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.

Texas court finds nurse practitioner unqualified to provide expert causation testimony involving nursing care
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Texas court finds nurse practitioner unqualified to provide expert causation testimony involving nursing care

Texas law is clear that only physicians are qualified to render expert opinions regarding proximate cause

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Dallas wrongful death lawsuit alleges misdiagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis
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Dallas wrongful death lawsuit alleges misdiagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis

Contrast CT or MRI scans weren't ordered, but were needed

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Robert Painter
Texas courts can consider absent or missing medical records when determining expert report sufficiency
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Texas courts can consider absent or missing medical records when determining expert report sufficiency

Medical record problems are increasingly common

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Robert Painter
Houston court of appeals upholds medical malpractice case against neonatologist
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Houston court of appeals upholds medical malpractice case against neonatologist

Plaintiffs claim that neonatologist caused infant's death by failing to start antibiotics and investigating cause of abnormal blood work

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Robert Painter
Patient suffers cut esophagus during hiatal hernia surgery
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Patient suffers cut esophagus during hiatal hernia surgery

Even known complications must be timely diagnosed and treated

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Robert Painter
Triple rule out protocol: Safely evaluating chest pain, shortness of breath, and passing out
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Triple rule out protocol: Safely evaluating chest pain, shortness of breath, and passing out

Patient safety requires ruling out three life-threatening conditions

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Robert Painter
Fort Worth Court of Appeals rules that patients and families are entitled to due process in end-of-life hospital committee meetings
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Fort Worth Court of Appeals rules that patients and families are entitled to due process in end-of-life hospital committee meetings

Texas hospital committees tend to rubber stamp anti-patient decisions pushed by administrators

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Robert Painter
Surgical retractor moves during brain surgery, causes devastating brainstem injury
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Surgical retractor moves during brain surgery, causes devastating brainstem injury

Appellate court addresses what expert reports must say when it's unclear who was responsible

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Robert Painter
Dental malpractice lawsuit after patient swallows gold crown, it lodges in lung
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Dental malpractice lawsuit after patient swallows gold crown, it lodges in lung

Dentists should take precautions against accidental aspiration or swallowing of foreign items during dental procedures

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Robert Painter
What happens to a Texas medical malpractice claim when a defendant's insurance company is declared insolvent?
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What happens to a Texas medical malpractice claim when a defendant's insurance company is declared insolvent?

Appellate court addresses interplay of Insurance Code and tort reform expert requirement

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Robert Painter