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Emergency room care

Texas Supreme Court Raises Bar on ER Malpractice Cases, Leaving Victims with Limited Options

Texas Supreme Court Raises Bar on ER Malpractice Cases, Leaving Victims with Limited Options

A recent ruling in Marsillo v. Dunnick further tightens the grip on medical malpractice claims in hospital emergency rooms, making justice elusive for many.

Texas Mesenteric Ischemia Malpractice: When Negligence Has a Price

Texas Mesenteric Ischemia Malpractice: When Negligence Has a Price

Legal recourse for mesenteric ischemia malpractice victims in Texas.

Two Frequent Types of Heart Medical Negligence that Lawyers Encounter

Two Frequent Types of Heart Medical Negligence that Lawyers Encounter

The lethal consequences of misdiagnosing heart attacks and how to avoid them.

Sickle Cell Crisis: Neglected Symptoms Cost African American Man's Life

Sickle Cell Crisis: Neglected Symptoms Cost African American Man's Life

Sickle cell disease is a serious illness that mainly affects people of African descent. It's also commonly misdiagnosed and mistreated.

Sickle cell disease: Diagnosis, treatment, and medical malpractice

Sickle cell disease: Diagnosis, treatment, and medical malpractice

Sickle cell patients are sometimes misdiagnosed, accused of seeking pain meds

The secrets of resolving Texas emergency room medical malpractice cases

The secrets of resolving Texas emergency room medical malpractice cases

A special higher standard of proof applies to Texas ER case

Can hospitals run ERs without emergency physicians?

Can hospitals run ERs without emergency physicians?

Private equity firms are buying up emergency medicine practice groups, making changes that may surprise you

Proving a Texas ER medical malpractice case

Proving a Texas ER medical malpractice case

Some cases are impossible, others require creative sources of evidence

Texas doctors can't blame hospital policies for lack of proper medical care

Texas doctors can't blame hospital policies for lack of proper medical care

Austin Court of Appeals rules against emergency physician in rattlesnake bite medical malpractice case

Chest, pain angina, heart attack diagnosis and medical malpractice

Chest, pain angina, heart attack diagnosis and medical malpractice

Prompt diagnosis, testing, monitoring, and intervention are important