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By Robert Kucheran |
What makes people want to sue their doctors? Over the years I’ve spoken with thousands of people who have been unhappy about their health care. Most people are understanding and forgiving of errors and oversights by their doctors. But when their concerns are dealt with poorly or not at all, patients become incensed and may
By Susanne Raab |
These are questions we are often asked by parents of children with cerebral palsy. They are questions rarely addressed by the child’s treating physicians. Answering these questions involves bringing together the medical opinions of a variety of different medical specialists who must each contribute their opinion on discrete areas of the medical care provided or
By admin |
Paul McGivern was invited to speak to the Canadian Caucus of the American Association for Justice at their conference in Denver, Colorado on July 7, 2018. Paul provided the group with his approach to the initial intake and investigation of birth injury cases. He described the need to manage the risks inherent in these complicated
By Lindsay McGivern |
To win a medical malpractice law suit the plaintiff must prove two things: that the health care providers did not meet the standard of care expected of them, and that the failure to meet the standard of care is what caused the plaintiff’s injuries. This second element is called “causation.” Causation is often the more
By Brenda Osmond |
In medical malpractice we rely on the integrity of medical records as the foundation for understanding our client’s case. As more clinicians and hospitals move toward electronic medical records, lawyers must know what kind of information is available from those records and how to access it. In the world of paper medical charts there is