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Liability of Ambulance Attendants and Emergency Medical Technicians

Many times the first contact that a sick or injured individual has with a hospital is when an ambulance arrives at his home, the attendant and the emergency medical technician work over him, and he is loaded into the ambulance for the trip to the...

Radiology Malpractice

Radiology Malpractice

A radiologist is a physician trained in the diagnostic and/or therapeutic use of x-rays and radionuclides, radiation physics, and biology. Radiologists diagnose and treat illnesses...

Res Ipsa Loquitur

In an ordinary medical malpractice case, the fact that a patient sustained an injury does not in and by itself create a presumption that the physician was negligent. In order to succeed, the patient has to prove, among other things, that it was...

Emotional Distress Damages

Emotional Distress Damages

Whether a medical malpractice victim or his or her family can recover for emotional distress caused by the malpractice is a matter of great debate. Historically, courts were...

Improper Triage and Malpractice

Improper Triage and Malpractice

Triage is an essential element of providing care to patients who present at a hospital emergency department. Triage is defined as a brief clinical assessment that determines the...