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Who Can Be Held Liable for Surgical Errors?
It takes a leap of faith when we place ourselves in the hands of a surgeon while under anesthesia, unconscious, and vulnerable on the operating table. Still, we trust our surgeons and their teams to treat our lives with as much care as they would their own. Unfortunately, medical mistakes, negligence, and communication failures…
Common Types of Birth Injuries In Phoenix
Parents spend months planning for the joyous day they welcome a new baby into their family. When that joy is dampened by the trauma of a birth injury and an uncertain future for their baby, it’s devastating for the entire family. While some birth injuries are minor and fully recoverable, more serious birth injuries…
Top Reasons to Hire Knapp & Roberts for Medical Malpractice
Discovering that the doctor, medical provider, or medical facility you trusted with your care betrayed your good faith and violated their duty can be nearly as devastating as the injury or worsened medical condition that resulted from the malpractice. When you’ve been harmed by a medical provider’s mistake, you deserve full and fair compensation. …
Understanding the Standard of Care In Medical Malpractice Cases
When we put our lives in a doctor’s hands, we trust that they will do their absolute best while managing our care. Unfortunately, doctors sometimes fail to live up to our expectations. When a medical provider makes a medical mistake or acts negligently while treating a patient, the results can be life-threatening, causing a…
Severe Medication Errors That Cause Organ Failure or Death
We trust our doctors to abide by their oath to “first, do no harm” when we place our lives in their hands. While it’s not unusual to have anxiety over surgery and major medical procedures, few people think twice about taking a simple medication prescribed by a doctor. Unfortunately, no medication is “simple,” and…
Errors That Lead to Heart Attack Misdiagnosis
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), heart disease remains a leading cause of death in the United States with 702,880 deaths in a single recent year. Still, despite the alarming statistics, medical providers miss a startling number of heart attack diagnoses in emergency rooms and urgent care centers, resulting in adverse outcomes…
Common Medical Errors That Cause Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy is a medical condition caused by a group of neurological disorders that affect movement, muscle tone, and posture. It’s not a genetic disease but, instead, cerebral palsy directly results from either a malformation of the brain during fetal development or—more commonly—from oxygen deprivation during the birthing process. Cerebral palsy is the leading…
What to Expect After Filing a Complaint Against a Doctor
When we seek medical treatment for an illness or injury, we expect our doctors to fulfill their legal duty to provide treatment that meets the standard of care set by the medical community. When a doctor breaches their duty of care and the result is an injury, worsened medical condition, or death, the injury…
What Is a Neonatal Stroke?
Most people don’t think of infants in connection with strokes but about one in 2,500 full-term babies and many more pre-term infants suffer strokes. The term neonatal strokes refers to strokes in infants between 20 weeks gestation and up to 28 days after birth. About half of infants who experience strokes suffer long-term disabilities,…
Top Ten Drugs Involved In Errors
Medications are a key component of our healthcare system and have significantly extended life expectancies worldwide. However, they are also powerful drugs that can cause serious harm or even fatalities when mistakes occur. Medication mistakes are the most common cause of medical harm at 6.5 incidents per every 100 hospital admissions. Drug errors are…