do those countries with national health care programs handle the voracious attorneys, and what must we do in this area to achieve comparable care for a comparable price, whether privately of publicly administered?

How Long Should I Wait?

I sent Medical Records and an Autopsy Report to an Attorney for a possible Wrongful Death or Malpractice Suit. I sent them almost 3 weeks ago. 2 weeks ago I called to make sure he got the Reports he told me he was sending them for Review. What will this Review consist of? and How long should I wait to call him back?

Opinions on the importance of tort reform in the health care debate?

Doctors must carry (therefore we must pay for) expensive malpractice insurance, and there are tens of thousands of lawyers making their living off of peoples dissatisfaction with their medical care. . You may alternately say that they are making their living from the mistakes of the medical profession.

How do those countries with national health care programs handle the voracious attorneys, and what must we do in this area to achieve comparable care for a comparable price, whether privately of publicly administered?

What are your thoughts of this article written about socialized medicine?

“In medicine, above all, the mind must be left free. Medical treatment involves countless variables and options that must be taken into account, weighed, and summed up by the doctor’s mind and subconscious. Your life depends on the private, inner essence of the doctor’s function: it depends on the input that enters his brain, and on the processing such input receives from him. What is being thrust now into the equation? It is not only objective medical facts any longer. Today, in one form or another, the following also has to enter that brain: ‘The DRG administrator [in effect, the hospital or HMO man trying to control costs] will raise hell if I operate, but the malpractice attorney will have a field day if I don’t—and my rival down the street, who heads the local PRO [Peer Review Organization], favors a CAT scan in these cases, I can’t afford to antagonize him, but the CON boys disagree and they won’t authorize a CAT scanner for our hospital—and besides the FDA prohibits the drug I should be prescribing, even though it is widely used in Europe, and the IRS might not allow the patient a tax deduction for it, anyhow, and I can’t get a specialist’s advice because the latest Medicare rules prohibit a consultation with this diagnosis, and maybe I shouldn’t even take this patient, he’s so sick—after all, some doctors are manipulating their slate of patients, they accept only the healthiest ones, so their average costs are coming in lower than mine, and it looks bad for my staff privileges.’ Would you like your case to be treated this way—by a doctor who takes into account your objective medical needs and the contradictory, unintelligible demands of some ninety different state and Federal government agencies? If you were a doctor could you comply with all of it? Could you plan or work around or deal with the unknowable? But how could you not? Those agencies are real and they are rapidly gaining total power over you and your mind and your patients. In this kind of nightmare world, if and when it takes hold fully, thought is helpless; no one can decide by rational means what to do. A doctor either obeys the loudest authority—or he tries to sneak by unnoticed, bootlegging some good health care occasionally or, as so many are doing now, he simply gives up and quits the field.”

Socialized medicine will finish off quality medicine in this country—because it will finish off the medical profession. It will deliver doctors bound hands and feet to the mercies of the bureaucracy.

The only hope—for the doctors, for their patients, for all of us—is for the doctors to assert a moral principle. I mean: to assert their own personal individual rights—their real rights in this issue—their right to their lives, their liberty, their property, their pursuit of happiness. The Declaration of Independence applies to the medical profession too. We must reject the idea that doctors are slaves destined to serve others at the behest of the state.

I’d like to conclude with a sentence from Ayn Rand. Doctors, she wrote, are not servants of their patients. They are “traders, like everyone else in a free society, and they should bear that title proudly, considering the crucial importance of the services they offer.”

The battle against the socialized medicine, in my opinion, depends on the doctors speaking out against the plan—but not only on practical grounds—rather, first of all, on moral grounds. The doctors must defend themselves and their own interests as a matter of solemn justice, upholding a moral principle, the first moral principle: self-preservation. If they can do it, all of us will still have a chance. I hope it is not already too late.
Very good Sarcastic Conservative, it is an article by Leonard Peikoff. Here is the link to it.

http://www.afcm.org/hcinar.html

As for LadySnow…. who in the hell said this was Obama’s plan…? Are you sure you’re responding to the right question? This article is just highlighting why socialized medicine, and government intervention into the health care market is a horrible idea…

Conservatives – what do you think about my solution to tort reform?

Medical Malpractice cases are getting out of hand. There should be a system in place for getting rid of frivolous lawsuits and excessive awards. I propose the following:

1. The plaintiff has an attorney – the doctor should get one too. And it should be provided by their insurance carrier.

2. The plaintiff should be required to have another DOCTOR certify that the defendant doctor committed malpractice.

3. There should be a mechanism for dismissing cases that have absolutely no merit.

4. There should be a panel of regular people – like you and me – who decide how much compensation an injured plaintiff is entitled to.

What do you think of my ideas?
Of course that is what already happens! I just wanted to see what people would say.

there is no need to have additional reform, the system works the way it is.

Should I sign this mortgage workout agreement?

My wife, son, and I lived with and paid rent to my mother in a house she was not able to afford. Mom made a deal with a mortgage company that was supposed to bring her monthly payments down to an affordable level. She asked me if I would co-sign, since she wouldn’t qualify on her own. Reluctantly, and foolishly, I agreed, under the condition that I would be able to take my name off the mortgage at anytime. I was naive and signed on when I was told by the mortgage broker that it would be no problem. (That’s a seperate issue I’m going to the Attorney General about). I had just cleaned up my credit and was looking to restore it and this seemed like a good way to do that.
Long story short, she couldn’t afford it still and the house is in foreclosure. She kicked my wife, son, and I out, saying she was preparing to sell it. My brother still lives there rent-free.
Months go by, and nothing is being done w/the house. We spoke w/an attorney and she said I can sue her to force a short sale and hopefully save my credit.
Then, this summer, my mom underwent surgery by a shady doctor and has been out of work. She has a medical malpractice suit pending. Meanwhile, the bank has offered to lower her monthly payment by $700 per month in order to avoid foreclosure. She can’t afford this, so we offer to move back in and help w/payments. She declines, saying “I can’t kick your brother out!” (Gee… thanks mom).
So… I need to save my credit. I want a home for my family. She’s screwed me big time. Should I or should I not sign this workout agreement. Not signing means the foreclosure will continue, and she’ll be forced to sell (if not by her own free will, then by me through my lawyer). I won’t be able to get credit to buy a home until I’m almost 40 if I agree to this and she doesn’t hold up her end of the bargain.

I Have Anal Fissures…But Too Embarrassed to Tell My Doctor? Please Help?

I have anal fissures that are over a year old….I’m too embarrassed to tell my dr…But the other issue is that I’m the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case…So I am required to tell my attorney immediately if I have any health problems of any kind and to report all of my health issues…The defense will have access to all of my health records…I would be embarassed if they knew about my anal fissures.

Should I just wait until my malpractice case is over…Its going to be several years. I’m so depressed please help.

Can you give me some career ideas?

I have hit a wall in my job search and I would love your help!

I was a journalism/advertising major in undergradute. I went to a good state school in the Midwest and graduated in the top 1/3rd. I learned a great deal about writing, branding, marketing, sales and design (among other things).

However, I decided I wanted to go to law school. I went to another good school in the midwest and finished in the middle of my class. I then moved to California and took the bar and passed on the first try.

My legal experiences include: clerking for a year for a state civil law judge, interning for a British criminal law barrister, clerking for a medical malpractice defense firm, and working as a legal contract temp attorney on class action and patent cases.

My other talents include photography, writing, and doing just about anything on a computer.

So my question is, what advice do you have for potential careers, both traditional and non-traditional?

All suggestions are welcome

I was married for only 4 months to an alcoholic and have been trying to get divorced, its now 18 mos. later?

I have spent all of my life savings and this man will not let the divorce happen. He seems to know just how to walk the line close enough to the law. What should I do? Is it time to find a new lawyer who might be more aggressive? This man has lied, cheated, and disobeyed the judges rulings without consequence. He was ordered weeks ago by the judge to pay a portion of my attorneys fees. He didn’t do it, when brought before the judge his attorney said they were close to settling. This inturn changed the legal venue again. Now after weeks later and several thousands of dollars spent he has decided to withdraw his settlement agreement. I don’t think he ever intended to settle this was another ploy to keep this riduculous thing going. I’m trying hard not to let it affect my emotions but I can’t help it. It has also caused me to be physically ill and lose time from work. He also falses accuses me of stupid stuff he just makes up like suggesting I have a medical malpractice suit.

I had a prompt care misdiagnosis that led to deafness: do I have a malpractice lawsuit?

On Thanksgiving day, my left ear closed completely. I went that Saturday to my local prompt/urgent care center. I was told that it was nothing more than sinuses. I was given nose spray and told it can take several weeks to improve. After not hearing for two months now, I finally got my doctor to make a referral to an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor. I have been diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss, which is now permanent hearing loss. The doctor told me (the ENT) and I have been researching online that sudden deafness is actually a “medical emergency” and if I would have been told to see an ENT within the first two weeks, they could have saved my hearing. Instead, I was told it was nothing and to just wait for it to get better. After two weeks, the ENT can do nothing to save my hearing and I have lost 70% of my hearing in my left ear due to an initial wrong diagnosis. I am considering talking to an attorney. Does anyone know if I have the grounds for a malpractice case?
Actually, I did not say that I hadn’t seen my PCP. I actually say my PCP twice during the last two months for this same incident and issue and it was put off each time. Each time I was given more nasal spray and told to wait. It wasn’t until the fourth time of seeing her that I got the referral.

8 month old in the hospital. Many Questions and Attorney Questions.?

My son is 8 months old (born March 2008). When he was 4 days old he got the rota virus. We took him to the hospital while they toyed with him and eventually transferred us to another hospital (a university medical center). He was hook up to a pick line and TPN until the virus cleared and then we started feeding with the bottle. Since then he has always been a small eater so the GI doctors put him on 30 calories per ounce in September 2008. Around late September he just stopped sucking. He would pull the bottle to his mouth and go through the motions, but he was not sucking anything (it was like he forgot what to do in his mouth). In the beginning of October, we took him back to the University Hospital and had him in the ER and they admitted him. They put an NG tube into his nose and in his stomach to feed him. He seemed fine for a few days. The hospital conducted a dy color test to see what was going on. Shorty after he begin throwing up anything that was put into his stomach. The doctors places the NG tube into his colon to stop the vomiting. My Son then begin to have diarrhea. I came to the hospital and saw my son and he did not look right. I ask the doctors was something wrong and they just said he been through a lot so he probably does not feel good. I demanded that someone come in a take his blood and do tests on it. The tests came back and his sodium levels were off the charts! because of the diarrhea probably. Basically, my son was extremely dehydrated. He was pale and looked like death! It was disgusting looking… They had to move my son to ICU and hook him up to IV’s and stop the feeding.

Question 1: How could my son became dehydrated in a hospital, while he was being monitored, unless someone did not do there job?

After a little more then a month in the hospital, the doctors placed a G-Tube (button port) in my son. Now my wife and I can put food directly into his stomach. My son was discharged and we went home. He was fine for about 3 days… then we noticed he was crying a lot more and his stomach was hard as a rock. We took him back to the hospital ER and they did X-Rays and found his colons were packed with poop, air pockets and whatever else. They gave laxatives and sent us home after about 2 days in the hospital. A few days later he began vomiting. He vomited his food every time we gave it to him. Even when we only gave him his medicines, he would throw that up also. We had to go back to the hospital ER again, and again admitted. We have now been in the hospital for a week this time. The doctors are running some acid reflux tests.

I’m concerned about the fact that no one seems to be on the same page – doctors, nurses, assistants.
*For example today: Doctor says, We will be putting the acid tube in your son tomorrow because we have to wait 5 days with no reflux medicines. 30 minutes later another doctor come in and put in the acid tube in my sons throat. I asked about the 5 day thing and she said its okay, it was long enough.
*Another example today: Doctor said, we won’t put him on a 30 ml bolus feeds because we know he threw up last night – I responded back and said he didn’t throw up last night and was never on 30 ml boluses. The doctor told us that the paperwork said so. Did someone just write something in the medical record (that did not happen)?

These examples were just from today. Everyday there’s stuff like this and it makes me feel like it’s a horrible hospital. This hospital is basically top of the line (they say). The only other option is John Hopkins University but they don’t have a beds open and we can’t transfer because my son is considered to be monitored and they would do nothing different. Because of this, I cant even get a second opinion.

I have talked to one attorney and he said that they can not get involved until after the hospital is done. Then, I can contact the law firm about malpractice.

The thing is — I don’t want to sue anyone. I don’t want any money. I would just like the hospital to get on the same page with each other and fix my son. Is there anything else I can do to somehow light a fire up there butt? Are there lawyers out there for this? Should I pursue malpractice for my sons extreme dehydration while he was in the hospital?

I know this is a lot of questions. Thanks to all that reply.

Can I sue an ER doctor, and what kind of attorney do I need?

Last Saturday, my father was having severe complication with the left side of head that extend to his left side of his body. He described it as “he feels that as if someone was twisting his muscles” as if someone were to twist a towel dry (if that makes sense.) When I brought him to the ER room which was around 3:00 AM, an ER doctor on call assisted him. My first impression of that doctor at that very instance was very distance. He had no facial expression and I felt that he didn’t wanted to put all the effort he had with us. Anyways, I told him my father did not know alot of English and I’m willing to assist him in every way. I told my family history as well as my dad’s current medical history. The only thing that was unhealthy of my dad was the fact that he has high cholesterol (which was diagnose last feburary) and he’s been of the medication for almost 2 months (which we have the intention to see his regular doctor the coming week.) I told the doctor that my grandfather (my dad’s father) died of a stroke exactly 1 year ago. (already that’s clear indication of my dad’s symptoms.

So the ER doc says will do a CAT scan. So the results came back, and there was no sign off hemmorrige or no bleeding in the brain. So I asked for an MRI (clearly something was wrong with my father, he wouldn’t ask to go to the hospital unless something was wrong.) the ER doc says an MRI was not necessary. (because he is a doctor i gave my trust to him.) He sent my father home with some pain killer. I brought it to the pharmacy and got it filled. The next morning, I was going to give my dad the pain killers (and he said he didn’t have that kind of pain that you would need to take medicine for.) as I open the medication. They medication was for a different patient. I quickly called the pharmacy and to see if there was a mistake. To my dismay, the hospital mislabled the prescription although the medication was intended for him.

Less than 12 hours, my dad suffered from a stroke. He had to be hospitalized for 5 days. My poor dad had to suffer from something that could have prevented.

my whole family suffer from distress and pain from this exprience. My father whose only 53 had his 1st stroke within 12 hours from his ER visit. I truly believe that this malpractice . I also feel that we were not treated fairly. Racism would be a hard word to sallow, but we really felt that it was so. IS this something we should take legal action for? ANy advice to whom i should seek for an attorney?

How much a settlement can I get in a legal malpractice case?

I am a victim of legal malpractice in an auto accident case where another driver rear ended me. My attorney did not tell me my case was being investigated for fraud by the other driver’s insurance company. (He had his assistant email me a request to come into his office under the ruse that the other driver’s insurance agent just wanted to ask me a few questions. When I arrived at his office, he told me my case was being investigated.) He also failed to negotiate my medical bills to an amount lower than the limit of the other driver’s policy. The other driver’s insurance limit was $100k and my medical bills totaled over 115k. I have a new lawyer and my case is still pending. I’m still in pain and still require medical care. I suffered two herniated discs and an annular fissure from my accident.

Is this Malpractice? Over prescribing?

My daughter recently had a car accident. She was diagnosed with neck and back sprain. Nothing skeletal. She went to a minor care clinic, that was part of the local ER. She was prescribed Vicodin and Flexeril, 7 days worth. She was told to followup with a family practioner in a week. We are new to the area, so we had to find a new doctor. After leaving the doctor, prescribed her a higher dose of both medicines with a quantity of nearly one hundred. And told her to come back in a week. Is this normal? Or is another case of malpractice due to overprescribing? Keep in mind she is a first time patient, and she wasnt even taken away in an ambulance from the scene of the accident. The doctor knew this. I’m not a medical professional, but this doesn’t seem right? What should I do? Show I contact an attorney? My daughter hasnt been back to see this doctor because it hasnt been a week. I’m just concerned. She doesn’t do much. The medicines just make her sleep.
She is 22. She doesn’t live with me. When she had her wisdom teeth taken out at about 17, she started taking them just because. I’m just scared the same thing is happening.

Is this Malpractice? Over prescribing?

My daughter recently had a car accident. She was diagnosed with neck and back sprain. Nothing skeletal. She went to a minor care clinic, that was part of the local ER. She was prescribed Vicodin and Flexeril, 7 days worth. She was told to followup with a family practioner in a week. We are new to the area, so we had to find a new doctor. After leaving the doctor, prescribed her a higher dose of both medicines with a quantity of nearly one hundred. And told her to come back in a week. Is this normal? Or is another case of malpractice due to overprescribing? Keep in mind she is a first time patient, and she wasnt even taken away in an ambulance from the scene of the accident. The doctor knew this. I’m not a medical professional, but this doesn’t seem right? What should I do? Show I contact an attorney? My daughter hasnt been back to see this doctor because it hasnt been a week. I’m just concerned. She doesn’t do much. The medicines just make her sleep.
She is 22. She doesn’t live with me. When she had her wisdom teeth taken out at about 17, she started taking them just because. I’m just scared the same thing is happening.

How long does it take for a Dr. to look over med recrods to see if you have a case?

a surgeon is looking at my medical records to see if there is malpractice done or not. How long does it usually take for them to have the records and know? I am running on a year now that the attorney has had my case.

Physician Malpractice Law i.e. Why Are Doctors So Easy To Sue?

Hopefully a few lawyers with some decent experience and knowledge can help me with this. It is probably a pretty simple thing, but for myself I have difficulty understanding this system. I am a physician. Why is that physicians as a profession are so easy to sue sucessfully as opposed to other professions?

All that has to happen in most cases is that some negative event supposedly related to medical care has to occur, and then the plantiff’s attorney has to get his or her hands on a random doctor that is of the same specialty as the doctor being sued that is willing to go on record saying that the defendant physician was negligent. Then the plantiff has a very decent chance of getting a settlement. Nothing has to be actually proven in terms of whether or not the defendant actually was negligent, reckless, etc.

So why is that lawsuits against people of other professions are not as successful? Say I am taken to court in a civil case. My lawyer does a terrible job, and I lose my shirt. So why can’t I get my hands on another lawyer who will review the records, testify that my original lawyer operated well below the ‘standard of care’ and bring a ‘malpractice‘ suit against my original lawyer to recover damages? In theory, this concept could be applied to any profession. Your mechanic, accountant, etc etc. Please enlighten me. Is the legal code just not built to protect physicians?
Small sums of money…there are many potential legal malpractice cases where huge sums of money are involved. But I know it is much more difficult to win a legal malpractice case than a medical malpractice case. Law is also considered an ‘art’, yet it seems to me that is it not held to the same standard.
It is difficult to get physician expert witnesseses? I know of a case now where three physicians of two different specialties are being sued with regards to one patient. The probability of all three physicians operating below the standard of care is very low. Yet the plantiff’s lawyer apparently had no problem getting a hold of physician expert witnesses willing to testify. Expert witnesses are paid well for their time, and as far as I know, there is no limit to how many cases they can be involved in, so obviously there is a conflict of interest.

Possible Vet Malpractice?

I’m not sure if this is a possible malpractice or not, so before talking to the clinic or possibly a JAG attorney I thought I would check here.

Me and my wife had a Border Collie born on June 12. This past Saturday on October 2, she had an an appointment with a vet for shots and an exam. It was discovered she had roundworm so the doctor had given us a tablet of Interceptor and 3 syringes of Panacur to be given orally, daily. That afternoon I had given her the Panacur. Sunday night just before bed I gave her the Interceptor tablet.

Monday morning when I woke up for work she had gotten sick and there was about 4 areas of diarrhea on the floor. Monday evening when I returned my wife had told me she was still sick, she had became a little lethargic and stopped eating and drinking. So I called the vet’s office and told him the story about how she had taken the Interceptor the night before. He asked if her legs were cold, I said not really. He asked what color her gums were, I said a pale pink with splotches of white. He then told me this was a normal reaction to the Interceptor, her being sick was her body’s way of getting rid of the parasites.

Tuesday she was worse. She had a very foul smelling diarhea, was vomiting, and she became very lethargic. She would just lay down, or stand in one spot and not move. She would occasionally walk over to me or my wife, but then just lay down and not move. So I called the vet’s office again, and explained what was happening. The girl had told me this was still her body’s reaction to the Interceptor, she was getting rid of the roundworms.

Wednesday when I came home for lunch my wife was almost hysterical. The dog had stopped moving completely, had very severe diarrhea, was frothing at the mouth, her gums were nearly all white, and she had cold legs. I had the called the vet’s for the third time and they said bring her in right now.

We went to the vet’s and he gave her a Parvo test which came back negative. He said she must have gotten poisoned by some kind of chemical. But he said her symptoms are exactly that of Parvo so he will run the test again. A couple hours later we were informed she did have Parvo. They were giving her saline, anti-biotics, and vitamins. After a little of that she was up and walking in her kennel a little bit.

The next morning (Thursday, October 7) I called the vet’s to check on her condition. They said she was the same as the day before. Still having bouts of diarrhea, but she had stopped vomitting. At 11:30am I got a call from the office telling me she passed away. They said in a matter of 10 minutes her health just detoriated and she passed on. They tried CPR but nothing worked. Me and my wife are absolutely devastated by this.

So here’s where the legal questions start coming in:

Should the veterinarian take some responsibility for her death? On Monday when I called and gave her symptoms he had said this was a normal reaction to the Interceptor. On Tuesday when I called and gave her symptoms (which again had gotten worse) he had said again she was having a normal reaction. On Wednesday she was in extremely bad shape and it was too late to do a whole lot for her.

So shouldn’t the office have had told me to bring her in for a test, any test on Monday or Tuesday? Especially when they knew her condition had gotten worse since Monday. The only action they said that needed to be taken was to continue giving her her Panacur for the round worms.

I am being charged $725 for the medical care, and $75 for the disposal of the body. Me and my wife only want the office to take partial blame. We would be willing to pay $500 of the $800.

So is this a small case of veterinarian malpractice? Should the veterinarian be partially responsible? If it was discovered on Monday or Tuesday she had Parvo she may have had a better shot at recovery. Instead it was discovered on Wednesday, already three days into the sickness.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don’t want this to seem like it’s all about money. Me and my wife are completely devastated over this. It just doesn’t seem right to either of us for us to take 100% of the blame and cost when we were depending on them for her medical care.
The shots she recieved that Saturday were her first set of shots. I’m in the Army and the schedule we’ve had lately has been horrendous, so that day was the first we had a chance to get her first set.
The shots she recieved that Saturday were her first set of shots. I’m in the Army and the schedule we’ve had lately has been horrendous, so that day was the first we had a chance to get her first set.

I wasn’t trying to get a phone diagnosis. I was merely calling the office to see if she was having a normal reaction to the Interceptor and Panacur.

Is it considered malpractice when your lawyer refuses to finish the case?

I’m asking this question for my boyfriend. He seperated from his wife in Sept. 2005 and is still not divorced. They didn’t have any children, but they did have a house and a timeshare. The house has already been sold and the assets were divided. The attorney did not help him at all, and in fact made him lose a lot of furniture, pictures, and other personal items. His “wife” is still using his medical coverage, and will continue to do so until the divorce is finalized. He has contacted his lawyer by phone and by email continually since late last year and the attorney has ignored all of his calls and messages…
Now my question is, what can he do to force this lawyer to finish the case, and just consider everything else a loss? Or should he get a new lawyer? If he did get a new lawyer, would he be able to sue the old one for the cost of everything he didn’t do? And can the lawyer be reported to the Bar? Thanks in advance!

How long should I wait?

I sent an Attorney some Medical Records and an Autopsy report for a possible Wrongful Death Lawsuit or Malpractice. He said it was under review. I don’t want to bother him. But i’m wondering how long should I wait to call him back. or should I wait for him to call. Remember there is a statute of limitations. I sent him the stuff almost 3 weeks ago.
I already called him to confirm he got the package almost 3 weeks ago. that’s when he said it was under review.

looking for excate phrae of malpractice and a tort claim, with details,?

INTERSTED IN FINDING THE EXCAT PHRASE, YOU SEEW/C STOPPED ALL MEDICAL CARE, AND HAS LEFT ME, EVEN ATTORNEY WHO I THOUGHT WAS REP ME IS NOT, DOING ANYTHING, I HAVE NOT SETTLED LOSS MY HAND DUE TO INJURY WHAT CAN I DO?