If you have suffered physical or mental injuries as a result of medical care, then you may have the right to be financially compensated for the harm you’ve sustained. As of 2020, however, thirty out of the fifty U.S. states have a “cap” on the amount of money that can be recovered from a medical…
You have a sore throat and a low fever, so you’re considering scheduling a doctor’s visit. However, you live with your elderly mother, so you’re worried about the risk of exposing her to coronavirus. Should you go see your doctor in person, or should you try using telehealth? What are the potential risks and benefits…
We all want to be able to trust our doctors to make correct diagnoses and proper treatments to make our injuries or illnesses better – and usually, we can. Unfortunately, healthcare professionals and facilities sometimes fail to meet the accepted national standard of care and patients are severely harmed in the process. When this happens,…
The Washington D.C. medical malpractice attorneys of Bertram & Murphy recently added another victory to their long list of successful medical practice cases. The D.C. Court of Appeals uniformly affirmed a $1.25 million jury verdict the firm secured in a March 2018 trial on behalf of two medical malpractice victims. This was an especially tragic…
It’s a troubling truth. All too often, patients find that their medical condition was misdiagnosed. You may know someone who’s experienced it. Maybe it was you. In some instances, the error is not serious and there are no long-term ramifications. In other cases, the outcome is life-threatening at best, deadly at worst. Should you find…
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