When you are injured, you depend on a medical professional’s experience and help to make you feel better. The last thing you expect is for the actions of that healthcare professional to make you more sick or injured. In every profession, there is room for error and mistake. However, even the smallest error or mistake in the medical profession could cost you your health or life. Most states have enacted laws that allow patients who have sustained injuries because of a failure to diagnose, a failure to provide adequate care or because of an egregious error of a healthcare...

Going to the hospital could be a life or death decision for some patients. According to new research, patients treated at the worst hospitals are three times as likely to die as patients with the same health problem treated at the best hospitals. Yet most of us choose a hospital based on convenience or where our doctor’s practice. When you need to go to a hospital, it generally means you need some sort of serious medical care or treatment. The risk of infection and medical mistakes adds to the stress of being hospitalized. Although there are risks to getting...

Many states have passed medical malpractice “caps” in response to rising medical insurance premiums. Although you are still entitled to monetary compensation, your recovery amount is capped. The largest part of medical malpractice damages is for pain and suffering. This portion is the first place most states have limited you’re the amount of damages you can recover for medical malpractice liability. How Many States Have Capped Medical Damages? 33 States have so far capped medical malpractice compensation. Healthcare providers, insurance companies, physicians and other advocacy groups have argued that excessive malpractice claims led to increased premiums for doctors which...