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.

Hospital and nursing home falls can cause broken bones, head injuries, and even death
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Hospital and nursing home falls can cause broken bones, head injuries, and even death

Series of falls in Houston nursing facility end with man's death

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Houston dermatologist and his so-called cosmetic surgery center lose medical malpractice appeal
medical malpractice surgery center

Houston dermatologist and his so-called cosmetic surgery center lose medical malpractice appeal

Physician trained as a dermatologist performs cosmetic surgeries

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Robert Painter
Lawsuit alleges patient discharged from HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood emergency room with spinal cord injury
medical malpractice emergency room care

Lawsuit alleges patient discharged from HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood emergency room with spinal cord injury

Nurse documented that ER doctor was aware of continued patient weakness before sending patient home

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Robert Painter
Texas medical malpractice tort reform restrictions apply to events that occur after a patient's death
medical malpractice wrongful death

Texas medical malpractice tort reform restrictions apply to events that occur after a patient's death

Texas Medical Liability Act covers administrative services

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Robert Painter
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

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Robert Painter
Dallas wrongful death lawsuit alleges misdiagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis
medical malpractice radiology

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
medical malpractice operating room

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
medical malpractice emergency room care

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