by TheNurseAttorney | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
Contact Marjorie Chalfant, RN, JD at The Nurse Attorney, PLLC Lawsuits (both civil and criminal) are governed by time period deadlines by which a lawsuit must be filed, known as the statute of limitations. These statutes of limitations are codified within each state’s...
by TheNurseAttorney | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
“Medical negligence” is a term that usually conjures up images of doctors leaving medical instruments and/or devices inside a patient following a surgery or operating on the wrong body part. Misdiagnosis mistakes – wherein a medical professional misreads your signs...
by TheNurseAttorney | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
Florida hospitals and medical professionals alike know that incidents of medical malpractice can be bad for business. If the details of a botched surgery or a serious misdiagnosis become public through news reports or court proceedings, both hospitals and doctors know...
by TheNurseAttorney | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
Medical errors that occur before and during the delivery of a newborn are some of the most tragic and costly medical errors that can occur. There are a variety of factors that help explain this: not only are the mother’s and child’s health in jeopardy during the...
by TheNurseAttorney | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
Noneconomic damages – that is, damages for “harms” and “losses” that are not tied to a bill, invoice, or other statement of account – can be significant in Florida medical malpractice cases. These damages are designed to compensate a medical malpractice victim for his...
by TheNurseAttorney | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
The public doesn’t know this, but the blood banking industry is a huge money-making business. For example, the majority of the public does not know that there are no “free” blood products given (transfused) to patients like those depicted on billboards promoting...
