The simplest way to recognize that you may have the incorrect medication is simply effectiveness. If a prescription does not have the intended effect, it's possible that you received the wrong medication. The relative frequency of medication errors does beg one...
Patients in California expect doctors to give them the best possible care when diagnosing symptoms. Health care professionals who don't follow a basic standard of care could get charged with medical malpractice. Among the most common forms of medical malpractice are...
Many California employers can be held liable for violations of employment law. One of the biggest problems is that not all employees understand the entire scope of their rights under various employment laws. To help ensure that your employee rights are not being...
Medical mistakes can have devastating effects on patients and their loved ones. In most cases, the affected parties can file medical malpractice suits with the court system if they suspect negligence. However, active-duty military personnel in California have not...
When it comes to California medical malpractice cases, medication errors are among the more commonplace underlying causes for this type of negligence. Each year, Californians face a decline in their health or even death as a result of medication errors. The rate and...
Medical errors and mistakes kill an average of 250,000 people every year in the U.S. and are on the rise in California. Some of the most common types of medical errors include misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose a patient, prescription errors, and bad medical devices....
As with many types of California personal injury claims, proving medical malpractice takes several steps. While plaintiffs and their attorneys often can readily prove that the doctor's or institution's standard of care fell below acceptable levels, proving that the...
Active-duty military personnel living in California possess a right to the same medical care enjoyed by everyone else. These service members cannot file lawsuits directly against the United States government when a doctor's error causes them injury. However, the 2020...
The military community in California enjoys the right to the same level of medical care as all other U.S. residents. Active-duty service members cannot file a lawsuit against the government when they get injured by medical malpractice, but recent changes provide...
San Diego, California, is home to a major Naval base, so it's important for people stationed there to understand that it's now possible to bring medical malpractice cases against the military. After a 1950 Supreme Court decision, Feres v. United States, it was nearly...