Additionally, the patient must be informed of feasible alternative therapies. The two legal claims are distinct, and a physician can be sued for malpractice, a type of negligence, for failing to ...

"If only the doctor had warned me of this terrible complication, I never would have agreed to his treatment." When a patient has a poor outcome, that statement is typically the basis for a malpractice ...

In a medical malpractice action arising from trigger-point needling treatment, the British Columbia Court of Appeal agreed with a judge’s findings that the patient could not prove her claims for ...

Before the hearing, Schara supporters peaceably assembled outside the courthouse to pray together Following Defense’s Failed Motion to Dismiss, Schara v. Ascension Health et al. Scheduled for Three ...

What happens when the law changes and the standard charge is wrong? Since 2021, Pennsylvania Suggested Standard Civil Jury Instruction Number 14.90 "Informed Consent-Nondisclosure" has been in direct ...