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.

Overcoming the challenges of proving loss of future earning capacity when you're under-employed or temporarily unemployed
medical malpractice damages and caps

Overcoming the challenges of proving loss of future earning capacity when you're under-employed or temporarily unemployed

Under Texas law, there's an important distinction between lost future wages and loss of future earning capacity

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Obstructive sleep apnea and anesthesia: A potentially deadly combination if the anesthesiologist doesn't plan ahead
medical malpractice anesthesia

Obstructive sleep apnea and anesthesia: A potentially deadly combination if the anesthesiologist doesn't plan ahead

80% of people with obstructive sleep apnea haven't been diagnosed, so anesthesia providers must give careful attention

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Why your surgeon or anesthesiologist might not be the one working on you in the operating room
medical malpractice anesthesia

Why your surgeon or anesthesiologist might not be the one working on you in the operating room

Learn the secret shell game that occurs daily at many major hospitals

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
What you should know about the new colorectal cancer screening recommendations
medical malpractice cancer

What you should know about the new colorectal cancer screening recommendations

For average-risk patients, the guidelines no longer recommend an annual colonoscopy beginning at age 50

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital hit with Medicare quality of care violation
medical malpractice memorial hermann

Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital hit with Medicare quality of care violation

If a patient is seriously injured or dies because a hospital isn't prepared for an emergency, it's medical malpractice

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Are freestanding outpatient imaging centers as safe as hospitals for MRI or CT scans?
medical malpractice radiology

Are freestanding outpatient imaging centers as safe as hospitals for MRI or CT scans?

Imaging quality may be similar, but hospitals are better equipped for the occasional life-threatening emergencies that will occur

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Robert Painter
A CT scan with barium contrast is risky for patients who recently had any abdominal surgery
medical malpractice radiology

A CT scan with barium contrast is risky for patients who recently had any abdominal surgery

Bowel perforation are known complications of abdominal surgery, and can be a life-threatening combination when mixed with barium contrast

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
When anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists juggle too many patients at once, patient safety pays
medical malpractice anesthesia

When anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists juggle too many patients at once, patient safety pays

In a wrongful death case I'm handling, the anesthesiologist was handling 5 patients at once

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Barebone nurse staffing levels cause medical malpractice
medical malpractice houston

Barebone nurse staffing levels cause medical malpractice

Medicare recently cited MD Anderson Cancer Center for not hiring enough nurses for patient safety

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
Texas doctors can't immediately abandon or drop their patients, but learn what they're allowed to do
medical malpractice patient safety

Texas doctors can't immediately abandon or drop their patients, but learn what they're allowed to do

Physicians can't terminate existing patients without reasonable notice

Robert Painter
Robert Painter