As a patient in Louisiana, you have the right to make informed decisions about your medical care. Except in extraordinary circumstances, your doctor must provide the information you need to decide whether you want to proceed with treatment. So, what happens if your...
Medical malpractice is alarmingly common, especially in the hospital setting. If you have concerns about the quality of care you or a loved one received in a Louisiana hospital, you should speak with a medical malpractice lawyer promptly. Patients and family members...
What Are Your Rights if You Got Sent Home from the Hospital Without a Diagnosis? When you go to the hospital for treatment, you expect the doctor to provide an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment recommendations. So, what happens if you get sent home without...
If you or a loved one received inadequate care in a Louisiana hospital or emergency room, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Negligence in the hospital and emergency room settings is not uncommon, and many patients and families find themselves needing to...
Suing a hospital isn’t easy. But, if you have a claim against a hospital for negligence, recovering the financial compensation you deserve could be critical to your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Fortunately, a hospital negligence lawyer can help, and...
Medical malpractice is a very real concern for patients in Louisiana hospitals. Patients can (and do) suffer harm due to all forms of malpractice, from triage and diagnostic errors to surgical mistakes and inadequate patient monitoring. Regardless of the specific...
Hospital negligence is unfortunately a very real concern in Louisiana (and in other states around the country). Despite the trust, we place in hospitals to provide accurate diagnoses and proper treatment, doctors, nurses, and other hospital personnel frequently make...
If you are concerned that you or a loved one received substandard care in a Louisiana hospital, you unfortunately are not alone. Medical malpractice is far more common than it should be. From emergency rooms to delivery rooms, doctors and nurses make mistakes in...
When you visit an emergency room (ER), you expect to receive an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. These are entirely reasonable expectations. As a patient, you are entitled to rely on your health care providers’ expertise—and you shouldn’t have to worry...
Getting behind the wheel is as routine for most of us as brushing our teeth or taking a shower. We often take our routines for granted, assuming for the most part that everything will be as normal as it was the day before. But when a driver suddenly swerves into...
