If you practice medical malpractice litigation, almost every case will require expert testimony to support the positions you have taken in the case. Attorneys sometimes fail, whether it be from lack ...

Even if they involve similar facts or injuries, no two medical malpractice cases are alike. Juries are laypeople who must consider testimony from medical experts and other witnesses and determine ...

Medical malpractice cases are complex, often involving multiple specialists with limited duties. Defense attorneys should quickly identify whether a caregiver had a legal duty to the patient, as ...

Medical malpractice case valuation continues to evolve as advances in healthcare, technology, and litigation strategy reshape ...

When an avoidable injury occurs after treatment, victims may file a malpractice claim. These cases usually ask one central question: Did the care match accepted practice for the same situation and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eva Epker covers what to know about and how to improve women's health. Medical malpractice cases were meant to protect patients ...

About a quarter century ago, Virginia resident physician Daniel Merenstein, MD, spoke with a 53-year-old patient about prostate cancer screening. The man didn’t receive a prostate-specific antigen ...

Stephanie Boydell became a single mother to three children Sept. 22, 2022, the day her 40-year-old husband died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm after being discharged from the hospital. “Mine and my ...

While medical errors are one of the leading causes of death in the United States, accountability in health care often depends on costly and complex malpractice litigation. As deaths due to medical and ...

Since 2020, the military has received 764 claims under a 2019 law intended to provide malpractice compensation. Just 10% have ...

In July, a Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a record $207.6 million verdict against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for a birth injury that occurred during delivery.