Painter Law Firm

Would you trust your life and well-being to a doctor who was at the end of a 24-hour work shift?

In Summer 2017, new rules start that allow hospitals to keep doctors-in-training working for 24 hours straight

Two Texas laws shield hospitals that “hire” incompetent, bad doctors

We sued a neurosurgeon for making our client quadriplegic—the same doctor is now spending life in prison for his conduct in Dallas-area operating rooms

Surgeons with bad attitudes get bad results more often for their patients

When a surgeon has had lots of patient complaints, they have 14 percent more surgical complications and problems

Three ways to improve the accuracy and safety of your medical records

2017 study: There's a big gap gap between what patients tell their doctors and nurses and what is written down in the chart

What to do when the pain won’t go away after a dental or oral surgery

Dental and oral procedures have serious risks, and it can be dangerous to ignore ongoing pain

Two surprising differences between hospital & strip mall emergency rooms

Our medical malpractice lawyers understand how the law is different for hospital and freestanding ERs

Organ donation in Texas: 5 things you don't know

Will you get less medical care if you're an organ donor?

Three tips to avoid hernia repair surgery problems

Surgeons sometimes mistake serious problems for normal pain after hernia surgery

The different, tough rules for suing Texas public hospitals and doctors

Painter Law Firm’s experienced medical malpractice lawyers can protect your negligence claim against a government hospital under the Texas Tort Claims Act

Beware of infections caused by a hospital or surgical center

Experts: Some types of infections are caused by bad cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments