The importance of quality medical care starts right away, even before you begin to receive any kind of treatment for an illness, injury, or other health condition. Take, for instance, a diagnosis. Having your doctor properly diagnose you may be something you take for granted or just assume will happen. Your doctor will diagnose and […]

We often leave our most critical health care situations in the hands of our doctors and other medical professionals. This is a special level of trust established by an important relationship. When a treating medical professional, such as a doctor, fails to act with the duty of care required of them under the law, and […]

We turn to our doctors and other medical professionals in times of need. We depend on these professionals to provide reliable care. We trust them with our health. Unfortunately, sometimes doctors fail to exercise the level of care required of them by the law. The lapse in the qualify of care you deserve as a […]

Medical malpractice may be more prominent and dangerous than most people realize. Things like hospital error can prove fatal to those who entrusted these facilities and their teams of medical professionals to provide them with dependable healthcare. Unfortunately, a Johns Hopkins study released in 2018 shows that hundreds of thousands of people are dying every […]

Medical malpractice cases arise when doctors and other health care professionals fail to uphold their professional duty to their patients and the patients suffer harm as a result. More specifically, there are four things that need to be established in a personal injury claim. First, it needs to be shown that a professional duty was […]

Q: Who can commit medical malpractice? When most people hear the words “medical malpractice”, they likely envision a doctor or surgeon making a grievous mistake that killed or seriously injured a patient. But New Mexico medical malpractice attorneys know that medical malpractice isn’t confined to doctors. It can be committed by other licensed medical professionals–such […]

Patients enter emergency rooms under pressing circumstances, without making appointments or checking medical credentials. They seek resolution to urgent problems, such as deep cuts, burns, serious infections, or broken bones and, most of the time, they are well taken care of. Nonetheless, when emergency rooms fail their patients, the results may be catastrophic. If you […]

A medical malpractice claim can arise in a number of different circumstances. Any phase in a patient’s treatment is vulnerable to negligent action or inaction by medical professionals and could lead to the patient suffering harm as a result. For instance, errors in prescription medication are actually very common in medical malpractice claims. Prescription errors […]

Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor or other medical professional’s negligence results in an injury to a patient. A medical malpractice lawsuit allows an injured patient to receive financial compensation for injuries suffered at the hands of his or her health care provider. However, the law only allows so much time to file a medical […]

Q: Are emergency room errors grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit?  Santa Fe and Albuquerque New Mexico medical malpractice attorneys counsel victims on the many different types of medical malpractice.  What is medical malpractice? Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor or other healthcare provider “deviates from the acceptable standard of care” and, as a result […]