Robert Painter

Robert Painter

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Robert Painter is an award-winning medical malpractice attorney at Painter Law Firm Medical Malpractice Attorneys in Houston, Texas. He is a former hospital administrator who represents patients and family members in medical negligence and wrongful death lawsuits all over Texas. Contact him for a free consultation and strategy session by calling 281-580-8800 or emailing him right now.

Houston Court of Appeals rules against hospitalist physician in Houston Methodist Hospital fall case
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Houston Court of Appeals rules against hospitalist physician in Houston Methodist Hospital fall case

Hospitalists must give appropriate fall prevention orders and instructions to nurses

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Robert Painter
Bariatric surgery, thiamine deficiency, and medical malpractice
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Bariatric surgery, thiamine deficiency, and medical malpractice

Inadequate Vitamin B1 can cause Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff Syndrome

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Robert Painter
Chiropractic neck manipulation and medical malpractice
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Chiropractic neck manipulation and medical malpractice

Vertebral artery dissection, stroke, and death are risks of chiropractic cervical spine manipulation

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Robert Painter
Posterior circulation stroke misdiagnosis and medical malpractice
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Posterior circulation stroke misdiagnosis and medical malpractice

Around 165,000 stroke diagnoses are missed each year in American emergency rooms

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Robert Painter
Jury holds orthopedic surgery group accountable in compartment syndrome case
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Jury holds orthopedic surgery group accountable in compartment syndrome case

Young adult patient had surgery for broken leg, was discharged despite signs of compartment syndrome

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Robert Painter
Texas trauma surgeons lose at trial with the "blame the patient" defense
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Texas trauma surgeons lose at trial with the "blame the patient" defense

Jury sided with plaintiff who alleged trauma surgeons didn't order antibiotics despite contaminated deep laceration from hand to shoulder

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Robert Painter
Lubbock heart hospital loses appeal in medical malpractice expert report challenge
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Lubbock heart hospital loses appeal in medical malpractice expert report challenge

Hospital failed to file an objection to plaintiff's amended expert report

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Robert Painter
Adhesions increase the risk of abdominal or pelvic surgery
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Adhesions increase the risk of abdominal or pelvic surgery

Experts advise surgeons to convert from laparoscopic to open surgery when encountering severe adhesions

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Robert Painter
Bariatric surgery malpractice can leave patients with permanent colostomy
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Bariatric surgery malpractice can leave patients with permanent colostomy

Post-operative care is crucial to diagnose and correct surgical complications

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Robert Painter
Texas Supreme Court sides with plaintiffs in important birth injury medical malpractice case
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Texas Supreme Court sides with plaintiffs in important birth injury medical malpractice case

Lawsuit alleges negligence by hospital, labor and delivery nurse, and obstetrician

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Robert Painter