A major surgical error occurs when a surgeon fails to perform his or her duties according to generally accepted standards of good medical practice. At Miracle, Pruzan & Pruzan, we agree with hospital administrators and employees who refer to major surgical...
Seattle Medical Malpractice Law Blog
Husband seeks justice for wife’s postpartum death
Expectant parents in Washington State should be able to enjoy the day that they bring their children into the world. However, for some people, the very day that should be one of the happiest days of their lives can too easily become one of the most tragic if either...
Preventable medical errors are more common than you think
Hospitals are places where people in Washington go to get better. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. If you have a loved one who went to the hospital, then experienced a worsened medical condition and died, it could be the result of a doctor mistake. At...
Woman sues hospital for negligent credentialing
Patients seeking care at hospitals and medical centers in Seattle go in with one basic expectation: that the clinicians treating them are qualified to do. This may come from a handful of assumptions, among them being that a doctor would not dream of offering to...
What are possible dosing errors during surgery?
When you go in for an operation at your local Washington hospital, you want to feel secure that your surgery staff will properly administer any medication they need to give you so that you may complete the operation without a problem. However, as Elcam Medical points...
Doctors may miss women’s signs of a heart attack. Here’s why.
People often assume that heart attack symptoms are obvious. Perhaps we've seen it so many times in the movies: Someone stops talking, grabs their arm and collapses. We feel like every heart attack looks the same and that it will be clear if someone is having...
How do medical misdiagnoses happen?
Washington residents trust medical professionals to do everything they can to help treat their conditions, catch problems before they become too big, and provide help. When that doesn't happen, , attorneys at law, are here to help as you...
Maternal death and injury report triggers Congressional action
Many advances that have improved safety for mothers and babies during labor and delivery have taken place over the course of the past several generations. Because of this some people in Washington State might find it easy to forget that childbirth is a major medical...
What can cause injuries at birth?
If your baby was injured during the labor and delivery process, you likely have a lot of questions, the biggest of which is ? Oftentimes, birth injuries come down to the negligence of the attending doctors and nurses.According to FindLaw, birth injuries can happen for...
Families have options when failure to diagnose leads to death
People struggling with serious medical conditions rely on their doctors to make sense of their symptoms and find a treatment that will help. For most patients in the process of developing a serious condition, like cancer, timely medical intervention can make a major...