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Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuits including cases against hospitals often end in jury trials. Medical professionals like doctors, specialists and hospitals tend to avoid settlement and instead take their chances at trial. Medical malpractice jury trials are difficult and complex, and defense verdicts are pretty common across all of Pennsylvania including Delaware County, Montgomery County, Lehigh County…

Whether it is breast cancer, lung cancer or skin cancer, misdiagnosis of cancer or delay in diagnosis of cancer often occurs due to the following: A treating doctor failed to order a biopsy. A radiologist misread diagnostic tests. A pathologist misread a biopsy. A doctor or specialist did not read or realize the significance…

Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down an important section of Pennsylvania medical malpractice law that puts a time limit on a patient’s right to sue a medical provider for medical malpractice. Download a PDF of Yanakos v. UPMC (Pennsylvania Supreme Court, October 31, 2019). That law, the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error…

In Pennsylvania medical malpractice cases, family members who’ve lost a loved one may be able to file a wrongful death action and a survival action. These two actions differ in three main ways: who the action belongs to, what damages are recoverable, and the time deadline (statute of limitations) to file a lawsuit. Wrongful…

In Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuits, “damages” is the way the legal system tries to answer the question “What has the injured patient lost?” The answer adds up to a dollar figure, but there are two types of damages in a medical malpractice case: Damages capable of exact calculation (financial losses) Damages not capable of…

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Examples in Pennsylvania When you visit a doctor or hospital in Pennsylvania, you rely on their knowledge and competence regarding your medical care, diagnosis, and treatment. You depend on them to make the right decisions and to provide you with the best outcome, but doctors and hospitals aren’t perfect. While it’s…

When a doctor, or other medical professional, harms a patient through negligence and fails to uphold the standard of care, this is known as medical malpractice. To prove that a patient was a victim of medical malpractice, there are some basic requirements that must be satisfied. A doctor-patient relationship existed: If a physician did not directly…

Not all birth injuries are the result of medical malpractice in Pennsylvania, but a good amount of them are. Unfortunately, this means that thousands of neonatal injuries, if not more, could have been prevented with reasonable medical care. Below you’ll find a list of some of the most common birth injuries that occur due to…

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“Bob, Dave and Seth are excellent lawyers. They will do everything in their power to help you and your family. They led my family through a very sad and complicated time. They were always available to answer any questions. I cannot thank them enough for their hard work in getting a settlement for my…