Patients depend on their physicians to correctly diagnose any medical conditions they may have, as well as depend on whether whatever medical treatment their doctor recommends is the best option for their condition. When a doctor makes a misdiagnosis of a condition that the patient does not have, that patient is not only not receiving…
When a person becomes injured or suffers an illness, they are putting their trust in the medical facility treating them. Unfortunately, as borne out by the number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed each year, that is not always the case. As a way to help provide patients with a resource to determine which medical facilities…
Under the new NC medical malpractice claims law, damages that can be recovered by a medical malpractice victim for pain and suffering against defendants cannot exceed $500,000.
The short answer to the question of whether a North Carolina law caps monetary awards to victims of medical malpractice is yes. That simple response hides a great deal of complexity, and knowing the details will definitely benefit someone who has suffered an injury or diminished health due to mistakes by health care providers. …
Experts convened by the National Academy of Medicine concluded that “it is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences.”