A state court jury awarded a man who lost a leg due to a medical misdiagnosis $20 million in damages. The victim, Steven Luppold, alleged that the Lowell General Hospital twice misdiagnosed his throbbing knee as sciatica. When Luppold asked for an examination from his primary care provider, CT scans showed his leg was dying. …
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Have you recently been diagnosed with cancer? If that is the case, you may want to get a second opinion. Before you make any life altering decisions, you should definitely hear from more than one doctor. The main reason is that people make mistakes and there are a lot of unqualified doctors out there. They …
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Medical malpractice causes frustration and fear for everyone involved. Whether you are the patient injured or made ill by a medical procedure, or you are the doctor accused of malpractice, you are faced with a great deal of uncertainty about the future. Medical malpractice cases might seem as if they are becoming increasingly common, but …
Missed Cancer Diagnoses and Heart Attacks Make Up Most Common Medical Malpractice Claims Read More »