Austin Personal Injury Blog
It started so simply. The pediatrician wanted an outlet to vent and express his ideas so he started a blog. Blogging under the name “Flea,” he had a fairly popular blog with intellectually stimulating posts. But Flea was sued for malpractice after he allegedly failed to diagnose that one of his patients was diabetic, and…
Read MoreA recent issue of Lawyers’ Weekly has an article that discusses the trend of some doctors requiring patients to contractually limit their rights to bring medical malpractice claims before the doctors will provide medical service. The agreements at issue would require patients to agree to arbitrate their claims and agree to limit their claims to $250,000.00. Aside…
Read MoreIn the June 1, 2007 issue of Reader’s Digest, Night Shift Nightmare discusses the well known phenomenon that more hospital medical malpractice occurs over night and on the weekends. From the article: There are many reasons to feel anxious when entering a hospital. In April, a HealthGrades study showed that some 248,000 patient deaths over…
Read MoreThe Texas Supreme Court has once again rejected the claims of an individual plaintiff in favor of a corporate defendant. This time, the opinion involved an arbitration agreement. It has long been held that arbitration agreements are not enforceable if they are unconscionable, if they were signed under duress, or if they were the result…
Read MoreThe two questions that almost every client ask are “how long will the case last?” and, if the case is not contingent, “what will it cost?” Those two questions are difficult to answer because the opposing lawyer and the opposing party are such big factors. In every case, we try and let the other side know that we…
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